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Also known as "adventure games" or "text adventures" after the Original (Colossal Cave) Adventure.
 
Also known as "adventure games" or "text adventures" after the Original (Colossal Cave) Adventure.
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* [[A-code]]
 
* [[A-code]]
 
* [[AAS]] (Advanced Authoring System)
 
* [[AAS]] (Advanced Authoring System)
* [[ACE]]
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* [[ACE (Interactive Fiction)|ACE]]
* [[ADL]]
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* [[ADMS]]
 
* [[ADMS]]
 
* [[ADRIFT]] (Adventure Developer & Runner - Interactive Fiction Toolkit)
 
* [[ADRIFT]] (Adventure Developer & Runner - Interactive Fiction Toolkit)
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* [[Advent]] (not to be confused with ADVENT the game)
 
* [[Advent]] (not to be confused with ADVENT the game)
 
* [[Adentura]]
 
* [[Adentura]]
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* [[Adventure Contruction Set]]
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* [[Adventure Definition Language]] (ADL)
 
* [[Adventure Editor]]
 
* [[Adventure Editor]]
 
* [[Adventure International]] (Scott Adams)
 
* [[Adventure International]] (Scott Adams)
* [[Adventurescape]]
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* [[Adventure Master]]
 
* [[Adventure Simulator]]
 
* [[Adventure Simulator]]
* [[AdvSys]]
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* [[Adventurescape]]
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* [[AdvSys]] (Adventure System)
 
* [[AGI]] (Adventure Game Interpreter)
 
* [[AGI]] (Adventure Game Interpreter)
 
* [[AGIFG]] (Adventure Game and Interactive Fiction Generator)
 
* [[AGIFG]] (Adventure Game and Interactive Fiction Generator)
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* [[Aiee!]] (An Interactive Environment Engine!)
 
* [[Aiee!]] (An Interactive Environment Engine!)
 
* [[ALAN]] (Adventure Language)
 
* [[ALAN]] (Adventure Language)
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** [[ALAN 2]]
 
** [[ALAN 3]]
 
** [[ALAN 3]]
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*[[Amstrad Pentacle Adventure Creator]]
 
* [[Archetype]]
 
* [[Archetype]]
 
* [[Aventuro]]
 
* [[Aventuro]]
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* [[Blorb]]
 
* [[Blorb]]
 
* [[Brainex Door Manager]]
 
* [[Brainex Door Manager]]
* [[C-Adventure Toolkit]]
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* [[C Adventure Toolkit]]
 
* [[CAECHO]] (Creador de Aventuras de Errata CHOft)
 
* [[CAECHO]] (Creador de Aventuras de Errata CHOft)
 
* [[CAT]] (Creative Adventure Toolkit)
 
* [[CAT]] (Creative Adventure Toolkit)
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* [[Drool]] (David's Reworked Object-Oriented Language)
 
* [[Drool]] (David's Reworked Object-Oriented Language)
 
* [[Eamon]]
 
* [[Eamon]]
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* [[Encounter]]
 
* [[Figment]]
 
* [[Figment]]
 
* [[GAC]] (Graphic Adventure Creator)
 
* [[GAC]] (Graphic Adventure Creator)
 
* [[Gamescape]]
 
* [[Gamescape]]
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* [[Genesis]]
 
* [[GINAS]] (Generic Interactive Narrative Authoring System)
 
* [[GINAS]] (Generic Interactive Narrative Authoring System)
 
* [[Glulx]]
 
* [[Glulx]]
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* [[IAGE]] (Internet Adventure Game Engine)
 
* [[IAGE]] (Internet Adventure Game Engine)
 
* [[Inform]]
 
* [[Inform]]
** [[Inform 7]]
 
 
* [[JACL]] (JACL Adventure Creation Language)
 
* [[JACL]] (JACL Adventure Creation Language)
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* [[KiriKiri Adventure Game System]] (KAG)
 
* [[LADS]] (Levy's Adventure Development System)
 
