recent additions to the Interactive Fiction Archive
Volker Blasius
the following files have arrived at the Interactive Fiction Archive at
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive (Germany)
and should be available soon at the mirror sites:
http://ifarchive.org/ (USA, Pittsburgh, PA)
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/doc/misc/if-archive/ (USA, St. Louis, MO)
http://ftp.nodomainname.net/pub/mirrors/if-archive/ (USA, Elma, WA)
ftp://www.plover.net/pub/ifarchive/ (USA, Chicago, IL)
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/misc/if-archive/ (Finland)
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/if-archive/ (Australia)
NOTE: The UK mirror is moving. www.firedrake.org and ftp.firedrake.org
===== now point to the new but still incomplete copy - the IF Archive isn't
there yet.
If you are looking for a particular file in the archive, check
if-archive/Master-Index (updated daily) and
if-archive/unprocessed/ for files which aren't in the index yet.
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ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/emulators/spectrum/unquill.zip
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/quill/unquill.zip - link to same file
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/solutions/tools/unquill.zip - link to same file
UnQuill v0.7.1 (28aug2000), by John Elliott.
Reads a ZX Spectrum snapshot (.SNA) of an adventure game written with
The Quill and produces textual listings of the game's data tables
(messages, vocabulary, logic, etc.). UnQuill can also play the games
without an emulator and output the game as Inform source code.
C source code, CP/M and DOS executables, plus documentation.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/info/playgame.FAQ
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/playgame.FAQ - link to same file
Playing the Interactive Fiction Archive Games version 1.69
(July 2000), by Stephen Griffiths
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/adrift/
this is a new directory for ADRIFT games
interpreters are in programming/adrift/
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/adrift/Crime_Adventure.taf
Crime Adventure, by Mark Whitmore
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/Alchemist.zip
Castle of the Alchemists, version 1.2 (1991)
by Super Chicken Productions.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/Cercla.zip
Cercla, by Jeffery P. Robinson.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/Helvera.zip
Helvera, Mistress of the Park, by Bob Adams.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/LSMansion.zip
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/pc/LSMansion.zip - link to same file
Lost Stone Mansion, by Paul Merkley/Lost Stone Games,
Version 1, Demo 2 (1992).
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/Property.zip
Lost Property, by Edward McArdle.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/SirGuy.zip
Sir Guy Gallant and the Deadly Warning, by Eddie R. Wright.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/Tarot.zip
The Books of Tarotia: Book 1 - Restoring the Cups, by Shaun Jensen.
Shareware AGT adventure - Fantasy genre.
NOTE: You must register (US$10) to complete the game.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/Wanderer1.zip
The Darkest Road, part one of The Black Wanderer
trilogy, version 1.0a, written by Clive Wilson.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/Wanderer2.zip
The Unborn One, part two of The Black Wanderer
trilogy, version 1.0a, written by Clive Wilson.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/Wanderer3.zip
Twas a Time of Dread, part three of The Black Wanderer
trilogy, version 1.0a, written by Clive Wilson.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/WizCastle2.zip
The Wizard's Castle, by Edward McArdle, originally
written for the C64 and Apple II using The Quill.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/agt/koa_beta2.zip
Kingdom of Amphibia, The Shipwreck, beta 2, by Al.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/cpm/cpm-advent.zip
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/source/cpm-advent.zip - link to same file
CP/M ports of Colossal Cave Adventure, ported by Mike Goetz.
