The files here can be played with an Infocom game interpreter;
look in [infocom/interpreters](../../../infocom/interpreters/) for a version for your system.
# A1RL0CK-r2.z5
tuid: 2q8n2qeq5s3sdv4
A1RL0CK, a Puny Interactive Science Fiction, by Marco Innocenti.
Release 2 / Serial number 230317
# Advent-r3.z5
tuid: fft6pu91j85y4acv
ifwiki: Adventure
Adventure aka Colossal Cave, the original 350 points
version ported to Inform by Graham Nelson, based on Dave
Baggett's TADS reconstruction "Colossal Cave Revisited".
Release 3 / Serial number 951220
# Advent-r5.z5
tuid: fft6pu91j85y4acv
ifwiki: Adventure
Adventure aka Colossal Cave, the original 350 points
version ported to Inform by Graham Nelson, based on Dave
Baggett's TADS reconstruction "Colossal Cave Revisited".
Release 5 / Serial number 961209
# Advent_Crowther-r2.z5
tuid: fft6pu91j85y4acv
ifwiki: Adventure
Adventure aka Colossal Cave, by William Crowther. This is
Will Crowther's original, pre-Woods 1976 game, ported to
Inform 7 by Chris Conley.
Release 2 / Serial number 110819
# Aug4-r3.z8
ifwiki: Augmented Fourth
tuid: cpwktis6qwh9ydn8
Augmented Fourth, an Interactive Performance,
written by Brian Uri.
Release 3 / Serial number 130702
# DontPeeYourself-r2.zblorb
tuid: f9jkiwt1ae9g5c1g
Don't Pee Yourself! A Toilet Training Adventure
by 'Hulk Handsome'.
Release 2 / Serial number 131107
# GourmetGaffe-r1.zblorb
tuid: av32uluswxcp65zb
Gourmet Gaffe, a Historically Inaccurate Adventure
by 'Hulk Handsome'.
Release 1 / Serial number 120425
# Hide_a_pachyderm-r8.z5
tuid: fkitx3t7bymkxbuw
Hide a pachyderm! An interactive joke, by Simon Deimel.
Release 8 / Serial number 140705
# Juicehead-r4.zblorb
tuid: hsowl06bkcnmz9rf
Juicehead, an interactive binge, by Simon Deimel.
Release 4 / Serial number 140609
# Just_Another_Day-r1.z8
tuid: t3863cqfh8e3pq0u
Just Another Day, by Theodore C. Lim.
"This game is a tribute to any and all working
parents."
Release 1 / Serial number 170107
# TheHouseOfFear-r2.zblorb
tuid: byksqp7x5kvtutoj
The House of Fear, or, Loplop Introduces the World,
a Hermetic Journey by Gwen Katz.
Release 2 / Serial number 121023
# Underground-r1.z8
tuid: 2pdvzl4wlmq14gq7
Underground, by Phlegethon.
Release 1 / Serial number 190730
# UngodlyHour-r6.zblorb
tuid: uu719pniia9iy1ww
Ungodly hour, an interactive nightmare, by Simon Deimel.
Release 6 / Serial number 140302
# Walk_Among_Us-r1.zblorb
tuid: ux665ah3dni7vu46
Walk Among Us, An Interactive Horror Punk
by Roberto Colnaghi.
Release 1 / Serial number 181031
# Youve_Got_a_Stew_Going-r2.zblorb
ifwiki: You've Got A Stew Going!
tuid: dqqpdmlkuw8o9e05
You've Got A Stew Going! An Interactive Fiction
in one act, by Ryan Veeder.
Release 2 / Serial number 130422
# adv551.z8
tuid: fft6pu91j85y4acv
ifwiki: Adventure
Adventure 6, the 551 point version of Adventure aka
Colossal Cave, by Dave Long, from 1979, converted to
C99 and compiled as Z-code with a modified vbccz
compiler by Arthur O'Dwyer.
# animals-1.0.z5
ifwiki: Animals
tuid: vevcfm7edolbumfc
Animals 1.0, a logic and observation word puzzle,
written for the C-40 ZCode competition by David Fisher.
# buccaneers_cache-r1.z3
tuid: hkrr69d1yfujs517
Buccaneer's Cache, a PunyJam #1 game, by Wilfried Elmenreich.
Release 1 / Serial number 210502
# cheshire-cat-r1-s140803.z5
ifwiki: Save the Cheshire Cat
tuid: j6purjagso6i5b0
Save the Cheshire Cat! An interactive intrigue
originally written in Italian and then translated into
English by the game's author, Marco Vallarino.
Release 1 / Serial number 140803
# csbb-r2.z8
ifwiki: Crystal and Stone Beetle and Bone
tuid: 4qfjt6y5pkan2220
Crystal and Stone, Beetle and Bone: an interactive
fantasy by Jenny Eriksson.
