1 Subdirectory:
 (DIR) italian
       
       
       21 items:
 (BIN) 95ntif.exe
       [23-Nov-1996]
       Inform and TADS starters' pack for Windows 95 and NT,
       by Werner Punz. Self-extracting archive.
       
 (BIN) AB10.exe
       [9-Jun-1998]
       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.
       
 (TXT) Beginner.txt
       [25-Feb-1997]
       A Beginner's Guide to Interactive Fiction, by Joe W Aultman.
       
 (BIN) BeginnersIF.pkg
       [3-Feb-2001]
       A Beginner's Guide to Interactive Fiction, by Joe W Aultman,
       converted to the Newton book format by Eric Brown.
       
 (BIN) FamiAdv.exe
       [6-Dec-2016]
       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.
       
 (BIN) InformJumpStartKit_1_0_en.zip
       [9-Dec-2001]
       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.
       
 (BIN) InformJumpStartKit_3_0_de.zip
       [15-Aug-2002]
       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.
       
 (BIN) ashes.exe
       [14-Jan-2001]
       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.
       
 (BIN) fifstart.lha
       [5-Dec-1996]
       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.
       
 (HEX) fifstart.sit
       [12-Mar-1997]
       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.
       
 (BIN) fifstart.tar.gz
       [6-Dec-1996]
       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.
       
 (BIN) fifstart.zip
       [2-Dec-1996]
       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.
       
 (BIN) if-einfuehrung.pdf
       [18-Dec-2004]
       A German introduction to interactive fiction and its basic
       concepts, aimed at beginners, by Joerg Rosenbauer.
       
 (BIN) if_floppies.zip
       [2-Apr-2017]
       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.
       
 (BIN) ifpcd2005.zip
       [26-Jul-2005]
       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
       
 (BIN) ifpcd2010.zip
       [21-Apr-2010]
       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.
       
 (BIN) ifstart.lha
       [5-Dec-1996]
       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.
       
 (HEX) ifstart.sit
       [13-Oct-1996]
       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.)
       
 (BIN) ifstart.zip
       [13-Oct-1996]
       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.
       
 (BIN) ninepts.z5
       [27-Nov-1996]
       Nine Points:
       A Demonstration of an Interactive Fiction Game,
       by Robert Janelle and Brad O'Donnell.
       Release 12 / Serial number 961127
       You need a Z-code interpreter to play this game, several of
       which are in the Starter Kits listed above.
       [file is linked to games/zcode/ninepts.z5]
       
 (BIN) play-if-card.tar.gz
       [10-Apr-2010]
       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.
       
       
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