Included are version A02 (350 points) with Fortran source, versions
B00 and B01 (both 550 points), version A02 (580 points), and tools to
extract some approximation to A-code source from the version B games.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/mini-comps/manos/ManoZ.z5
ManoZ, tHE iNterACtIve hANds oF fATe, bY DuNCAn cROSs(aKa bOinGBall)
Release 1 / Serial number 000506
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/mini-comps/speedif/SpeedIF10.zip
Games entered in the SpeedIF 10 Competition.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/mini-comps/speedif/SpeedIF13.zip
Games entered in the SpeedIF 13 Competition.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/mini-comps/toaster/ToasterCompNosrc.zip
All the entries in Mark Musante's Toaster Competition, archived into a
single file. The games are:
Inform/Z-Code games:
Burnt Toast, by Josh Giesbrecht
Friar Bacon's Secret, by Carl Muckenhoupt
Got Toast?, by Jim Fisher
Spitting Crumbs, by Duncan Cross
Tommy the Toaster, by "Coala"
TADS games:
Masters of Toasting, by Leon Lin
Mr. Remote Mom, by Lenny Pitts
This is the Toaster, by Peter Berman
Toastarama, by Doug Jones
Inform/Glulx games:
(You're) TOAST!, by Gunther Schmidl
Alan games:
There is No bread, by Mikko Vuorinen
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/mini-comps/toaster/ToasterCompWithSrc.zip
All the entries in Mark Musante's Toaster Competition, including source
code, archived into a single file.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/mini-comps/wacky/knot4.zip
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/alan/examples/knot4.zip - link
source code of Knot To Be Undone, by Lelah Conrad
(a compiled game is in games/mini-comps/wacky/wackycmp.zip)
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/pc/non-english/llavesdt.zip
Las Llaves Del Tiempo (Time Keys), a Spanish text adventure
about time travel.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/pc/stupid.zip
Quest to Verona... When Stupidity Strikes!
Simple MS-DOS batch file adventure.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/pc/wizards-castle.zip
Wizard's Castle, published in the July/August 1980 issue of Recreational
Computing Magazine. Originally written by Joseph R. Power, and updated
for Microsoft BASIC by J.F. Stetson.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/pc/wfpc.zip
Westfront PC: The Trials of Guilder version 11.50, a text role-playing
game by Paul Allen Panks, aka Dunric.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/inform/source/iditchs.zip
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/inform/source/iditchs-html.zip
Ditch Day Drifter, Michael J. Roberts' example TADS game, translated
to Inform 6 by, Neil Cerutti, based on an earlier partial port by
Chris Markwyn.
This is an update to the earlier versions of these files which were
previously in the archive.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/tads/Rematch.gam
Rematch, release 1.0.4.
An interactive repetition by Andrew Pontious.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/tads/above.gam
Above and Beyond! version 1.2, by Mike Sousa.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/tads/quick.gam
A Simple Theft, an interactive larceny by Mark J. Musante.
Serial No. 20000810, Release 3
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/tads/worlds.zip - TADS .gam file
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/pc/worlds.exe - Windows executable
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/mac/worlds-apart-21.hqx - Mac executable
Worlds Apart, an Interactive Fugue,
Version 2.1, written by Suzanne Britton.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/zcode/CtDoom.z5
Countdown to Doom, Copyright 1999 by Peter D. Killworth
Release 1 / Serial number 000801
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/zcode/Galatea.z8
Galatea, by Emily Short.
Release 2 / Serial number 000825
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/zcode/LASH.z8 - ZCode game file
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/pc/LASH.zip - MS-DOS executable
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/mac/LASH-r11.hqx - Mac executable
Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup, by Paul O'Brian
Release 11 / Serial number 000806
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/zcode/LDoDoom.z5
Last Days of Doom, Copyright 1999 by Peter D. Killworth
Release 1 / Serial number 000801
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/zcode/Mulldoon.z8
The Mulldoon Legacy, a Tale of Time and Self, by Jon Ingold
Release 6 / Serial number 000724
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/zcode/Relief.z5
The Hunt For Relief, a toilettic experience, by Christian Gaertner.
Release 1 / Serial number 000820
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/zcode/break-in.z5
Break-In, an Interactive Burglary, by Jon Ingold.
Release 9 / Serial number 000730
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/zcode/oad.z5
Only After Dark, by Gunther Schmidl.