* [[LADS]] (Levy's Adventure Development System)
 
* [[Level9]]
 
* [[Level9]]
 
* [[Magnetic Scrolls]]
 
* [[Magnetic Scrolls]]
* [[MDL (Interactive Fiction)]]
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* [[MDL (Interactive Fiction)|MDL]]
 
* [[MechiQue]]
 
* [[MechiQue]]
 
* [[Mipric]]
 
* [[Mipric]]
 
* [[Nemlin]]
 
* [[Nemlin]]
 
* [[NM Parser]]
 
* [[NM Parser]]
* [[OASYS]]
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* [[OASYS]] (Object-oriented Adventure System)
 
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* [[Professional Adventure Writer]] (PAW)
* PAWS (Professional Adventure Writing System)
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* PAWS (Python Adventure Writing System)
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** ''need to disambiguate these two''
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* [[Prometeo]]
 
* [[Prometeo]]
* [[Quest]]
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* [[Python Adventure Writing System)]] (PAWS)
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* [[Quest 1-4]]
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* [[Quest 5]]
 
* [[QuestMaker]]
 
* [[QuestMaker]]
* [[Quill]]
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* [[Quill]] (aka AdventureWriter)
* [[REXX Adenture]]
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* [[Rexx-Adventure]]
 
* [[R.A.G.S.]]
 
* [[R.A.G.S.]]
 
* [[SKC]]
 
* [[SKC]]
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** [[TADS 3]]
 
** [[TADS 3]]
 
* [[Textopia]]
 
* [[Textopia]]
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* [[Twine]]
 
* [[TxA]]
 
* [[TxA]]
 
* [[Visual SINTAC]]
 
* [[Visual SINTAC]]
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* [[Wander]] (.wrld)
 
* [[World Builder]]
 
* [[World Builder]]
 
* [[Z-code]]
 
* [[Z-code]]
  
== Resources ==
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== Interactive fiction for download or online play ==
* [http://www.firthworks.com/roger/cloak/ Cloak of Darkness]: sample implementation of a single game in a variety of IF systems
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* [http://ifarchive.org The Interactive Fiction Archive]
 
* [http://ifarchive.org The Interactive Fiction Archive]
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* [http://www.firthworks.com/roger/cloak/ Cloak of Darkness]: sample implementation of a single game in a variety of IF systems
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* [http://adamcadre.ac/if.html Some Interactive Fiction games to play online or download]
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* [http://telehack.com/ Telehack: in-browser '80s-style telnet interface, includes original Adventure as 'advent' command]
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* [http://www.micronick.com/altair/ Altair 8800 Clone running ZORK on CP/M 2.2]
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1g84m0sXpnNCv84GpN2PLZG/the-hitchhiker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy-game-30th-anniversary-edition The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Game - 30th Anniversary Edition]
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* [http://www.virtualapple.org/hitchhikersguidetothegalaxydisk.html Hitchhiker's Guide in emulated Apple II for in-browser play]
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* [http://www.amctv.com/shows/halt-and-catch-fire/colossal-cave-adventure Colossal Cave (Original) Adventure, for in-browser play]
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== Other links and resources ==
 
* [http://www.ifwiki.org Interactive Fiction Wiki]
 
* [http://www.ifwiki.org Interactive Fiction Wiki]
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* [http://www.ifarchive.org/misc/htaccess MIME types list for the IF Archive]
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* [http://maher.filfre.net/if-book/ Let's Tell a Story Together (A History of Interactive Fiction)]
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* [http://mylifescoop.com/2013/06/12/adventures-in-text-adventures/ Adventures in Text Adventures]
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* [http://archive.org/stream/ataribooks-the-book-of-atari-software-1983/thebookofatarisoftware1983#page/n21/mode/2up "Typical" Adventure Map]
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* [https://bluerenga.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/lost-mainframe-games/ Lost Mainframe Games]
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* [https://ahopeful.wordpress.com/2015/04/22/wander-1974-a-lost-mainframe-game-is-found/ ...and one that was found]

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