Release 2 / Serial number 090625
# curses-r7.z3
ifwiki: Curses
tuid: plvzam05bmz3enh8
Curses, An Interactive Diversion by Graham Nelson.
Release 7 / Serial number 930428
This was the first version of Curses to appear in
the archive.
# curses-r8.z3
ifwiki: Curses
tuid: plvzam05bmz3enh8
Curses, An Interactive Diversion by Graham Nelson.
Release 8 / serial number 930603
(Compiled by Inform v634)
# curses-r9.z3
ifwiki: Curses
tuid: plvzam05bmz3enh8
Curses, An Interactive Diversion by Graham Nelson.
Release 9 / Serial number 931111
This was the first expansion of the game, adding
about 20% more content.
# curses-r10.z3
ifwiki: Curses
tuid: plvzam05bmz3enh8
Curses, An Interactive Diversion by Graham Nelson.
Release 10 / Serial number 940120
The fourth public release, compiled by Inform v1171.
Included with the Apple IIGS port of the ZIP
interpreter.
# curses-r12.z5
ifwiki: Curses
tuid: plvzam05bmz3enh8
Curses, An interactive diversion by Graham Nelson.
Release 12 for Acorn User / Serial number 940604
From the August 1994 edition of Acorn User magazine.
# curses-r14.z5
ifwiki: Curses
Curses, An Interactive Diversion by Graham Nelson.
Release 14 / Serial number 950522
This version was historically important for rewriting
the game to use the standard Inform library.
# ghostmountain-r2.z3
tuid: xlrrojgi6yjuzov
Ghost Mountain, by Michael Cox.
Release 2 / Serial number 210417
# hobbit-true_story-r2.zip
tuid: pejw8j7qote04e6m
The Hobbit - The True Story - Redux, Director's Cut,
by Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson.
Release 2 / Serial number 170421
Originally an MS-DOS adventure released by Milbus
Software (tm) 1993. Redux, Director's Cut released by
Milbus Software (tm) 2001. This port created with
Inform 7 by A.N. Onymous 2017.
(A different and extended port from 2001 is in
</if-archive/games/glulx/#hobbit.blb>)
# kitten-r7.z5
tuid: kxvfs295b8adixqu
robotfindskitten, a Zen Simulation. Originally written
by Leonard Richardson, and converted to Inform by
David Griffith.
Release 7 / Serial number 130320
# lecture-r1-s140813.zblorb
ifwiki: Lecture Feature
tuid: iq229ydvxexbv3x7
Lecture Feature, by Paul Equinox Collins. The sequel to
"Teacher Feature".
Release 1 / Serial number 140813
# MakeItGood-r13.zblorb
ifwiki: Make It Good
tuid: jdrbw1htq4ah8q57
Make it Good, by Jon Ingold.
Release 13 / Serial number 090921
# mansion-r1.z5
ifwiki: Mansion (by Barley)
tuid: bpk1o1ver1er00k
Mansion, an Interactive Inheritance, by Derek Barley.
Release 1 / Serial number 010505
# mst3k2-r2.z5
tuid: xg4sdz91rtj847l6
A Fable, an interactive MiSTing-up of Stan Heller's
GAGS game "A Fable". Original AGT MiST-ed version
by Graeme Cree, ported to Inform by Stuart Moore.
Release 2 / Serial number 981104
# njag-r2.z5
ifwiki: Not Just A Game
tuid: fg73hgne2htwpbak
Not Just A Game, by John Menichelli.
Release 2 / Serial number 000319
# photopia-v122.z5
ifwiki: Photopia
tuid: ju778uv5xaswnlpl
Photopia, by Adam Cadre. Version 1.22 (24 December 1998).
# risorg-r4.z8
tuid: t0pidhghzbo91i12
ifwiki: Risorgimento Represso
Risorgimento Represso, an Interactive Invigoration,
written by Michael Coyne.
Release 4 / Serial number 060308.
(a Glulx version is in </if-archive/games/glulx/old/#risorg-r4.ulx>,
source code is in </if-archive/games/source/inform/#risorg_src.zip>, and
the original competition entry is in
</if-archive/games/competition2003/#zcode/risorg>)
# risorg-r5.z8
tuid: t0pidhghzbo91i12
ifwiki: Risorgimento Represso
Risorgimento Represso, an Interactive Invigoration,
written by Michael Coyne.
Release 5 / Serial number 171024.
(a Glulx version is in </if-archive/games/glulx/old/#risorg-r5.ulx>,
and the original competition entry is in
</if-archive/games/competition2003/#zcode/risorg>)
# sanddancer-dialog-r1.z8
ifwiki: Sand-dancer
tuid: k0lganicxejz31s9
Sand-dancer: a Desert Fable, by Aaron Reed, Alexei Othenin-Girard, and
Howard M. Lewis Ship. A re-implementation of Aaron Reed’s Sand-dancer
game in Dialog.