Release 2 / Serial number 000825
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/zcode/wadewar3beta0102.z5
The WadeWars Book III (beta), written by Jim Fisher.
Release 1 / Serial number 000803
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/zx81/phipps-zx81.zip
Greedy Gulch, Pharaoh's Tomb and Magic Mountain, three text adventures
written for the ZX81 by Mike Farley and transferred from tape by
John Elliott.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/infocom/icons/ificons.zip
Windows icons for Infocom/Inform, TADS and Hugo, by Giulio Veneziani.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/zip/ZipCE.zip
ZipCE for HPC (v2.21), PocketPC (v1.6) and PalmPC (v2.1),
ported by Kevin Buchanan.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/level9/novellas/...
This is a new directory, containing the novellas written by Level 9
as part of the game packaging.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/level9/novellas/GnomeRangerNovella.zip
The novella from Gnome Ranger by Peter McBride,
scanned in by Jeremy A. Smith.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/level9/novellas/IngridsBackNovella.zip
The novella from Ingrid's Back by Peter McBride,
scanned in by Jeremy A. Smith.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/level9/novellas/JewelsofDarknessNovella.zip
The novella from Jewels of Darkness by Peter McBride,
scanned in by Jeremy A. Smith.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/level9/novellas/KnightOrcNovella.zip
The novella from Knight Orc by Peter McBride,
scanned in by Jeremy A. Smith.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/level9/novellas/SiliconDreamsNovella.zip
The novella from Silicon Dreams by Peter McBride,
scanned in by Jeremy A. Smith.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/level9/novellas/TimeAndMagikNovella.zip
The novella from Time and Magik by Peter McBride,
scanned in by Jeremy A. Smith.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/magnetic-scrolls/interpreters/magnetic/JMagneticMac.sea.bin
Standalone Mac application built from the JMagnetic source code,
i.e. a Mac version of JMagnetic that can be run with no special
programming skills. Requires MRJ (Macintosh Runtime for Java),
which is distributed with MacOS 8 or higher.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/adrift/adrift38.zip
ADRIFT Version 3.80, by Campbell Wild. This archive contains the runner,
generator, help files, uninstaller and all required libraries.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/adrift/gen380.zip
ADRIFT Version 3.80, by Campbell Wild. This archive contains the
generator, help files and uninstaller.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/adrift/run380.zip
ADRIFT Version 3.80, by Campbell Wild. This archive contains the
runner, help files and uninstaller.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/cpp/CAT.zip
The C-Adventure Toolkit, by Tony Stiles (1985),
a text adventure system which produces C code.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/editors/alan.fed
FED text editor syntax highlighting configuration
file for ALAN, version 2, by Stephen Griffiths.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/editors/inform-mode.el
Inform mode 1.5.5 for GNU Emacs, a major mode for
editing Inform programs, by Gareth Rees and Rupert Lane.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/glk/implementations/WindowsGlk-116.zip
Win32 (Windows 95/98/NT) implementation of Glk 0.61,
version 1.16, written by David Kinder.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/glk/implementations/WindowsGlkSrc-116.zip
Source code for Windows Glk, version 1.16, written by David Kinder.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/glulx/WinGlulxe-035.zip
Windows version of the Glulxe interpreter,
version 0.3.5, ported by David Kinder.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/glulx/glulxe-035.tar.Z
C source code for the Glulxe interpreter, version 0.3.5,
by Andrew Plotkin.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/glulx/infglk-0.6.1.zip
A Glulx Inform library, version 0.6.1, designed to make calling Glk
functions from within Glulx Inform easier, written by John Scott Cater.
Archive includes library header file and Perl source code used to
create it.
Note that this version supercedes the previous 2.0 release, as the
numbering scheme has been changed to be in line with Glk version
numbering.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/glulx/informbp621-037.tar.Z
Source code for the bi-platform (Glulx and Z-Code) version of the
Inform 6.21 compiler. Written by Andrew Plotkin, based on
Graham Nelson's Inform 6.21 source code.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/glulx/informg621-037.tar.Z
Source code for the Glulx-only version of the Inform 6.21 compiler.
