2004 IF Competition Games Available

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2004 IF Competition Games Available

Posted by michael on Saturday October 2, 2004 @02:09PM from the use-laser-on-floyd dept.

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).

11 of 78 comments (clear)

Beware of Grues by RevJim · 2004-10-02 14:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Great, now I can be eaten by a grue on multiple platforms. Grue screen of death anyone?
Lemme at it! by FyRE666 · 2004-10-02 14:18 · Score: 4, Funny

I can't wait to try these out on my new Nvidia Geforce 6800!!

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1. Re:Lemme at it! by chewy_2000 · 2004-10-02 21:18 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  On a related note, don't forget IF Quake
Seeking help. by hai.uchida · 2004-10-02 14:30 · Score: 2, Funny

"..You'll 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)."

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.

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MUD? by t7 · 2004-10-02 14:32 · Score: 5, Funny

You find yourself in a dark cave surrounded by nerd-zombies.
>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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Free iPods? Sure.
1. Re:MUD? by eegad · 2004-10-02 14:54 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Your attempt to ward of the nerd-zombies fails. Luckily, the nerd-zombies become distracted by the latest Slashdot posting and begin laughing and snorting uncontrollably while hitting their refresh buttons. One of them seems to be wearing a cowboy hat.
Interactive Fiction by NiTr|c · 2004-10-02 14:49 · Score: 5, Funny

So, the interactive part is clicking on the download link, and the fiction part is actually finishing the download while the servers are being slashdotted! This is the most fun I've had all day!

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1. Re:Interactive Fiction by eegad · 2004-10-02 15:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Oh! You didn't find the secret chest with the download mirror. Unfortunately, if you've already saved you're going to have to start all over from the beginning.
go west by cdtoad · 2004-10-02 14:52 · Score: 2, Funny

Zork prose
open chest, look chest, take wand, close chest, east, east, east, east, north, inventory, quit.

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1. Re:go west by Bambi+Dee · 2004-10-02 15:00 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  >jump left
  >step right
  >put hands on hips
  >bring knees in tight
  >thrust pelvis
  >do time warp
  >again
Re:Text games are very much alive by Necrobruiser · 2004-10-02 15:00 · Score: 3, Funny

Text games ARE very much alive...
Thy Dungeonman!
http://www.homestarrunner.com/dungeonman.html

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