Release 1. Serial number 200913.
# snowed-in-r1.zip
tuid: 6cpsp17x7j11zh4m
Snowed In, by Jason Self.
Release 1 / Serial number 220205
Archive contains game file and source code.
# snowed-in-r2.zip
tuid: 6cpsp17x7j11zh4m
Snowed In, by Jason Self.
Release 2 / Serial number 220601
Archive contains game file and source code.
# snowed-in-r3.zip
tuid: 6cpsp17x7j11zh4m
Snowed In, by Jason Self.
Release 3 / Serial number 220610
Archive contains game file and source code.
# suvehnux-r1-s071226.z5
ifwiki: Suveh Nux
tuid: xkai23ry99qdxce3
Suveh Nux, a game of magical experimentation, version 1.1,
by David Fisher. Winner of the 2007 One Room Game Comp.
Release 1 / Serial number 071226
# the_job-r4.z5
tuid: g5rflxpmycdl67ps
The job, a PunyJam #1 game by Fredrik Ramsberg.
Release 4 / Serial number 210608
# uninvited-r2.z5
tuid: vf927o7ye3jf1m03
Uninvited, originally implemented on the Apple Macintosh
by ICOM (1986) and reimplemented by in Inform by
David Griffith.
Release 2 / Serial number 121216
# uninvited-r2.zblorb
tuid: vf927o7ye3jf1m03
Uninvited, originally implemented on the Apple Macintosh
by ICOM (1986) and reimplemented by in Inform by
David Griffith.
Release 2 / Serial number 121216
# yak_shaving-r2.zblorb
ifwiki: Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles!
tuid: zorhryuoy2iuafem
Yak Shaving for Kicks and Giggles!
A Philosophical Odyssey by J. J. Guest.
Release 2 / Serial number 101127
# zdungeon_r10.z5
tuid: 4gxk83ja4twckm6j
ifwiki: Zork (game)
ZDungeon, a port to Inform of Dungeon, the more or
less public domain version of the original MIT Zork.
Ported by Ethan Dicks, based on the original MDL
sources, dated 22 July 1981.
Release 10 / Serial number 990126
# standing-r2.z5
tuid: 8krn2lj9iob8cz36
You Are Standing, by Aaron A. Reed.
Release 2 / Serial number 231227.
Originally an exclusive bonus for the Ultimate Collector's Edition of 50 Years of Text Games.
# Advent-r7.z5
tuid: fft6pu91j85y4acv
ifwiki: Adventure
Adventure aka Colossal Cave, the original 350 points
version ported to Inform by Graham Nelson, based on Dave
Baggett's TADS reconstruction "Colossal Cave Revisited".
Release 7 / Serial number 970904.
(Included on Acorn User magazine cover CD 3, issue 188, December 1997.)
# Balances-r4.z5
tuid: x6ne0bbd2oqm6h3a
ifwiki: Balances
Balances, An Interactive Short Story by Graham Nelson.
Release 4 / Serial number 960508.
(Included on Acorn User magazine cover CD 2, issue 170, July 1996.)
# Delusns-r3.z5
tuid: m85rnpq6x77jyzc3
ifwiki: Delusions
Delusions, an Interactive Self-Discovery
by Christopher E. Forman.
Release 3 / Serial number 970113.
(Included on Acorn User magazine cover CD 3, issue 188, December 1997.)
# minster-r2.z5
tuid: fq26p07f48ckfror
ifwiki: Christminster
Christminster, An Interactive Conspiracy by Gareth Rees.
Release 2 / Serial number 950804.
(Included on Acorn User magazine cover CD 2, issue 170, July 1996.)
# robots-r5.z5
tuid: hvnocxjj0z1q2pi0
Robots - Another abuse of the Z-Machine -
A nostalgic diversion by Torbjörn Andersson.
Release 5 / Serial number 951120.
(Included on Acorn User magazine cover CD 3, issue 188, December 1997.)
# wedding-r4.z5
tuid: 5r1iabxsfwmz40ev
ifwiki: The Wedding
The Wedding, an Interactive Family Headache
by Neil James Brown.
Release 4 / Serial number 970602.
This game came second in the Acorn User 1996 IF Competition.
# Adventureland-r1-961111.z5
tuid: dy4ok8sdlut6ddj7
ifwiki: Adventureland
Scott Adams' Adventureland, ported to Inform by
Graham Nelson.
Release 1 / Serial number 961111.
(source code is in
</if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/examples/old/#Adventureland-r1-961111.inf>)
# ImpossibleStairs-r2.z8
ifwiki: Impossible Stairs
tuid: 85jr6xdzreuac9e
The Impossible Stairs, an interactive fiction by Mathbrush.
