The best interactive fiction games
Interactive fiction games (or text adventures) are adventure games in which the player gives textual commands in order to act within the given story. The story itself is told both using text and static pictures or with no graphics of any kind, just text. The genre's stepping stones are Adventure (developed in 1975) and the Zork series. Infocom, Legend Entertainment and Magnetic scrolls were some of the most popular interactive fiction developers of the 80s.
Most popular interactive fiction games
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James Clavell's Shogun
DOS1989 Infocom
James Clavell's Shogun, a text adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. Infocom was known for its interactive fiction games, and "James Clavell's Shogun" was one of its later releases.This text adventure game is based on James Clavell's novel "Shogun" and follows the story of John Blackthorne, an English navigator who becomes invol...
Jewels of Darkness
DOS1986 Level 9 Computing
Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz
DOS1983 Infocom
Dream Zone
DOS1988 Naughty Dog
Suspect
DOS1984 Infocom
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
DOS1986 Infocom
The Guild of Thieves
DOS1987 Magnetic Scrolls
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DOSMac OS1984freeware Infocom
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...
Planetfall
DOS1983 Infocom
Zork I: The Great Underground Empire
DOS1982 Infocom
Zork is one of the most popular text-adventures and one of the first interactive fiction games ever created. The first Zork was developed in the seventies and ported on various platform by Infocom in the early 80s. Infocom was one of the most prolific developers of text-adventures for home computers and created memorable interactive fiction ga...
A Mind Forever Voyaging
DOSMac OS1985 Infocom
Frederik Pohl's Gateway
DOS1992 Legend Entertainment
Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel Gateway. Tt was designed by Michael Verdu and Glen R. Dahlgren and published by Legend Entertainment in 1992.
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware
Journey: The Quest Begins
DOS1989 Infocom
Rambo First Blood Part 2
DOS1985 Angelsoft
Lancelot
DOS1988 Level 9 Computing
Myth
DOS1989 Magnetic Scrolls
Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers get all the girls
DOS1990protected Legend Entertainment
Spellcasting 301: Spring Break
DOS1992protected Legend Entertainment
James Bond 007: Goldfinger
DOS1986 Angelsoft
Eric the Unready
DOS1993protected Legend Entertainment
Time and Magik: The Trilogy
DOS1988 Level 9 Computing
Trinity
DOS1986 Infocom
Magnetic Scrolls Collection
DOS1991 Magnetic Scrolls
Magnetic Scrolls was one of the finest developer companies dedicated to Interactive Fiction. The Magnetic Scrolls Collection is a trilogy of Magnenic Scrolls adventures remade using the Wonderland engine: Fish!, Corruption, The Guild of Thieves. The new window-based interface made text-adventuring easy even for gamers not used to a text-only interf...
A Night with Troi
DOS1991NSFW
9 Princes in Amber
DOS1985 Telarium
Timequest
DOS1991protected Legend Entertainment
Circuit's Edge
DOS1990 Westwood Studios
Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for MS-DOS. Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corruption, and advanced technology. Players take on t...
Breakers
DOS1986 Synapse Software
Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen
DOS1988 Tom Snyder Productions