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..

2601

games

platforms

Alternate names: IF, Text adventure

IIE 1985

C16 1987

DOS 1983

BBC 1985

Ghostbusters: Basic Training

DOS 1987

C64 1985

CPC 1987

DOS 1986

SPC 1987

IIE 1987

C64 1984

MAC 1984

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		419
MS-DOS		374
C64		227
Linux		184
Mac OS Classic		152
Apple II E		132
Amstrad CPC		125
Tandy Coco		117
Atari ST		93
Amiga		82
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
Tatung Einstein		13
NEC PC8801		12
Oric		12
Apple IIGS		11
VIC-20		11

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