> _You feel somewhat disoriented as you pass through..._
This is the Interactive Fiction Archive at
[ifarchive.org](/).
You may be interested in...
- The [README file for the Archive](/if-archive/README).
- The [list of directories](/indexes/dirmap.html) in the Archive.
- New arrivals in the [past week](/indexes/date_1.html), [past month](/indexes/date_2.html), [past three months](/indexes/date_3.html), or [past year](/indexes/date_4.html).
- An [RSS feed](/indexes/archive.rss) of recent arrivals.
- A list of [every file in the archive](/indexes/date.html) (tens of thousands!)
- [Master-Index.xml](/indexes/Master-Index.xml), which describes every file in the Archive (very large XML file!)
Or, go delving into the hierarchical tree shown here.
# art
IF art shows and artistic endeavors
# articles
Articles about IF
# books
Books about IF
# collections
Collections of IF material
# download-tools
Legacy tools for unzipping, unarchiving, and decoding compressed binaries
# emulators
Programs for emulating old computer systems
# games
Many thousands of IF games!
# info
Miscellaneous information, including database dumps and backups of various IF services
# infocom
Material relating to Infocom, a commercial publisher of IF, active 1979-1989;
and also tools relating to creation of new works using Infocom's story format
(Z-machine) and its descendants
# interpreters-multi
IF interpreters that can play games written with multiple authoring systems
# level9
Material relating to Level 9, a British text-adventure game company, active 1981-1991
# magazines
Published periodicals about IF
# magnetic-scrolls
Material relating to Magnetic Scrolls, a British game developer, active 1984-1990
# mapping-tools
Tools for drawing/generating maps of IF rooms
# phoenix
Material relating to Phoenix games, developed at the University of Cambridge (UK) 1978-1985, and the offshoot commercial publisher Topologika
# programming
Tools for creating IF, and interpreters for playing it
# rec.arts.int-fiction
Posts from the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction
# rec.games.int-fiction
Posts from the Usenet newsgroup rec.games.int-fiction
# scott-adams
Material relating to Scott and Alexis Adams' company Adventure International, active 1978-1985
# shells
Software to interact with your own computer as if it were a text adventure
# solutions
Solutions, walkthroughs, hints, and maps for various works of IF
# starters
Material for getting started playing IF
# unprocessed
Uploaded files wait here until the Archive team files them properly
# utilities
Software for interacting with IF files