Written by Andrew Plotkin, based on Graham Nelson's Inform 6.21
source code.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/changelog.txt
Hugo changes log, starting with versions 2.5.01 and 3.0
beta (25 July 2000).
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/release.txt
Release Notes - A Brief History of Hugo v1.0 - v3.0
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hdgr.zip
32-bit DOS graphical debugger, version 2.5.03, by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hugov25_16bit.zip
16 bit DOS executables of the Hugo compiler, runtime engine (graphical
and text only versions), and debugger (text only), version 2.5.03,
by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hugov25_16bit_simple.zip
Simple text-based 16-bit DOS engine for use with speech
software, version 2.5.03, by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hugov25_32bit.zip
32 bit DOS executables of the Hugo compiler, runtime engine (graphical
and text only versions), and debugger (text only), version 2.5.03,
by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hugov25_linux.tar.gz
Linux executables of the Hugo compiler, runtime engine and debugger,
version 2.5.03, The Linux port was originally written by Bill Lash, and
updated by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hugov25_win32.zip
Win32 (Windows 9x/NT) executables of the Hugo compiler, run-time engine
(graphical) and debugger, version 2.5.03, by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hugov25_winglk.zip
Win32 (Windows 9x/NT) executable of the Glk version of the Hugo run-time
engine (text only), version 2.5.03, by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hugov25_wxwin_linux.tar.gz
Linux executable of the wxWindows version of the Hugo run-time engine,
version 2.5.03, by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hugov30_beosppc.zip
BeOS (PowerPC) executables of the Hugo compiler, run-time engine
(graphical) and debugger, version 3.0, by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hugov30_beosx86.zip
BeOS (Intel x86) executables of the Hugo compiler, run-time engine
(graphical) and debugger, version 3.0, by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/executables/hugov30_win32.zip
Win32 (Windows 9x/NT) executables of the Hugo compiler, run-time engine
(graphical) and debugger, version 3.0, by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/library/hugolib.zip
The Hugo library 2.5.03, zipped into a single file.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/source/hugov25_source.tar.gz
Source code of the Hugo compiler, runtime engine, debugger, independent
string manipulation functions, and a screen I/O test routine,
by Kent Tessman. Versions 2.5.03 and 3.0 (25 July 2000).
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/source/hugov25_unix_source.tar.gz
Source code for the Unix port of Hugo 2.5.03. The Linux port was
originally written by Bill Lash, and updated by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/source/hugov25_win32_source.zip
Additional Hugo 2.5.03 and 3.0 source files for Win32, by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/source/hugov25_wxwin_source.tar.gz
Additional Hugo 2.5.03 and 3.0 source files for wxWindows (a cross-
platform GUI toolkit), by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/hugo/source/hugov30_beos_source.zip
Additional Hugo 3.0 source files for BeOS, by Kent Tessman
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/inform6/library/contributions/fkeys.h
A library for enabling the use of function keys, version 1.0,
by David Fillmore.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/inform6/library/contributions/moveclass.h
MoveClass, a library to provide either random or directed movement for
any NPCs. Version 8.05b, (18aug2000) by Neil Brown and Alan Trewartha.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/inform6/library/contributions/trinitystat.h
A library go give games a status line in the style of Infocom's Trinity,
written by Jonathan Rosebaugh.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/inform6/source/inform-6.21.2.tar.gz
Inform all-in-one Unix source package, assembled by Glenn Hutchings.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/quest/q217full.zip
Quest version 2.17, by Alex Warren. Interactive Fiction authoring system
for Windows 95/98 and NT4. This is the full installation package.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/quest/q217ug.zip
Quest version 2.17, by Alex Warren. Interactive Fiction authoring system
for Windows 95/98 and NT4. This is the upgrade package for current users
of Quest.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/quill/...
