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..

2989

games

platforms

Alternate names: IF, Text adventure

Time and Magik: The Trilogy

CPC 1988

Adventure - The Colossal Cave

LIN 1993

Burning Point

9801 1989-03-01

Le Diamant de l'Ile Maudite

CPC 1985

Shipwreck

SPC 1987

Wilderness: A Survival Adventure

DOS 1986

Hit

SPC 1989

Transylvania

C64 1984

The Quest for the Holy Grail

SPC 1984

Fuddo & Slam

SPC 1988

Monmusu Quest! Zenshou ~Makereba Youjo ni

WIN 2011-03-09

Guyna Rock 2 - The Galactic Guardian

9801 1992-12-11

The first video game about Interactive fiction was released in 1975.

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

compare with these groups

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Platforms

ZX Spectrum		449
MS-DOS		404
C64		264
Apple II E		204
Linux		186
Amstrad CPC		176
Mac OS Classic		149
Tandy Coco		118
Atari ST		102
Amiga		90
BBC		83
Atari 400/800		70
TRS-80		49
Amstrad PCW		48
NEC PC9801		48
Commodore PET		37
custom		36
BeOS		33
C128		33
C16/Plus4		31
MSX		27
Coleco Adam		25
ZX Spectrum 128		23
Electron		23
Ohio Scientific		18
Oric		16
Memotech MTX		15
NEC PC8801		14
Tatung Einstein		13
Apple IIGS		13