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..

2539

games

platforms

Alternate names: IF, Text adventure

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

CPC 1987

Border Zone

DOS 1987

Adventure

IIE 1980

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

SPC 1987

The Tracer Sanction

IIE 1984

The Anamagon's Temple

SPC 1988

Journey to the Center of the Earth

PET 1978

C64 1983

SPC 1989

A800 1984

Immortality Rules OK!

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

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		417
MS-DOS		367
C64		227
Linux		176
Mac OS Classic		152
Amstrad CPC		122
Tandy Coco		117
Apple II E		112
Atari ST		92
Amiga		80
BBC		56
Atari 400/800		48
Amstrad PCW		43
TRS-80		37
C128		35
Commodore PET		35
BeOS		33
custom		33
Coleco Adam		25
ZX Spectrum 128		24
C16/Plus4		24
Electron		20
Ohio Scientific		18
MSX		17
Memotech MTX		16
Tatung Einstein		13
NEC PC8801		12
Apple IIGS		11
VIC-20		11
Oric		11

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