A new directory for files relating to The Quill, a text adventure
authoring system originally written for the ZX Spectrum.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/quill/winquill-engine.zip
WinQuill, a port of the classic Quill authoring system to Windows,
Release Candidate 1, by Nigel Arnold.
This archive contains the engine for playing WinQuill games.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/quill/winquill-ide.zip
WinQuill, a port of the classic Quill authoring system to Windows,
Release Candidate 1, by Nigel Arnold.
This archive contains the IDE for writing WinQuill games.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/HyperTADS-123.sit
HyperTADS 1.2.3, a HTML TADS 2.5.4 run-time for the Macintosh,
written by Iain Merrick.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/MaxTADS-116.hqx
MaxTADS version 1.1.6, a TADS 2.5.4 Run-time for the Macintosh,
by Andrew C. Plotkin.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/T3-Toolkit-103.sit
T3 Toolkit 1.0.3, a TADS 3 compiler for MacOS, written by Iain Merrick.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/executables/WinTADS-133.zip
WinTADS version 1.3.3, a TADS 2.5.4 Run-time for Windows 95 and NT,
by Stephen Granade
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/library/alt.zip
An alternate library for TADS, implementing aggregate display for multiple
direct object commands, time-oriented play and display, and classes such
as Wysiwyg, Door, Stack, and Vector.
Version 2.1.0, written by Kevin Forchione.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/library/alt_docs.zip
Documentation for the Alt library, by Kevin Forchione.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/library/alt_samples.zip
Samples for the Alt library, by Kevin Forchione.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/source/HyperTADS-src-123.sit
Source code for HyperTADS 1.2.3, a HTML TADS 2.5.4 run-time for the
Macintosh, written by Iain Merrick.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/source/MaxTADS-src-116.hqx
C source code for MaxTADS version 1.1.6, by Andrew C. Plotkin.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/source/T3-Toolkit-src-103.sit
Source code for T3 Toolkit 1.0.3, a TADS 3 compiler for the Macintosh,
written by Iain Merrick.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/source/WinTADS-src-133.zip
Source code for Stephen Granade's WinTADS 1.3.3, a TADS 2.5.4
Run-time for Windows 95 and NT
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/rec.arts.int-fiction/news_archive.zip
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/rec.games.int-fiction/news_archive.zip - link
Magnus Olsson's collection of selected posts to rec.arts.int-fiction and
rec.games.int-fiction from late 1996 to August, 2000
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/rec.arts.int-fiction/raifarc0008.tgz
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/rec.games.int-fiction/rgifarc0008.tgz
All the articles posted to rec.arts.int-fiction and
rec.games.int-fiction in August 2000, archived by Stephen Granade.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/solutions/AnchorSolve.txt
Walkthrough for Anchorhead, by Aeron Pax.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/solutions/Relief.walkthrough.txt
Walkthrough for Hunt for Relief by the game's author, Christian
Gaertner.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/solutions/oad.walkthrough.txt
Walkthrough for Only After Dark, by Christian Gaertner.
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/solutions/maps/KOAMaps.zip
Maps of Kingdom of Amphibia, by the game's author, Al.
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Please put uploads into ftp.gmd.de:/incoming/if-archive
and send e-mail to Volker....@gmd.de
with a CC to dav...@monis.co.uk
describing the file(s) you uploaded.
Enjoy!
David (and Volker)
Colin Seddon
If you're going to spam the group PLEASE at least have the decency to send
Amiga-related spam!
jer...@mupwi.demon.co.uk
Most things on the Interactive Fiction archive can be played on an
Amiga, so why does the message have to mention it explicitly? I mean
unless of course you dont want to be notified of all the latest
Amiga ports of the various text adventure systems.
Regards,
Jeremy Silver
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
Joachim Froholt
Colin Seddon wrote:
> Stupid git. In that whole message there wasn't one mention of the word "Amiga".
