Interactive fiction

Game genre theme

A type of adventure game where the game world and player input is described using text. Such as "You are in a hallway. There is a key on the floor", ">get key", ">use silver key on door", ">turn valve", ">say hello", etc..

3213

games

platforms

Alternate names: IF, Text adventure

DOS 1988

DOS 1989

C64 1991

CPC 1986

A Mind Forever Voyaging

DOS 1985

IIE 1989

SPC 1990

SPC 1989

MAC 1990

DOS 1987

OCS 1986

The first video game about Interactive fiction was released on July 1969.

Infocom, Level 9 Computing and Adventure International has published most of these games

Note that despite the name, this is a very specific form of interactive fiction, not something that should be taken literally.

Implied:
* Word input

Related:
* MUD - replicates the gameplay in MMO environment

Parent group

Adventure

Related group

Game genre
MUD

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Platforms

ZX Spectrum		456
MS-DOS		406
C64		284
Apple II E		259
Amstrad CPC		206
Linux		193
Mac OS Classic		150
Tandy Coco		124
Atari ST		105
Atari 400/800		94
Amiga		92
BBC		88
TRS-80		69
NEC PC9801		51
Amstrad PCW		49
Commodore PET		42
custom		37
C128		34
C16/Plus4		33
BeOS		33
Electron		31
MSX		29
Coleco Adam		25
ZX Spectrum 128		23
Ohio Scientific		19
Oric		16
NEC PC8801		16
VIC-20		15
MICRO 7 - FM7		15
TI99		15