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..

2674

games

platforms

Alternate names: IF, Text adventure

CPC 1987

C64 198?

DOS 1982

LIN 2013

Star Trek: First Contact

DOS 1988

Intergalactic

ATOM 1981

Wishbringer

A800 1985

The Last Inca - Part II: and the Quest of

OCS 1990

Invaders from Planet X

SPC 1991

Gruds In Space

C64 1983

Ghoul Manor

SPC 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		426
MS-DOS		389
C64		232
Linux		185
Apple II E		157
Mac OS Classic		151
Amstrad CPC		126
Tandy Coco		117
Atari ST		93
Amiga		83
BBC		58
Atari 400/800		57
Amstrad PCW		43
TRS-80		40
custom		35
Commodore PET		35
C128		35
BeOS		33
C16/Plus4		25
Coleco Adam		25
ZX Spectrum 128		24
Electron		22
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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