> If you're going to spam the group PLEASE at least have the decency to send
> Amiga-related spam!
I disagree with you here, Colin. Most of the games on the IF Archive can be played
very well on an Amiga, and considering the lack of commercial Amiga adventures (not
counting HellSquad), I think it is brilliant that the mantainers of the archive are
kind enough to update the people at c.s.a.g. as well as those in the pc based
groups. I also don't think this is spam, as it is an informative post and no
advertisement.
Since we're allready on the subject of Interactive Fiction, let me recommend a
couple of the games which were mentioned in the announcement:
Worlds Apart - Just brilliant, perhaps the deepest adventure game I've ever played.
It's huge, though, and don't expect it to run on a 1MB machine.
Galatea - a very interesting experiment. Basically, the game revolves around _one_
NPC and her emotions.
LASH - some people love this one, others seem to hate it. I like it :-)
Rematch - weird... but very cool :-)
Joachim
jer...@mupwi.demon.co.uk
Joachim Froholt <jfro...@c2i.net> wrote:
>
>
> Since we're allready on the subject of Interactive Fiction, let me
> recommend a couple of the games which were mentioned in the
> announcement:
>
Also mentioned, and ones I would recommend (not to detract from your
fine choices):
The Muldoon Legacy (Great story),
Break-In (One of the Authors earlier works but fun nontheless),
and Anchorhead (For people that like the horror genre)
All perfectly playable on virtually any computer you care to shake a
stick at.
Regards,
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Joachim Froholt
jer...@mupwi.demon.co.uk wrote:
> In article <39C620C9...@c2i.net>,
> Joachim Froholt <jfro...@c2i.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Since we're allready on the subject of Interactive Fiction, let me
> > recommend a couple of the games which were mentioned in the
> > announcement:
> >
>
> Also mentioned, and ones I would recommend (not to detract from your
> fine choices):
> The Muldoon Legacy (Great story),
I really must get around to playing this one soon (better start before
the competition games are released, or I will run out of time :-)
>
> Break-In (One of the Authors earlier works but fun nontheless),
> and Anchorhead (For people that like the horror genre)
How on earth did I miss Anchorhead? :-)
I have to admit I found the introduction puzzle of this one a little too
difficult, but I stuck with the game anyway, because of the incredible
atmosphere. This is probably the scariest text based game I've ever
played.. :-)
btw, Amigans waiting for Phantasmagoria should give Anchorhead a try.
There's a lot of similarities between the two games, even though P.
comes on seven cd's. And Anchorhead will last much longer than
Phantasmagoria (which must be one of the easiest commercial adventure
games ever).
Joachim
Peter Olafson
Peter
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jer...@mupwi.demon.co.uk
Joachim Froholt <jfro...@c2i.net> wrote:
>
>
> jer...@mupwi.demon.co.uk wrote:
>
> > In article <39C620C9...@c2i.net>,
> > Joachim Froholt <jfro...@c2i.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Since we're allready on the subject of Interactive Fiction, let me
> > > recommend a couple of the games which were mentioned in the
> > > announcement:
> > >
> >
> > Also mentioned, and ones I would recommend (not to detract from your
> > fine choices):
> > The Muldoon Legacy (Great story),
>
> I really must get around to playing this one soon (better start before
> the competition games are released, or I will run out of time :-)
>
You might need to budget for some more time as its a .z8.
> >
> > Break-In (One of the Authors earlier works but fun nontheless),
> > and Anchorhead (For people that like the horror genre)
>
> How on earth did I miss Anchorhead? :-)
I cheated, the notification only mentioned an updated walkthrough. ;)
> I have to admit I found the introduction puzzle of this one a little
> too difficult, but I stuck with the game anyway, because of the
> incredible atmosphere. This is probably the scariest text based game
> I've ever played.. :-)
The part where you must enter the estate agents office?
Here I had to cheat again too ;) I used the original w-t, though I
thought this puzzle was possibly unfair as it needed fairly exact
phrasing. Some of the game I managed to do myself, but once you start
with a walkthrough its hard to stop.
