2004 IF Competition Games Available 78
An anonymous submitter writes "For the last ten years, the readers of the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction have held a yearly interactive fiction competition. For fans of the old Infocom games as well as for newcomers to the genre, the competition is a chance to enjoy some of the best short adventure games available anywhere. And now, this year's entries are finally available for public testing. Visit IFcomp.org to download the games and interpreters for all of your favorite platforms. For the next six weeks, judges will play, score, and review." The website explains Windows and Mac installation pretty well; you'lll have to figure it out on your own for Linux but there is plenty of help available (i.e., "apt-cache search infocom" for Debian).
Beware of Grues (Score:5, Funny)
Lemme at it! (Score:5, Funny)
Seeking help. (Score:3, Funny)
I tried to do that. Unfortuately on the way I got lost in the maze, dropped my lantern in the chasm and missed when I threw the knife at the gnome.
MUD? (Score:5, Funny)
>hit zombies with stick
Your attempt to ward of the nerd-zombies fails.
You should have drawn a picture of Kournikova on the wall to distract the zombies while you fled on your segway.
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Interactive Fiction (Score:5, Funny)
go west (Score:2, Funny)
open chest, look chest, take wand, close chest, east, east, east, east, north, inventory, quit.
Re:MUD? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Text games are very much alive (Score:3, Funny)
Thy Dungeonman!
http://www.homestarrunner.com/dungeonman.html [homestarrunner.com]
Re:go west (Score:3, Funny)
>step right
>put hands on hips
>bring knees in tight
>thrust pelvis
>do time warp
>again
Re:Interactive Fiction (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Lemme at it! (Score:3, Funny)