Welcome!

At this site you can play interactive fiction (IF) games online, using your web browser, for free. No advertisements, pop-ups, or other such nonsense.

I will be adding games as I get the chance. Please keep in mind that SAVE and RESTORE functions may not function properly due to java and server restrictions. In addition, the java applet may not reload (restart, if you have to) easily - you may have to leave the game page, exit out of your browser, and then return to the game page to start a new game.

The focus of this repository is on games in Inform format. At this time, graphical games are not supported, though they may be in the future. Graphical IF games become dated quickly...

Happy gaming!

Online play is possible using ZPlet, which is Z-machine compatible, i.e., the format for Inform interactive fiction games. Java is required to be present and enabled on your computer. Games are interpreted through a java applet. It should work on most browsers.

Here is an excellent how-to guide for the player new to IF. In addition, you could start out with Nine Points, A Demonstration of an Interactive Fiction Game, by Robert Janelle and Brad O'Donnell. I highly recommend this game to learn how to play interactive fiction games!

9:05, by Adam Cadre
AAS Masters, by Stephen Granade
The Acorn Court, by Todd S. Murchison
Adventure, by Will Crowther and Don Woods
Adventureland, by Scott Adams
Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies, by Oyvind Thorsby
All Roads, by Jon Ingold
Balances, by Graham Nelson
A Bear's Night Out, an Interactive Children's Story, by David Dyte
Boris, the Chess Doctor, adapted by John Knudsen (Chess Theme)
Causality: The Search for Eternal Life, by Hugo Martay
Caverns of Chaos, by Paul Martinez and Alison Castro
Cheater, by Wesley Osam
C.I.A. Adventure, by Hugh Lampert
Curses, by Graham Nelson
Danger, Adventurer At Work, by Simon Avery
Eliza, Adapted by Patricia Danielson, Paul Hashfield, and Ricardo Dague
FailSafe, by Jon Ingold
Flotsam, by Jamie Murray
Frozen: A Night at the Lab, by Jeremy Farnham
Fyleet, an adventure game, by Jonathan R. Partington
Gerbil Riot, by Simon Avery
All Quiet on the Library Front, An Interactive Vignette, by Michael S. Phillips
A New Day, by Jonathan Fry
Nine Points, A Demonstration of an Interactive Fiction Game, by Robert Janelle and Brad O'Donnell
Promoted, by Mike DeSanto
Redbeard, by Joseph Woods
Solitary, by Kahlan
The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin
Swineback Ridge, A Desperate Battle, by Eric Eve
Tinseltown Blues: A quest for success in Hollyweird, by Chip Hayes
Vacation, by Johan Berntsson, Fredrik Ramsberg, Staffan Friberg
Warp!, a science fiction story, by Richard Kelly
A Week In The Life, An Interactive Self, by Neil James Brown
Winter Wonderland, by Laura A. Knauth
YAGWAD: Yes, Another Game With A Dragon!, by Digby McWiggle
Escape from the Starship Zenon, by Andrew Gawthorpe
Zugzwang, by Magnus Olsson (Chess Theme)

Here are some more games that I have written or hacked together: 1. ChessWords (WIN95 or above); 2. F.I.G. - The Friendly Insult Generator (Online), 3. Little Bighorn Trivia (Online); 4. Chess League Manager (ver. 1.0) (Windows/DOS); 5. TCCMB Hero (ver. 1.0) (RPG-Windows/DOS); 6. The Adventures Of Peter Patzer, Who Sought Masterhood And Returned, Not Quite The Same, Episode I (ver. 1.0) (Chess IF - Windows/DOS).

You can download/play the above "other" games at this link.

IF Authors - send your z-code file to John at the email address below to include your work in this repository.

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