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

BBC 1986

C64 1988

BBC 1984

CPC 1987

Crystal Chaser - Tenkoo no Masuishoo

9801 ? *

APF 19??

C64 1984

SPC 1986

PDP1 1972

The Neverending Story

A800 1986-06

Bureaucracy

OCS 1987

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

The first Interactive fiction video game was released on December 3, 1971.

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

Parent group

Adventure

Related group

Game genre
MUD

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Platforms

ZX Spectrum		581
Apple II E		493
MS-DOS		434
C64		425
Amstrad CPC		275
Linux		202
Tandy Coco		186
BBC		172
Atari 400/800		164
Mac OS Classic		148
Atari ST		121
TRS-80		104
Amiga		99
NEC PC9801		67
C16/Plus4		65
Electron		61
Amstrad PCW		55
Commodore PET		44
MSX		43
Dragon32		43
custom		40
Oric		36
NEC PC8801		35
BeOS		33
VIC-20		33
MICRO 7 - FM7		31
C128		31
Coleco Adam		25
ZX Spectrum 128		24
TI99		23