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Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction (IF) is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the form of interactive narratives or interactive narrations. These works can also be understood as a form of video game, either in the…

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related to Notable works · 95
Interactive fiction → Adam Cadre, Admiral Jota, Adventureland, All Roads, Allen Varney, Although, Amnesia, An, Anchorhead, Andrew Plotkin, Andrew Stern, Aotearoa, Bandersnatch, Beam Software, Best Game, Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker, Chuck Benton, Coloratura, Colossal Cave Adventure
related to Development systems · 31
Interactive fiction → Adventure's, Amiga, Amstrad CPC/PCW, Apple II, As, Atari, Atari ST, Colossal Cave Adventure, Commodore, Each, For, Fortran, IBM, IBM PC, Infocom, Infocom's, Interactive, Kaypro CP/M, LISP-like, Macintosh
related to Further reading · 30
Interactive fiction → Aaron, Alf, An Approach, Co, Creating Interactive Fiction, Daniel, Delmar Cengage Learning, Doing, Gaming, IF Theory Reader, Inform, ISBN, Jackson-Mead, Jefferson, Journal, JRW Digital Media, Keller, Kevin, McFarland, Montfort
related to Interpreters and virtual machines · 30
Interactive fiction → Andrew Hunter, Andrew Plotkin, Frotz, Git, Glulx, Glulxe, Iain Merrick, IF, Infocom, Interpreters, It, Linux, Mac OS, Modern Glulx, MS-DOS, Other, Over, Pascal, Rather, RISC OS
related to Distribution · 14
Interactive fiction → Blorb, Glulx, IF, IFDb, IFRO, In, Interactive Fiction Archive, Interactive Fiction Database, It, Organization, The Interactive Fiction Reviews, These, Works, Z-machine
related to External links · 14
Interactive fiction → Adventure GamingThe Interactive Fiction, Brass Lantern, Brief History, IF, IFDB, Interactive Fiction Database, Interactive Fiction Wiki, MediaWiki, More Than Retro Fun, Promotion, Society, SPAG, Technology Foundation, The Interactive Fiction Archive
related to Modern era · 12
Interactive fiction → After, As, By, In, Infocom's, Infocom's Z-code, InfoTaskForce, Interactive Fiction Community Forum, One, Usenet, Z-code, Z-machine
related to Medium · 9
Interactive fiction → Input, Interactive, Later, Parsers, Text, The, This, ZIL, Zork Implementation Language
related to Writing style · 9
Interactive fiction → As, Crimes Against Mimesis, Curses, IF, Interactive, The, This, While, You
see also · 7
Interactive fiction → AddventureGamebookGraphic, Hypertext, Interactive, Lamp, MUD, Multi-User Dungeon, Role-playing

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Level 9 Computinginstance ofwho published Unreal II and released for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's Xbox.Many other companies0.80text
Magnetic Scrollsinstance ofwho published Unreal II and released for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's Xbox.Many other companies0.80text
Delta 4instance ofwho published Unreal II and released for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's Xbox.Many other companies0.80text
Zenobi had closed by 1992.In 1991instance ofwho published Unreal II and released for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's Xbox.Many other companies0.80text
1992instance ofwho published Unreal II and released for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's Xbox.Many other companies0.80text
Activision released The Lost Treasures of Infocom in two volumesinstance ofwho published Unreal II and released for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's Xbox.Many other companies0.80text
a collection containing most of Infocom's gamesinstance ofwho published Unreal II and released for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's Xbox.Many other companies0.80text
followed in 1996 by Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom.Modern eraAfter the decline of the commercial interactive fiction market in the 1990sinstance ofwho published Unreal II and released for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's Xbox.Many other companies0.80text
an online community eventually formed around the mediuminstance ofwho published Unreal II and released for both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's Xbox.Many other companies0.80text
the annual Interactive Fiction Competition for short worksinstance ofCompetitions0.80text
the Spring Thing for longer worksinstance ofCompetitions0.80text
and the XYZZY Awards further helped to improve the qualityinstance ofCompetitions0.80text

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