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How did this start

I recently (well, that is at the release of the Slashdot article mentioned below) stumbled upon the good old time of text-based adventures, that is the ruling of interactive fiction companies such as Infocom, Magnetic Scrolls and Legend Entertainment (more information available). Being reminded of the 80s, and of the fact that at this time I did not have too much interest in these games (I was around 10 years at that time, and my english was not really fluent), made me wonder why I would not take the chance and play the games with such glorious names like Leather Goddesses of Phobos or Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

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In the beginning was the word...

...and this word was spread with an article on Slashdot.org about a newly released PDF-based paper on the history of Infocom (approx. 9MB, html-ized version from Adobe web-based pdf2html converter available here (no images, bad formatting etc.)), and the corresponding presentation (approx 5MB) given on the same subject by some students at the MIT.

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ZIPs - Z-Code Interpreter Programs

The platform-indepent Z-code is (as the name already suggests) interpreted by a kind of virtual machine that is more or less tailored to its host operating system. The ZIPs available from this site come in various flavours:

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The Z-Files

Due to copyright restrictions, the games are no longer available for download. Please do not send me questions about the games

However, I decided to put a list of Infocom games on this page, which provides additional details on every Infocom Interactive Fiction game.

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Some words of advice

If find yourself stuck in one of the many puzzles (I promise that this will happen frequently), or you just want to get more information on Infocom (via articles in the New Zork Times), you can find help at the following places:

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More Information on Interactive Fiction

Resources on interactive fiction (IF) and adventures:

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Achim J. Latz, achim@latz.cc , 01.12.2008

Due to copyright restrictions, the games are no longer available for download. Please do not send me questions about the games.
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