A piece of Interactive Fiction written by Paul O'Brian. The first game in the Earth and Sky trilogy.
A piece of Interactive Fiction written by Jon Ingold. Winner of the 7th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition in 2001, and several XYZZY awards in the same yea...
A piece of Interactive Fiction written by Laura Knauth. Winner of the 5th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (1999).
A piece of Interactive Fiction written by Lucian P. Smith. Winner of the 3rd Annual IF Competition, in 1997.
A piece of Interactive Fiction written by C. E. Forman. Came third in the 2nd Annual IF Competition, in 1996.
A piece of Interactive Fiction written by Jason Dyer. Came second in the Inform division of the First Annual IF Competition, in 1995.
A piece of Interactive Fiction written by Gareth Rees. Came third in the Inform division of the First Annual IF Competition, in 1995.
A piece of Interactive Fiction written by J. Robinson Wheeler, featuring IF luminary Andrew Plotkin in a parody of the movie Being John Malkovich.
An Interactive Fiction interpretation of Andy Looney's arcade game Icebreaker, created by Andrew Plotkin.
The first available piece of Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin, being a a parody of Infocom’s Infidel.
Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin. Puzzles suddenly appears as the player walks around.
Andrew Plotkin first serious work of Interactive Fiction.
Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin being a fusion between a game and a programming tutorial.
Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin with unforgiving puzzles. A theatrical performance leads to a long journey.
Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin, being more of an experiment than usual.
Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin where the player crawls through a cave using text input such as “ahead”, “back”, “left”, “right”, ...
Fantasy Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin, as both a game and an introduction to the genre.
Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin. The player must solve a murder committed in a mansion.
Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin, where the objective is to escape a virtual room.
Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin, where the player steers a ship to distant stars in a far away future.
Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin, about fairy tales. Part of a metapuzzle in the 2011 IFComp.
Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin as fanfic of the xkcd comic "Click and Drag".
An educational game designed to replace or supplement real-life frog dissection in classrooms.
A space exploration and trading game, instead of the original's text based presentation, Universe II features side-scrolling graphics and a mouse based UI.
Universe is a text based space exploration game, similar to the Elite and Starflight series.
Operate the Three Mile island nuclear power station - balance finances, follow safety procedures, produce enough power... and try to avoid meltdowns.
This 2014 game for the Apple II tasks the player with collecting and refurbishing Apple II computers.
One of the earliest Space Invaders inspired shooters developed for the Apple II.
Cyber Strike is a space combat and simulation game developed for the Apple II.
A small business simulator where the player can setup stands to sell apples, tomato plants, and lemonade.
In Fortress, players build castles and attempt to control more territory than their opponent.
Abstract shoot'em up for the Atari 8-bit, Apple II and Commodore 64 home computers.
A game developed by John Romero where players control Mike the Explorer as he navigates Egyptian pyramids.
The first game based on a popular South Korean cartoon, Uju Jeonsa Dooly sees the titular baby dinosaur go into space.
A piece of Interactive Fiction written by Jason McIntosh, about the European myth of changeling.
Korean Action RPG for the Apple II, first title in the Liar's franchise.
Jordan Mechner's first game submitted for publication. It was denied, and 30 years later it is available to play.
This graphical version of Artillery was presented on the Apple II in 1980.
The Last Gladiator is an early Apple 2 game published by Electronic Arts. It involves playing through 8 levels of combat as a Gladiator killing monsters in an ...
A strategy game for the Apple II platform. Programmed by Steven Faber.
Turn-based strategy featuring wild west gunfighters. Created by SSI (Strategic Simulations Inc)
In the PC only Man of Steel, Players control Superman through 7 levels of 3D flying, overhead vertical scrolling and sidescrolling secitons.
Raster Blaster is one of the very first video pinball titles, and Bill Budge's precursor to his seminal Pinball Construction Set.
A work of interactive fiction by the esteemed IF author Andrew Plotkin, this 1998 game might contain the earliest example of an "interrogation flashback."
An 1988 update of the election simulation game President Elect.
A swashbuckling adventure with an emphasis on puzzling. Programmed by James Garon and published in 1985 by Datasoft.
