Many thousands of works of interactive fiction are here!
* Some games are playable in a special [interpreter](https://www.ifwiki.org/Interpreter), including [Z-code](zcode), [Glulx](glulx), and [TADS](tads).
* [HTML](html), [Twine](twine), [Ink](ink), and [Texture](texture) games are playable in a web browser.
* Some games are playable on certain types of computers, including [PC](pc), [Mac](mac), or [Amiga](amiga).
* Some games were entered into [competitions](competitions), including [IFComp](competitions/ifcomp) or [Spring Thing](springthing).
* You can also find the original [source code](source) for many games here.
# aas
Games playable in an AAS interpreter
# adrift
Games playable in an ADRIFT interpreter
# adventions
Material relating to Adventions, an IF company active in the early 1990s
# agt
Games playable in an AGT interpreter
# alan
Games playable in an ALAN interpreter
# amiga
Games playable on an Amiga computer
# amstrad
Games playable on an Amstrad computer
# appleII
Games playable on an Apple II computer
# archetype
Games playable in an Archetype interpreter
# archimedes
Games playable on an Acorn Archimedes computer
# atari-8bit
Games playable on an 8-bit Atari computer
# bbc
Games playable on a BBC Micro computer
# beos
Games playable on a BeOS computer
# c64
Games playable on a Commodore 64 computer
# calc
Games playable in various pocket calculators
# cbm_pet
Games playable on a Commodore PET computer
# competition95
Games submitted to IFComp 1995
# competition96
Games submitted to IFComp 1996
# competition97
Games submitted to IFComp 1997
# competition98
Games submitted to IFComp 1998
# competition99
Games submitted to IFComp 1999
# competition2000
Games submitted to IFComp 2000
# competition2001
Games submitted to IFComp 2001
# competition2002
Games submitted to IFComp 2002
# competition2003
Games submitted to IFComp 2003
# competition2004
Games submitted to IFComp 2004
# competition2005
Games submitted to IFComp 2005
# competition2006
Games submitted to IFComp 2006
# competition2007
Games submitted to IFComp 2007
# competition2008
Games submitted to IFComp 2008
# competition2009
Games submitted to IFComp 2009
# competition2010
Games submitted to IFComp 2010
# competition2011
Games submitted to IFComp 2011
# competition2012
Games submitted to IFComp 2012
# competition2013
Games submitted to IFComp 2013
# competition2014
Games submitted to IFComp 2014
# competition2015
Games submitted to IFComp 2015
# competition2016
Games submitted to IFComp 2016
# competition2017
Games submitted to IFComp 2017
# competition2018
Games submitted to IFComp 2018
# competition2019
Games submitted to IFComp 2019
# competition2020
Games submitted to IFComp 2020
# competition2021
Games submitted to IFComp 2021
# competition2022
Games submitted to IFComp 2022
# competition2023
Games submitted to IFComp 2023
# competitions-spanish
Games submitted to Spanish competitions
# cpm
Games playable on a CP/M computer
# cybiko
Games playable on a Cybiko handheld computer
# demos
Free demos of commercial games
# emacs
Games playable in the Emacs text editor
# glulx
Games playable in a Glulx interpreter
# html
Games playable in a web browser
# hugo
Games playable in a Hugo interpreter
# ink
Games created with the Ink system
# instead
Games playable in an INSTEAD interpreter
# jacl
Games playable in a JACL interpreter
# java
Games playable in a Java virtual machine
# linux
Games playable on a Linux computer
# mac
Games playable on an Apple Mac computer
# mainframe
Material relating to games running on old mainframe computer systems.
# mini-comps
Games submitted to smaller competitions
# missing-stuff
Files missing from game collections
# msx
Games playable on an MSX computer
# os2
Games playable on an IBM OS/2 computer
# palm
Games playable on a Palm handheld computer
# pc
Games playable on a PC computer (Windows or MS-DOS)
# pdf
Games playable in a PDF reader
# python
Games playable in a Python interpreter
# quest
Games playable in a Quest interpreter
# quill
Games playable in a Quill interpreter
# sinclair-ql
Games playable on a Sinclair QL computer
# sintac
Games playable in a Sintac interpreter
# spectrum
Games playable on a ZX Spectrum computer
# springthing
Games submitted to the Spring Thing competition
# tag
Games playable in a T.A.G. interpreter
# texture
Games created with the Texture system
# trs80
Games playable on a TRS-80 computer
# twine
Games created with the Twine system
# vms
Games playable on a VAX VMS computer
# zcode
Games playable in a Z-Code interpreter
# tads
Games playable in a TADS 2 or TADS 3 interpreter
# zx81
Games playable on a Sinclair ZX81 computer
# int-fiction-1.0.tar.gz
int-fiction 1.0, a game frontend for Unix,
by Alan Shutko.
Shows you the IF games on your disk and selects the
proper interpreter.
# playgame.FAQ
Playing the Interactive Fiction Archive Games
version 1.74 (March 2002), by Stephen Griffiths.
[file is linked to info/playgame.FAQ]
# wanted.txt
copy of a Usenet posting asking for copies of
Penguin/Polarware games that have been released for
public distribution
# atari-ST
Games playable on an Atari ST computer
# advsys
Games playable in an AdvSys interpreter
# infocom
Games playable in a Z-Code interpreter (Infocom format, not created by Infocom)
# inform
Games playable in a Z-Code interpreter (created by Inform or other Z-code compilers)
# if-artshow
These are exhibits from Marnie Parker's (aka Doe aka FemaleDeer)
IF Art Show contests.
# phoenix
Games produced by Phoenix Games, developed at the University of Cambridge (UK) 1978-1985, and the offshoot commercial publisher Topologika
# source
Games provided as source code (in any programming language)
# competitions
Games submitted to IF competitions
# age
Games playable with the Aetheria Game Engine Players' Kit