>
> btw, Amigans waiting for Phantasmagoria should give Anchorhead a try.
> There's a lot of similarities between the two games, even though P.
> comes on seven cd's. And Anchorhead will last much longer than
> Phantasmagoria (which must be one of the easiest commercial adventure
> games ever).
>
> Joachim
>
I hope it hasnt become ghostly and vapour-like...
Jeremy
Joachim Froholt
> > How on earth did I miss Anchorhead? :-)
>
> I cheated, the notification only mentioned an updated walkthrough. ;)
>
> > I have to admit I found the introduction puzzle of this one a little
> > too difficult, but I stuck with the game anyway, because of the
> > incredible atmosphere. This is probably the scariest text based game
> > I've ever played.. :-)
>
> The part where you must enter the estate agents office?
Yep.
>
> Here I had to cheat again too ;) I used the original w-t, though I
> thought this puzzle was possibly unfair as it needed fairly exact
> phrasing.
Yeah. It's a bit stupid that the game starts off with such a difficult
puzzle.
> Some of the game I managed to do myself, but once you start
> with a walkthrough its hard to stop.
I know :-)
Walkthroughs are really helpful when there's no way out, but it's easy to
get addicted. I normally try to avoid walkthroughs (and rather ask in rgif
or something), but I often end up downloading one anyway. When I'm far into
a story, it's so difficult to be patient - I want to see what happens next!
Joachim
Colin Seddon
> stick at.
I'm sorry - but I didn't know. I plead ignorance (back me up here Joachim)
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Colin Seddon wrote:
> > All perfectly playable on virtually any computer you care to
> > shake a stick at.
>
> I'm sorry - but I didn't know. I plead ignorance (back me up here Joachim)
*gasp*
Didn't know about the IF archive?!??! The Frotz interpreter?
How can you _live_ without the Masterpieces of Infocom all playable
on your Amiga again? Without Floyd? Without your *towel* man!
Go download Frotz and the entries and the competition winners from
ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/ right now young man! *Put* that joystick down.
You don't know where it's *been*!
Hands on the keyboard where I can see 'em _boy_...
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Joachim Froholt
Nathan Wain wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Colin Seddon wrote:
>
> > > All perfectly playable on virtually any computer you care to
> > > shake a stick at.
> >
> > I'm sorry - but I didn't know. I plead ignorance (back me up here Joachim)
I will :-)
It was a honest mistake, really, as you're right about the fact that the post
doesn't mention the Amiga. You're far from being the only one who don't know
about the IF archive, and the games on it, and the original post take it for
granted that people know what they're talking about. It might be a good idea to
have a brief introduction where they at least say something about the nature of
these games and the fact that they can be played on "virtually any computer you
care to shake a stick at". However, this will make the post longer & bigger..
>
> *gasp*
> Didn't know about the IF archive?!??! The Frotz interpreter?
> How can you _live_ without the Masterpieces of Infocom all playable
> on your Amiga again? Without Floyd? Without your *towel* man!
>
> Go download Frotz and the entries and the competition winners from
> ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/ right now young man! *Put* that joystick down.
> You don't know where it's *been*!
>
> Hands on the keyboard where I can see 'em _boy_...
>
> </rant mode=headmaster>
>
I second this, Nathan, but I personally don't think the Infocom classics is the
best reason to get Frotz :-)
IMHO, the best of the free games today are much better than the Infocom stuff,
at least what I've played (Back 2 the Roots have most (all?) of Infocom's text
adventures, and the Zork trilogy can be found all over the 'net, as Activision
released it for free). The Infocom games are nice all-round puzzle games, but
not much more. Ofcourse I recognize them as classics, as they were far ahead of
their time (and they're the very reason we have Frotz), but when I try to get
friends hooked on IF, I never tell them to play the Infocom games. But I'm in a
minority here :-)
Since I've allready leaked some info from the c.s.a.g. faq today, I might as
well give you some more :-)
---
Here's a really quick guide to getting IF-Games work on your Amiga:
Inform games and games from Infocom needs a z-code interpreter.
