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..

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games

platforms

Alternate names: IF, Text adventure

Leather Goddesses of Phobos

OCS 1986

Sram 2

DOS 1987

Ring of Power

C64 1983

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

C16 1984

The Magnetic Scrolls Collection

DOS 1991

Jinxter

A800 1988

The Doomsday Papers

SPC 1986

Vampire's Castle Adventure

DOS 1984

DOS 1987

PET 1980

SPC 1988

SPC 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

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Platforms

ZX Spectrum		422
MS-DOS		382
C64		231
Linux		186
Mac OS Classic		152
Apple II E		146
Amstrad CPC		126
Tandy Coco		117
Atari ST		93
Amiga		83
BBC		57
Atari 400/800		57
Amstrad PCW		43
TRS-80		38
Commodore PET		35
C128		35
custom		35
BeOS		33
Coleco Adam		25
C16/Plus4		24
ZX Spectrum 128		23
Electron		20
Ohio Scientific		18
MSX		17
Memotech MTX		16
NEC PC8801		14
Tatung Einstein		13
NEC PC9801		13
MICRO 7 - FM7		13
Oric		12

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