Interactive Fiction

Also known as "adventure games" or "text adventures" after the Original (Colossal Cave) Adventure.


 * A-code
 * AAS (Advanced Authoring System)
 * ACE
 * ADMS
 * ADRIFT (Adventure Developer & Runner - Interactive Fiction Toolkit)
 * AdvBuilder
 * Adven-80
 * Advent (not to be confused with ADVENT the game)
 * Adentura
 * Adventure Contruction Set
 * Adventure Definition Language (ADL)
 * Adventure Editor
 * Adventure International (Scott Adams)
 * Adventure Master
 * Adventure Simulator
 * Adventurescape
 * AdvSys (Adventure System)
 * AGI (Adventure Game Interpreter)
 * AGIFG (Adventure Game and Interactive Fiction Generator)
 * AGT (Adventure Game Toolkit)
 * GAGS (Generic Adventure Game System)
 * Aiee! (An Interactive Environment Engine!)
 * ALAN (Adventure Language)
 * ALAN 2
 * ALAN 3
 * Amstrad Pentacle Adventure Creator
 * Archetype
 * Aventuro
 * BAGS (Beany Adventure Game System)
 * Blorb
 * Brainex Door Manager
 * C Adventure Toolkit
 * CAECHO (Creador de Aventuras de Errata CHOft)
 * CAT (Creative Adventure Toolkit)
 * CAW (Creative Adventure Writer)
 * CUTRA (Creador Ultra Raro de Aventuras)
 * DAP
 * Drool (David's Reworked Object-Oriented Language)
 * Eamon
 * Encounter
 * Figment
 * GAC (Graphic Adventure Creator)
 * Gamescape
 * Genesis
 * GINAS (Generic Interactive Narrative Authoring System)
 * Glulx
 * GTAC (Graphic Text Adventure Creator)
 * Hugo
 * IAGE (Internet Adventure Game Engine)
 * Inform
 * JACL (JACL Adventure Creation Language)
 * KiriKiri Adventure Game System (KAG)
 * LADS (Levy's Adventure Development System)
 * Level9
 * Magnetic Scrolls
 * MDL
 * MechiQue
 * Mipric
 * Nemlin
 * NM Parser
 * OASYS (Object-oriented Adventure System)
 * OASYS story file
 * Professional Adventure Writer (PAW)
 * Prometeo
 * Python Adventure Writing System) (PAWS)
 * Quest 1-4
 * Quest 5
 * QuestMaker
 * Quill (aka AdventureWriter)
 * Rexx-Adventure
 * R.A.G.S.
 * SKC
 * SUDS (Single User Dungeon System)
 * Superglus
 * TAB
 * T.A.G. (Text Adventure Generator)
 * TADS (Text Adventure Development System)
 * TADS 3
 * Textopia
 * Twine
 * TxA
 * Visual SINTAC
 * Wander (.wrld)
 * World Builder
 * ZAP
 * Z-code
 * ZIL

Interactive fiction for download or online play

 * The Interactive Fiction Archive
 * Cloak of Darkness: sample implementation of a single game in a variety of IF systems
 * Some Interactive Fiction games to play online or download
 * Telehack: in-browser '80s-style telnet interface, includes original Adventure as 'advent' command
 * Altair 8800 Clone running ZORK on CP/M 2.2
 * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Game - 30th Anniversary Edition
 * Hitchhiker's Guide in emulated Apple II for in-browser play
 * Colossal Cave (Original) Adventure, for in-browser play

Other links and resources

 * Interactive Fiction Wiki
 * MIME types list for the IF Archive
 * Let's Tell a Story Together (A History of Interactive Fiction)
 * Adventures in Text Adventures
 * "Typical" Adventure Map
 * Lost Mainframe Games
 * ...and one that was found
 * Historical Source Archives (includes a large collection of Infocom source files)