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Publicly Available Games
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If you
go here, you can find a list of all
Alan games available in the Interactive Fiction
Archive. Currently 33 of them, have you played
them all?
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The games in the list below are the ones I have
played so that I can comment on them. They are
more or less publicly available, i.e. they can be
downloaded from the Interactive
Fiction Archive (where you should start
looking) or be found on shareware collections,
CD's etc. If you fail to find them, first try the
author. The list is in some kind of chronological
order, the order in which they where brought to my
attention that is. Most recent games first, older
at the end.
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No Earthly Use.
An Interactive Monoverbal Experiment perpetrated by
Greg Ewing for the UseComp in
February 2000. It was the single entry in a mini-competition which was inspired
by a long and increasingly silly RAIF thread about the pros and cons of the verb
'use' in IF. Clever game that is probably amusing to RAIF regulars, perhaps
pointless for others!
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The Child Murderer.
A text/graphics adventure by Michael Zerbo. Shareware.
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Lost in New York.
A joke (?) with a name alluding to the much more worthy _Lost New York_ by Neil deMause.
Author Mikko P Vuorinen.
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The HeBGB Horror!
A punkish musical entered in the 5th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition,
1999. Finished 16/37. Author Eric Meyer.
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King Arthur's Night Out.
An escapist story entered in the 5th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition,
1999. Finished 22/37. Author Mikko
P Vuorinen.
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The Secret in the Mithraeum.
Interactive vignette to the book "One For Sorrow" with John the Eunuch. Author
Eric Meyer, a professional author!
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Painless Little Stupid Games.
A collection of short games. Author
Bob "Rotonoto" Reeves.
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Knot To Be Undone.
A knotty and witty little game, one of two (Alan) games entered in the 1998/1999 Wacky Game Competition. Author
Lelah Conrad.
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Skipping Breakfast.
Puzzle game with an unusual hero and helper. One of two
games (both Alan games!) entered in the 1998/1999 Wacky Game Competition.
Author Stephen Griffiths.
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CC. Imaginative
game entered in the 1998 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition, finished 18/27. Author
Mikko
P Vuorinen.
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Unity. Episodical
game entered in the 1998 Chicken Crossing the Road Interactive Fiction Exhibition. Author
Greg Ewing.
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The Story of Morris the Chicken Being Helped
by a Squirrel. Short game entered in the
1998 Chicken Crossing the Road IF exhibition. Author Mikko
P Vuorinen.
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Don't be late!.
Interactive snippet with a twist. Entered in the 1996 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition,
finished 22/26. Author Greg
Ewing.
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Papa wird vermisst.
German childrens interactive story. Author Ulrike
Pilz.
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Hermetisch verschlossen.
German mystery. Author Uwe
Pilz.
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Oscar und der Tod.
German detective story. Author Uwe
Pilz.
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Closet. Difficult
but funny and ingenious one location game. Author Mikko
P Vuorinen.
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Leaves. Simplistic
and linear game with the flavour of a teenaged author. Entered in the 1997
Annual Interactive Fiction Competition, finished 29/34. Author Mikko
P Vuorinen.
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A Matter of Time.
Time adventure, good start but a bit weak in the end, graphics available
on PCs. Author Michael Zerbo.
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Hollywood Murders. Detective story,
good story and absorbing game flow. Author Michael
Zerbo.
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Saviour. Small
traditional game set in a deserted industrial building where the last copy
of Adventure is said to be kept. Testing game for Alan since 1985! Author
Thomas Nilsson.
More to come (I hope)!
Report any games that you know to
be publicly available, but missing from the list above!
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