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..

2723

games

platforms

Alternate names: IF, Text adventure

9801 ? *

CPC 1987

SPC 1989

CPC 1987

BBC 1987

VIC 1981

SPC 1985

SPC 1987

C64 1990

TI99 1986

The Shadows of Mordor

IIE 1988

Adams Adventure #10: Savage Island Part

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		429
MS-DOS		394
C64		234
Linux		185
Apple II E		157
Mac OS Classic		151
Amstrad CPC		129
Tandy Coco		117
Atari ST		97
Amiga		85
BBC		58
Atari 400/800		57
Amstrad PCW		44
TRS-80		40
custom		35
Commodore PET		35
C128		34
BeOS		33
NEC PC9801		32
C16/Plus4		26
Coleco Adam		25
ZX Spectrum 128		24
Electron		23
MSX		19
Ohio Scientific		18
Memotech MTX		16
NEC PC8801		15
MICRO 7 - FM7		13
Tatung Einstein		13
Oric		12

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