The text adventure genre started by Crowther and Woods' Colossal Cave adventure in 1972. "Text Adventures" is often used interchangeably with "Interactive Fiction". Playing text adventures involves typing plain English and reading textual responses, although it is not uncommon to find graphics inserted with the text, or commands given by the mouse. The genre has blossomed to include a huge variety of games: difficult puzzles or no puzzles; inspired, evocative, funny, or terse writing; and also a few arcade games. More games are available every week, and there is an Interaction Fiction Competition every year. This category includes illustrated text adventures with a command line interface.
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- 9.05
- Aayela
- Ad Verbum
- Adventure
- Africa Gardens
- Aisle
- Amazon
- Anchorhead
- And the Waves Choke the Wind
- Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés
- Arthur - The Quest for Excalibur
- Asylum
- Augmented Fourth
- Avalon
- Axe of Kolt, The
- Aztec Assault
- Babel
- Bad Machine
- Ballyhoo
- Balrog and the Cat, The
- Barsak the Dwarf
- Beast, The
- Behind Closed Doors Series
- Big Sleaze, The
- Blade of Blackpoole
- Blue Chairs
- Boggit, The
- Border Zone
- Break-In
- Breakers
- Brimstone
- Bulbo and the Lizard King
- Bureaucracy
- Calling, The
- Captain Kook
- Case of the Beheaded Smuggler, The
- Castle Eeeerie
- Castle Thade Revisited
- Change in the Weather, A
- Christminster
- City of Secrets
- Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom
- Colossal Cave
- Common Ground
- Corruption
- Crack City
- Crack of Doom, The
- Critical Mass
- Crobe
- Crown of Ramhotep
- Crystal of Chantie, The
- Curses
- Cutthroats
- Dallas Quest, The
- Dark Tower, The
- Darkside Series
- Deadline
- Deadly Mission
- Death in the Caribbean
- Death or Glory
- Delusions
- Djinni Chronicles, The
- Door Series
- Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I.
- Dungeons of Dunjin, The
- Edifice, The
- Emerald Isle
- Eric the Unready
- Essex
- Fahrenheit 451
- Fail-Safe
- Fantasia Diamond
- Fellowship of the Ring, The
- Fish
- Fistful of Blood Capsules, A
- Five on a Treasure Island
- For a Change
- Forgotten City
- Forgotten Past, The
- Fraktured Faebles
- From Out of a Dark Night Sky
- Fuddo and Slam
- Galatea
- Gateway Series
- Gerbil Riot of '67, The
- Glowgrass
- Gnome Ranger Series
- Gordello Incident, The
- Gruds in Space
- Guild of Thieves, The
- Hermitage, The
- Heroine's Mantle
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The
- Hobbit, The
- Hollywood Hijinx
- House of the Stalker
- Hulk, The
- Humbug
- Hunter, in Darkness
- I-0
- Infidel
- Inspector Flukeit
- Institute, The
- Into The Mystic
- Invaders From Planet X
- Jacaranda Jim
- James Clavell's Shogun
- Jigsaw
- Jinxter
- John's Fire Witch
- Journey - The Quest Begins
- Kaged
- Karyssia, Queen of Diamonds
- Kentilla
- Klaustrophobia
- Knight Orc
- LASH
- Labours of Hercules, The
- Lamberley Mystery, The
- Lancelot
- Leather Goddesses of Phobos
- Leaves
- Legacy for Alaric, A
- Lethe Flow Phoenix
- Life-Term
- Light, The - Shelby's Addendum
- Little Blue Men
- Lord of the Rings Series
- Losing Your Grip
- Lost Dragon, The
- Lost New York
- Lost Ruby, The
- Lost Tomb of Ananka, The
- Lost Treasures of Infocom 2, The
- Lost Treasures of Infocom, The
- Lurking Horror, The
- Magic Castle
- Mapper, The
- Mask of the Sun, The
- Masquerade
- Masterpieces of Infocom, The
- Metamorphoses
- Meteor, the Stone, and a Long Glass of Sherbet, The
- Microfair Madness
- Mind Electric, The
- Mind Forever Voyaging, A
- Mindbender
- Mindfighter
- Mindshadow
- Mindwheel
- Miser, The
- Moonmist
- Mulldoon Legacy, The
- Murder He Said
- My Angel
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Detective
- Myth
- Night at the Museum Forever, A
- Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
- Once and Future
- One Dark Night
- One That Got Away, The
- One of Our Wombats Is Missing
- Operation Series
- Pawn, The
- Peasant's Quest
- Perilous Magic
- Perry Mason - The Case of the Mandarin Murder
- Persistence of Memory
- Phoenix
- Photopia
- Pintown
- Planetfall
- Plundered Hearts
- Pytho's Mask
- Rameses
- Red Moon
- Redhawk
- Rematch
- Rendezvous with Rama
- Retarded Creatures and Caverns
- Runes of Zendos, The
- Savage Island
- Savoir-Faire
- Scapeghost
- Scary Mansion
- Seastalker
- Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, The
- Secret of St. Brides, The
- Serpent's Star, The
- Shade
- Shadows of Mordor, The
- Sherlock
- Sherlock - The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
- Shogun
- Silverwolf
- Slouching Towards Bedlam
- Snowball
- So Far
- Soap Land
- Spellcasting 101 Series
- Spider and Web
- Spider-Man
- Spiritwrak
- Spyplane
- Star-Wreck
- Starcross
- Stationfall
- Sunset Over Savannah
- Suspect
- Suspended
- Sylenius Mysterium
- Symetry
- Tempest, The - 1997
- Terrormolinos
- Theatre
- Time and Magik
- Timequest
- Tolkien Series, The
- Toonesia
- Trinity
- Tube Trouble
- Uncle Zebulon's Will
- Undertow
- Varicella
- Violator of Voodoo, The
- Wearing the Claw
- White Feather Cloak, The
- Winchester's Nightmare
- Wishbringer
- Witch Hunt
- Witness, The
- Wizard of Akryz, The
- Wonderland
- World's Fair Mystery, A
- Worlds Apart
- Zogan's Revenge
- Zork Series
- Zuni Doll, The
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- Prof. Dennis G. Jerz: Interactive Fiction A collection of articles about interactive fiction.
- Guess the Verb Humorous text adventure by Crummycom.
- Interactive Fiction - Joe DeRouen's Home Page Collection of game reviews he wrote for Computer Currents magazine, and selected links to IF resources.
- Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe Lots of classic 1980s computer software for sale/trade, specializing in Infocom text adventures. Monthly collector's column, waiting list, links to other software collectors' pages.
- ifMUD: A MUD Forever Voyaging A MUD for text adventure enthusiasts.
- PDD's Adventure Page The page for classic text adventure aficionados. Covers Scott Adams, Brian Howarth, Infocom, Level 9, and Magnetic Scrolls.
- IF Literacy Recommended playing list for interactive fiction, compiled by Emily Short.
- 8-bit Adventure World, The A database of adventures for 8-bit computers.
- Interactive Fiction Ratings Public ratings and comments of Interactive Fiction games.
- Annotated Bibliography of Interactive Fiction Scholarship Ranked and annotated items, covering academic articles, fan or community web sites, influential amateur articles, and references to text adventures in mainstream literature. Focuses on the cultural and literary significance of text adventures.
- textadventures.co.uk Collection of text adventures that can be played online in a web browser.
- Get Lamp A documentary about adventures in text. Includes news, interviews, trailers, and a page that allows to order the DVD set.