An incredibly difficult action RPG for the Commodore 64 and Apple IIe. You wander a dungeon full of skeletons, demons, bats, and other creatures in search of th...
The first of three Questprobe adventure games featuring Marvel characters stars The Hulk.
The player controls a spy who must make his way up several floors to reach his goal. The player must dodge elevators that move up and down throughout the level
This game involves using a wrecking ball to tear down buildings in a limited amount of time. Fat City was released in 1983 for the Apple II. For reference, se...
Expansion module for Dunjonquest: Hellfire Warrior.
Sequel to the popular Dunjonquest game Temple of Apshai.
Elevators challenges the player to use four elevators to deliver as many carloads of passengers as possible in a short period of time (5:00 to 5:30).
A toolbox "game" which lets you create comic strips and images using various characters and props from the Garfield cartoons.
An early computer platformer by id Software founder John Romero, Dangerous Dave has the titular high-jumper navigating 10 treacherous levels of an abandoned pir...
A computer adaptation of an American TV game show published by Box Office for the Apple II, C64 and PC.
A adaption of the popular TV game show "The $100,000 Pyramid" published by Box Office, Inc. for various platforms.
Players take the role of a cargo trucker who delivers goods between various cities in Canada. Crosscountry Canada has frequently been called "the Canadian Orego...
Submarine simulator game based on Tom Clancy's novel, it is not based on the film adaptation of said novel.
North Atlantic '86 is an early war strategy game that was released for the Apple II in 1983, revolving around hypothetical battles between Soviet and NATO force...
An early Football Simulation, was released in 1979 for the Apple II and later the Commodore 64. In 1980 a second Edition was released with more features.
A classic team based role playing game set on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
An adventure game based on the David Bowie film of the same name.
A 1980s computer game based on the television show of the same name.
An early dungeon-crawler based on pen & paper D&D
Explore the moon of Callisto to recover your spaceship's panels that mutants have stolen.
Released by Rock-Ola in 1982, this arcade game challenged the player to control a hungry snake that grew as it fed. This game was the basis for the QuickBasic ...
Bard's Tale is a critically acclaimed party-based roleplaying game based loosely on the Dungeons & Dragons rule set, with first-person navigation and text-b...
A text and static graphics adventure by Infocom.
A turn-based strategy game for the Apple II and Macintosh in which players aim to capture the world.
Deadline was one of the first interactive fiction mysteries ever published. It built on earlier Infocom games with a much-improved parser and the element of tim...
Questprobe 3: Fantastic 4 is the third in a text-adventure series featuring Marvel Super Heroes.
Rocky's Boots is a puzzle game where you must complete electrical circuits, using logic gates (AND, OR, NOT, etc.), to solve mathematical problems. Intended fo...
A side-scrolling shoot-em-up developed by Data East and ported to numerous home computers, based on the 1987 Verhoeven movie.
Save innocent Humans from the menacing alien invaders bent on transforming them into hideous mutants in the sequel to the famous Defender.
Hacker is a time-based puzzle game developed in 1985 by activision in which the player hacks into a companies computer system called MAGMA Ltd.
The second in Scott Adams' series of Questprobe text adventures stars Spider-Man.
Take to the skies in this home-only sequel to Frogger.
An isometric third person action adventure game that mixes melee combat, platforming elements and puzzle solving. Its control scheme is notorious.
The fourth entry in the original Scott Adams text adventure series. This time the player must rescue Count Cristo who has had a fiendish course put on him by hi...
Players dive underwater to collect treasure while evading naval mines and dangerous sea creatures.
Panzer Battles is a strategy game created by SSG Strategic Studies Group Pty Ltd.
An educational adventure game for kids, aged 7-14 years, in which they must find King Olin who has been kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Vargor.
Fly the space shuttle and building space stations with this classic for your Tandy 1000 or IBM-compatible computer.
A work of interactive fiction from Infocom in the espionage genre, where events take place in real time.
Expedition Amazon follows four team members on an expedition to navigate the ruins of the Incan civilization.
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