Try Frotz, at http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/aminet/game/role/Frotz232r11.lha
Tads games needs a tads interpreter,
http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/aminet/game/role/TADS2210.lha
AGT and AGX games needs Agility,
http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/aminet/game/text/AGiliTy.lha
There are more interpreters for different game formats available for the
Amiga, but these are the most popular ones.
IF games can be found in the IF-Archive, at ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/
Web Based Mirror: http://www.ifarchive.org/
For further info, read the rec.games.int-fiction FAQ, at
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/games/interactive-fiction/part1/
Other sites worth visiting:
SPAG : http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/
The World of IF : http://www.igs.net/~tril/if/
--
Joachim
Colin Seddon
> Didn't know about the IF archive?!??! The Frotz interpreter?
> How can you _live_ without the Masterpieces of Infocom all playable
> on your Amiga again? Without Floyd? Without your *towel* man!
>
> Go download Frotz and the entries and the competition winners from
> ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/ right now young man! *Put* that joystick down.
> You don't know where it's *been*!
I hate digging through FTP sites. Any chance of some recommendations (and
hyperlinks would be handy)? It's been my experience that txt adventures (sorry,
IF) is a boring genre played by people who have nothing better to do than put
on their glasses, sit down in front of a *N*X screen and type in synonyms until
3am, then go and take their chemistry degree finals. Someone please convince me
otherwise!
>> Col
sg...@my-deja.com
"Colin Seddon" <Co...@cwas.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > *gasp*
> > Didn't know about the IF archive?!??! The Frotz interpreter?
> > How can you _live_ without the Masterpieces of Infocom all playable
> > on your Amiga again? Without Floyd? Without your *towel* man!
> >
> > Go download Frotz and the entries and the competition winners from
> > ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/ right now young man! *Put* that joystick
down.
> > You don't know where it's *been*!
>
There are several web-based "mirrors" of the IF Archive which you may
prefer digging through,
eg:
http://www.ifarchive.org/
There's a searchable index at
http://bang.dhs.org/if/if-archive-search.html
> Any chance of some recommendations (and
> hyperlinks would be handy)?
For some recommendations, take a look at Baf's Guide to the IF Archive
and Susan Britton's "Best of IF" collection
http://www.wurb.com/if/index.html
http://www.igs.net/~tril/if/best/index.html
A few games that I like and which someone who isn't really an "IF" fan
may also enjoy
The Lesson of the Tortoise by G Kevin Wilson
Photopia by Adam Cadre
The Meteor, the Stone and the long glass of Sherbet by Graham Nelson
URLs -
http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/tortoise.gam
http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/photopia.z5
http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/sherbet.z5
Note that these games aren't stand-alone executable game programs. You
play these IF games by opening the gamefiles from within a "runtime
interpreter" program in the same way you'd open a graphic from within
your picture viewer program or a document in your wordprocessor.
That first game ("Tortoise") is in TADS format and the other two are in
Inform format. The Amiga 'runtime interpreters' for those two formats
are AmigaTADS and Frotz respectively
http://www.ifarchive.org/if-
archive/infocom/interpreters/frotz/AmigaFrotz232Std10.lha
http://www.ifarchive.org/if-
archive/programming/tads/executables/AmigaTADS253.lha
(sorry about the long URL's which may be split across lines
unfortunately)
> It's been my experience that txt adventures (sorry,
> IF) is a boring genre played by people who have nothing better to do
than put
> on their glasses, sit down in front of a *N*X screen and type in
synonyms until
> 3am, then go and take their chemistry degree finals. Someone please
convince me
> otherwise!
Hmmm, you sound like a difficult case to convince otherwise but atleast
I've tried! :-)
-- SteveG.