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..

2789

games

platforms

Alternate names: IF, Text adventure

Alien Research Centre

SPC 1989

The Violator Of Voodoo

SPC 1991

A800 1988

MAC 1986

DOS 1985

IIE 1984

IIE 1981

SPC 1990

SPC 1994

DOS 1987

CPC 1987

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		437
MS-DOS		398
C64		242
Linux		186
Apple II E		161
Mac OS Classic		149
Amstrad CPC		140
Tandy Coco		117
Atari ST		98
Amiga		87
BBC		75
Atari 400/800		57
Amstrad PCW		44
NEC PC9801		42
TRS-80		41
Commodore PET		35
custom		35
C128		34
BeOS		33
C16/Plus4		26
Coleco Adam		25
ZX Spectrum 128		24
Electron		23
MSX		19
Ohio Scientific		18
Memotech MTX		16
NEC PC8801		14
Tatung Einstein		13
MICRO 7 - FM7		13
Windows		12