Release 2. Serial number 220706.
(source code is in </if-archive/games/source/dialog/#ImpossibleStairs.dg>)
# why-pout-r2.zip
tuid: uj0wxntuanf3md4
Why Pout?, by Andrew Schultz (as "Mick Stupp").
Release 2 / Serial number 241018.
Contains story file, map, walkthrough, and Inform 7 source code.
(the original competition entry is in
</if-archive/games/competition2024/#Games/why-pout.zip>)
# Photograph-r5.zblorb
ifwiki: Photograph
tuid: qf7h94jq56f6iswd
Photograph, a Portrait of Reflection, by Steve Evans.
Release 5 / Serial number 040827.
(the original competition entry is in
</if-archive/games/competition2002/zcode/photo/#photo.z5>)
# why-pout-r3.zip
tuid: uj0wxntuanf3md4
Why Pout?, by Andrew Schultz (as "Mick Stupp").
Release 3 / Serial number 241022.
Contains story file, map, walkthrough, and Inform 7 source code.
(the original competition entry is in
</if-archive/games/competition2024/#Games/why-pout.zip>)
# thornfell_manor_1984-r1.z5
tuid: tc4a5grxg2zjjcel
Thornfell Manor: 1984, a paranatural murder investigation by Tijn Kersjes.
Release 1 / Serial number 241228.
# mars2049ad-r7.z5
tuid: n4mp7nk7zzt8onz6
Mars, 2049 AD, by Fredrik Ramsberg.
Release 7 / Serial number 250110.
(source code is at
</if-archive/games/source/inform/old/#mars2049ad-r7.inf>)
# thornfell_manor_1984-r2.z5
tuid: tc4a5grxg2zjjcel
Thornfell Manor: 1984, a paranatural murder investigation by Tijn Kersjes.
Release 2 / Serial number 241228.
# advent_punyinform-r1.zip
tuid: fft6pu91j85y4acv
ifwiki: Adventure
PunyInform version of 350 point Adventure by Will Crowther and Don Woods.
Release 1 / Serial number 241124. z3 and z5 versions.
Adapted by Fredrik Ramsberg from the original Inform 6 version
by Graham Nelson et al.
(source code is at </if-archive/games/source/inform/old/#advent_punyinform-r1.inf>)
# advent_punyinform-r2.zip
tuid: fft6pu91j85y4acv
ifwiki: Adventure
PunyInform version of 350 point Adventure by Will Crowther and Don Woods.
Release 2 / Serial number 250704. z3 and z5 versions.
Adapted by Fredrik Ramsberg from the original Inform 6 version
by Graham Nelson et al.
(source code is at </if-archive/games/source/inform/#advent_punyinform.inf>)
# Isolated-r1.0.zip
tuid: 5u649bpw10gempo8
Isolated, by Torment Of Gloom.
Release 1. - Version 1.0 / Serial Number 250225.
Copyright (C) 2025 Cosmic Halo Records. All rights reserved.
Story file, bundled web interpreter, and solution.
# advent_punyinform-r3.zip
tuid: fft6pu91j85y4acv
ifwiki: Adventure
PunyInform version of 350 point Adventure by Will Crowther and Don Woods.
Release 3 / Serial number 250809. z3 and z5 versions.
Adapted by Fredrik Ramsberg from the original Inform 6 version
by Graham Nelson et al.
(source code is at </if-archive/games/source/inform/#advent_punyinform.inf>)
# DragonTroll-r1.z5
tuid: sd1bjzylh3t95zux
The Dragon and the Troll, originally written for the C64
in Swedish by Johan Berntsson, and translated to English
and ported to Inform by Fredrik Ramsberg.
(source code is in </if-archive/games/source/inform/#DragonTroll.inf>)
# advent_punyinform-r4.zip
ifwiki: Adventure
tuid: fft6pu91j85y4acv
PunyInform version of 350 point Adventure by Will Crowther and Don Woods.
Adapted by Fredrik Ramsberg from the original Inform 6 version by Graham Nelson et al.
Release 4 / Serial number 251011. z3 and z5 versions.
(source code is in </if-archive/games/source/inform/#advent_punyinform.inf>)
# medusa.z5
tuid: 29pgq4rm62zyk725
Medusa, an Example in NPC Conversations, by Jim Fisher.
Release 106 / Serial number 030314.
(source code is in </if-archive/games/source/inform/#medusa.inf>)
# advent_punyinform_r7.zip
ifwiki: Adventure
tuid: fft6pu91j85y4acv
PunyInform version of 350 point Adventure by Will Crowther and Don Woods.
Adapted by Fredrik Ramsberg from the original Inform 6 version by Graham Nelson et al.
Release 7 / Serial number 251205. z3 and z5 versions.
(source code is in </if-archive/games/source/inform/#advent_punyinform.inf>)