starters/Index

# 95ntif.exe

Inform and TADS starters' pack for Windows 95 and NT,
by Werner Punz. Self-extracting archive.

# AB10.exe

Adventure Blaster 1.0, by Eric O'Dell.
Adventure Blaster is a Win95 front-end to ten games selected
as a good introduction to Interactive Fiction for novices.
It makes getting started with IF easy by providing an automated
installer, a user-friendly interface, and an extensive help
system including reviews, hints, solutions, walkthroughs, FAQs,
and an excellent introductory tutorial.
Windows 95 self-installing program.

# Beginner.txt

A Beginner's Guide to Interactive Fiction, by Joe W Aultman.

# BeginnersIF.pkg

A Beginner's Guide to Interactive Fiction, by Joe W Aultman,
converted to the Newton book format by Eric Brown.

# FamiAdv.exe

Family Adventures: a collection of interactive fiction for children.
Packaged for Windows by Dr. Fransois Raccozi.
This package contains 10 interactive fiction (text adventure) games,
selected specifically for children and family-friendly play.

# InformJumpStartKit_1_0_en.zip

The Inform Jump Start Kit, English version 1.0, packaged by
Max Kalus. The archive includes the Inform compiler for
Win32, the Inform library and links to useful web pages.

# InformJumpStartKit_3_0_de.zip

The Inform Jump Start Kit, German version 3.0, packaged by
Max Kalus. The archive includes the Inform compiler for
Win32, the German translation of the Inform library and
links to useful web pages.

# ashes.exe

A large interactive fiction starter kit, with 50 games that
range in difficulty from beginner to expert, plus the
interpreters needed to run them. Self-extracting Win32
archive, compiled by Michael Fare for a magazine about games
for the blind.

# fifstart.tar.gz

Fredrik's Interactive Fiction Starter's Kit, Unix version,
by Fredrik Ramsberg.  The kit consists of the games
The Sound of One Hand Clapping, The One That Got Away,
John's Fire Witch, Theatre, Gumshoe and Nine Points.
It also contains source code to build interpreters for the
games (AdvSys, TADS and Z-code), general instructions on
how to play IF games, and a solution for Nine Points.

# fifstart.lha

Fredrik's Interactive Fiction Starter's Kit, Amiga version,
by Fredrik Ramsberg.  The kit consists of the games
The Sound of One Hand Clapping, The One That Got Away,
John's Fire Witch, Theatre, Gumshoe and Nine Points.
It also contains interpreters for the games (AdvSys, TADS
and Z-code), general instructions on how to play IF games,
and a solution for Nine Points.

# fifstart.sit

Fredrik's Interactive Fiction Starter's Kit, Macintosh
version, by Fredrik Ramsberg. The kit consists of the games
The One That Got Away, John's Fire Witch, Theatre, Gumshoe
and Nine Points. It also contains interpreters for the games
(TADS and Z-code), general instructions on how to play IF
games, and a solution for Nine Points.

# fifstart.zip

Fredrik's Interactive Fiction Starter's Kit, PC version,
by Fredrik Ramsberg.  The kit consists of the games
The Sound of One Hand Clapping, The One That Got Away,
John's Fire Witch, Theatre, Gumshoe and Nine Points.
It also contains interpreters for the games (AdvSys, TADS
and Z-code), general instructions on how to play IF games,
and a solution for Nine Points.

# if-einfuehrung.pdf

A German introduction to interactive fiction and its basic
concepts, aimed at beginners, by Joerg Rosenbauer.

# if_floppies.zip

A compact, menu-driven collection of 44 classic Z-Code games
on three bootable floppies, for x86-compatible computers.
Various free licenses; all games available elsewhere on the
Archive. Release 1. Compiled by Daniel Gaskell.

# ifpcd2005.zip
ifwiki: IF Promotional CD, July 2005 Edition

IF Promotional CD for Windows, July 2005 Edition. An ISO
image of a CD containing ready to run interpreters and a
selection of games (all of whose authors have given
permission), assembled by David Cornelson. Included are
interpreters for TADS, Z-code, Hugo and Glulx games, along
with the following games:

- Heroes (Sean Barrett)
- 9:05, Textfire Golf, I-0, Photopia, Shrapnel and Varicella (Adam Cadre)
- Sunset Over Savannah (Ivan Cockrum)
- Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne)
- Sting of the Wasp (Jason Devlin)
- A Bear's Night Out (David Dyte)
- All Hope Abandon, Square Circle (Eric Eve)
- All Things Devours (half sick of shadows)
- Babel and Kaged (Ian Finley)
- Losing Your Grip (Stephen Granade)
- Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang)
- All Roads, The Mulldoon Murders and The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold)
- Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas)
- The Fire Tower (Jacqueline A. Lott)
- Ad Verbum and Winchester's Nightmare (Nick Montfort)
- Curses, Jigsaw and The Meteor, The Stone And A Long Glass Of Sherbet (Graham Nelson)
- Earth And Sky and Earth And Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky, and
Earth and Sky 3: Luminous Horizon (Paul O'Brian)
- The Dreamhold, Hunter, in Darkness, Shade, So Far, The Space Under the Window,
Spider And Web and A Change In The Weather (Andrew Plotkin)
- Moments Out of Time (L. Ross Raszewski)
- For a Change (Dan Schmidt)
- Fallacy of Dawn and Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin)
- Galatea, Metamorphoses, Pytho's Mask and Savoir Faire (Emily Short)
- The Edifice (Lucian Smith)
- Scavenger (Quintin Stone)
- Guilty Bastards (Kent Tessman)
- Adventure / Colossal Cave
- Dungeon

# ifpcd2010.zip

IF Promotional CD for Windows, March 2010 Edition. An ISO
image of a CD containing ready to run interpreters and a
selection of games (all of whose authors have given
permission). This edition is a refresh of David Cornelson's
earlier edition, updated by Robb Sherwin for distribution
at PAX East, 2010.

# ifstart.lha

Interactive Fiction Starter Kit, Amiga version,
by Russ Bryan and Bill Hoggett.
Contents: Curses and Unnkulian Unventure I as examples of
Inform and TADS games, respectively; interpreters for both
types; complete solutions to both games; and an annotated
transcript of the first 50 moves through Curses.

# ifstart.sit

Interactive Fiction Starter Kit, Macintosh version,
by Russ Bryan.
Contents: Curses and Unnkulian Unventure I as examples of
Inform and TADS games, respectively; interpreters for both
types; complete solutions to both games; and an annotated
transcript of the first 50 moves through Curses.
(Note on unnkulian1.sol in the Macintosh version:
this file is displayed as a Word document, but in fact it is
plain ASCII text, so just drag it on BBEdit or any other
appropriate program.)

# ifstart.zip

Interactive Fiction Starter Kit, PC version, by Russ Bryan.
Contents: Curses and Unnkulian Unventure I as examples of
Inform and TADS games, respectively; interpreters for both
types; complete solutions to both games; and an annotated
transcript of the first 50 moves through Curses.

# play-if-card.tar.gz

An IF-for-beginners card that was created for the People's
Republic of Interactive Fiction Hospitality Suite at
PAX-East 2010 to give beginners an idea of what commands
will work. Created by Andrew Plotkin and Lea Albaugh.

# ninepts.z5
ifwiki: Nine Points
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Nine Points:
A Demonstration of an Interactive Fiction Game,
by Robert Janelle and Brad O'Donnell.
Release 12 / Serial number 961127
(solution is in </if-archive/solutions/#ninepts.sol>)