Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction,rec.games.int-fiction,rec.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure Followup-To: rec.arts.int-fiction Subject: recent additions to the Interactive Fiction Archive Keywords: interactive fiction text adventure archive uploads -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello again, The following files have arrived at the Interactive Fiction Archive at http://www.ifarchive.org/ (USA, Pittsburgh, PA) ftp://ftp.ifarchive.org/if-archive/ (USA, Pittsburgh, PA) and should be available soon at the mirror sites: http://ifarchive.plover.net/ (USA, Chicago, IL) http://ifarchive.flavorplex.com/ (USA, Saint Paul, MN) http://ifarchive.jmac.org/ (USA) http://mirror.ifarchive.org/ (USA) http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/interactive-fiction/ (USA) http://ifarchive.smallwhitehouse.org/ (USA) http://ifarchive.wurb.com/ (USA) http://www.ifarchive.info/ (USA) http://ifarchive.heanet.ie/ (Ireland) http://ifarchive.giga.or.at/ (Austria) and also the mirror FTP sites: ftp://ftp.guetech.org/if-archive/ (USA, Bremerton, WA) ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/interactive-fiction/ (USA) ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.ifarchive.org/if-archive/ (Finland) If you are looking for a particular file in the archive, check if-archive/Master-Index (updated daily) and if-archive/unprocessed/ for files which aren't in the index yet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/hugo/paxless.hex PAXLess, a Quest to the IF Suite, by Royce "Garynar" Odle. Written for the PAX-East Speed-IF competition. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/glulx/duel.zip The Duel that Spanned the Ages, Episode 1: The Age of Machines, by Oliver Ullmann. Release 2 / Serial number 100403 This is an update to Oliver's 2009 Competition entry. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/glulx/TheTinyHouse.ulx The Tiny House, by Dan Doyle III. Release 1 / Serial number 091210 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/mini-comps/cgdc7 The games entered in the Jay Is Games Casual Gameplay Design Competition #7 (CGDC) and the results of the competition. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/mini-comps/speedif/SpeedIF_11A.zip Games entered in the Eleventh Anniversary SpeedIF Competition. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/mini-comps/speedif/SpeedIF_NewYear2009.zip Games entered in the 2009 SpeedIF New Year's Speed Competition. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/mini-comps/speedif/SpeedIF_RaifSpam.zip Game entered in the R*IF Spam SpeedIF Competition. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/FragileShells.txt Inform 7 source code for the game Fragile Shells, by Stephen Granade. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/across.zip Across the Stars, a Science Fiction Adventure, by Infodarkness Productions. Release 4 / Serial number 100329 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/creepydemo.zip A Day in the Creepy Life of Bob, by Nicholas Parkanyi. Shareware: this is demo version 0.1. Release 1 / Serial number 100317 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/mansion.z5 - Z-code game file http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/mansion.sol - Solution Mansion, an Interactive Inheritance, by Derek Barley. Release 1 / Serial number 010505 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/piracy_2.z5 Piracy 2.0 - A Text Adventure in Space, by Sean Hunter. Release 2 / Serial number 100408 This is an update to Sean's 2008 Competition entry. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/toask-sampler.zip Sampler for Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom. Originally by Dr. Saul Leeman, with Henry and Dinah Riley, and adapted by S. John Ross. Release 6 / Serial number 100311 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/ToK.zblorb ToK, written by Sacra. Release 1 / Serial number 100227 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/Wedding.zblorb Wedding, an interactive Life Story, by Kenya Miller. Release 1 / Serial number 100221 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/spanish/absolutos.zip http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/spanish/absolutos.zip Los sonidos absolutos, por Grendelkhan y Depresiv. Release 1 / Serial number 080516 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/spanish/gorbag.zip http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/spanish/gorbag.zip El regalo de Gorbag, por Grendelkhan. Release 2 / Serial number 100104 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/glulx/spanish/kerulen.zip http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/spanish/kerulen.zip http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/pc/spanish/kerulen.exe http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/spanish/kerulen.zip Ke rulen los petas, por Grendelkhan. Remake creado en 2009 del original de 1989 por Iber Soft. Obra ganadora de la Retrocomp 2009. Revision 1 / Numero de serie 090720. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/spanish/konix.zip http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/spanish/konix.zip Konix, por Grendelkhan. Revision 1 / Serial Number 080505 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/spanish/kunelar.zip http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/spanish/kunelar.zip El ascenso de Kunelar, por Grendelkhan. Release 1 / Serial number 090409 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/spanish/megara.zip http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/spanish/megara.zip Los placeres de Megara, por Grendelkhan. Release 1 / Serial number 091204 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/spanish/no-es-culpa-tuya-maria.zip http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/spanish/no-es-culpa-tuya-maria.zip No es culpa tuya Maria, por Grendelkhan y Depresiv. Release 1 / Serial number 080723 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/spanish/voraz.zip http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/inform/spanish/voraz.zip Pesadilla voraz, por Grendelkhan. Release 1 / Serial number 080430 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/info/archive-stats/ifarc-2010-Feb.txt http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/info/archive-stats/ifarc-2010-Mar.txt February and March download statistics for the IF Archive. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/filfre/filfre.msi Installer for Filfre version 0.988 for Windows, by Jimmy Maher. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/filfre/filfre.zip Filfre version 0.988 for Windows, by Jimmy Maher. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/filfre/filfre_src.zip Source code for Filfre version 0.988 for Windows, by Jimmy Maher. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/zax/zaxmidlet-0.1.5.zip ZaxMidlet 0.1.5, by William H. Johnson, based on Zax by Matt Kimmel. ZaxMidlet is a port of Zax to J2ME Midlet for Blackberry (and other) devices supporting MIDP 2.0. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/level9/interpreters/level9/Level9.NET_0.8.3.zip A port of the Level9 interpreter to Microsoft's .NET framework, version 0.8.3, ported by Andreas Scherrer. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/level9/interpreters/level9/Level9.NET_0.8.3_Source.zip Source code for Andreas Scherrer's port of the Level9 interpreter to Microsoft's .NET framework, version 0.8.3. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/phoenix/games/zcode/Acheton.z8 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/Acheton.z8 Acheton, by David Seal, Jonathan Thackray and Jonathan Partington (Cambridge University, 1978-80). Version 1.100421 / Phoenix v1.02 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/phoenix/games/zcode/Avon.z5 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/Avon.z5 Avon, by Jonathan R. Partington (Cambridge University, 1982). Version 1.100421 / Phoenix v1.02 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/phoenix/games/zcode/BrandX.z5 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/BrandX.z5 BrandX, by Peter Killworth and Jonathan Mestel (Cambridge University, 1983). Version 1.100421 / Phoenix v1.02 This game was later released for 1980s home computers as "Philosopher's Quest". http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/phoenix/games/zcode/Crobe.z5 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/Crobe.z5 Crobe, by Jonathan R. Partington (Cambridge University, 1986). Version 1.100421 / Phoenix v1.02 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/phoenix/games/zcode/Fyleet.z5 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/Fyleet.z5 Fyleet, by Jonathan R. Partington (Cambridge University, 1985). Version 1.100421 / Phoenix v1.02 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/phoenix/games/zcode/Hamil.z5 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/Hamil.z5 Hamil, by Jonathan R. Partington (Cambridge University, 1982). Version 1.100421 / Phoenix v1.02 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/phoenix/games/zcode/Murdac.z5 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/Murdac.z5 Murdac, by Jonathan R. Partington (Cambridge University, 1982). Version 1.100421 / Phoenix v1.02 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/phoenix/games/zcode/Sangraal.z5 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/Sangraal.z5 Sangraal, by Jonathan R. Partington (Cambridge University, 1987). Version 1.100421 / Phoenix v1.02 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/phoenix/games/zcode/Spycatcher.z5 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/Spycatcher.z5 Spycatcher, by Jonathan R. Partington and Jonathan Thackray (Cambridge University, 1989). Version 1.100421 / Phoenix v1.02 This game was later released for 1980s home computers as "Spy Snatcher". http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/phoenix/hints/solutions/brandx_philosophers_quest.txt http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/brandx_philosophers_quest.txt Walkthrough for BrandX a.k.a. Philosopher's Quest, written by Richard Bos. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/programming/tads3/library/contributions/MazeGenerator.zip Virtual Maze Generator, version 1, by Jeffrey W. Bowyer. Archive contains a Java component to produces a perfect maze, and a TADS 3 class for crawling that maze. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/2112.sol Solution to 2112, by Ambat Sasi Nair http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/bmiss.sol Solution to the TADS game Bmissfille, by Ambat Sasi Nair http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/dampcamp.sol Solution to the TADS game The Damp Camp, by Ambat Sasi Nair http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/fren5-2.sol Solution to The Frenetic Five vs. Mr Redundancy Man, by Ambat Sasi. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/fren5-3.sol Solution to The Frenetic Five vs. The Seven Deadly Dwarves, by Ambat Sasi. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/house.sol Solution to the TADS game The House, by Ambat Sasi Nair http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/school.sol Solution to Ballymun Adventure, by Ambat Sasi. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/WinchesterTraverse.html A successful traversal of Winchester's Nightmare, created by Nicholas Gowan. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/solutions/maps/Winchester.png A partial map of Union City from Winchester's Nightmare, drawn by Nicholas Gowan. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/starters/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. http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/starters/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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy! David and Stephen