ifwiki: IFComp 1997
tuidcomp: t5127frvto2shut
This directory contains all the entries to the
1997 Interactive Fiction Competition, each one in its
own directory, sorted by programming language.
6 Subdirectories:
(DIR) agt
(DIR) alan
(DIR) hugo
(DIR) inform
(DIR) jacl
(DIR) tads
42 items:
(BIN) AcornJACL.spk
[13-Oct-1997]
a quick port of the JACL engine to the Acorn RISC OS
by Julian Arnold, so that Acorn users can play the JACL
competition game
(DIR) agt/emailbox
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
E-Mailbox v0.3 (beta), a true story based on actual events
that occurred to a real individual, by Jay A. Goemmer.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) alan/leaves
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Leaves, a Short Interactive Journey by Mikko Vuorinen,
release 3.
Story file and walkthrough.
(TXT) announcement.txt
[4-Apr-1997]
Announcing the Third Annual Text Adventure Authorship
Competition, Administered by "Whizzard" Gerry Kevin Wilson
(BIN) comp97.z5
[9-Oct-1997]
tuid: a3thoxm83tzz8ihz
The 'front-end' game for the 1997 competition, providing
information on all the games and systems used to run
them, plus the ability to sort the games you can play
into a random list. Written by Lucian Paul Smith.
Release 3 / Serial number 971009.
(TXT) complete-results.txt
[12-Feb-1998]
complete list of the results of the competition, by the
vote taker, LucFrench
(BIN) everything.zip
[18-Nov-1997]
all the entries in this year's competition in one package.
Unzip into a directory with the -d option to preserve the
original subdirectory structure.
(DIR) hugo/down
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Down, by Kent Tessman,
Release 1, 30sep97.
Story file and walkthrough.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/hugo/#down.hex
(DIR) inform/agb
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
A Good Breakfast, an Interactive Feeding by Stuart Adair.
Release 2 / Serial number 971107.
(DIR) inform/bear
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
A Bear's Night Out, an Interactive Children's Story
by David Dyte. Release 2 / Serial number 971011.
Story file and walkthrough.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/zcode/#bear.z5
(DIR) inform/cask
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Cask, my first stab at Interactive Fiction,
by Harry M. Hardjono. Release 1 / Serial number 970917.
Story file, walkthrough, and Inform 6 source code.
(DIR) inform/congrats
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Congratulations! by Frederick J. Hirsch.
Release 1 / Serial number 970929.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) inform/edifice
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Edifice, an Interactive Allegory by Lucian Smith.
Competition Release 1 / Serial number 970930.
Story file and walkthrough.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/zcode/#edifice.z5
(DIR) inform/erden
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Travels in the Land of Erden: In Quest of the Adventure
by Laura A. Knauth. Release 1 / Serial number 970930.
Story file and walkthrough (in Microsoft Word format).
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/zcode/#erden.zip
(DIR) inform/friday
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Friday Afternoon or: Escape from MicroSun,
by Mischa Schweitzer. Release 1 / Serial number 970927.
(DIR) inform/home
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Coming Home, A Simple Home Adventure by Andrew Katz.
Release 1 / Serial number 970919.
Story file, hints, walkthrough, and Inform 6 source code.
(DIR) inform/house
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Aunt Nancy's House, an Interactive Simulation.
by Nate Schwartzman. Release 1 / Serial number 970906.
(DIR) inform/legacy
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Family Legacy, an Interactive Ghost (???) Story
by The Tame Computer, Marnie Parker (aka Female Deer).
Release 1 / Serial number 971011.
Note: This game was withdrawn from the competition, but
for historical reasons it stays here with the author's
consent. Please play the game if you like and tell the
author what you think.
(DIR) inform/lest
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Madame L'Estrange and the Troubled Spirit,
an Interactive Fiction by Ian Ball and Marcus Young.
Release 1 / Serial number 970929.
(DIR) inform/lost
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Lost Spellmaker, an Interactive Mission
by Neil James Brown. Release 1 / Serial number 970927.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/zcode/#lost.z5
(DIR) inform/mimesis
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Sins Against Mimesis, an Interactive Theosophy
by One of the Bruces. Release 1 / Serial number 970925.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/zcode/#mimesis.z5
(HTM) /if-archive/games/source/inform/#mimesis.zip
(DIR) inform/newday
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
A New Day, by Jonathan Fry.
Release 1 / Serial number 970929.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/zcode/#newday.z5
(DIR) inform/pintown
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Pintown, by Stefan Blixt.
Release 1 / Serial number 970902.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) inform/pizza
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Phred Phontious and the Quest for Pizza,
an Interactive Errand by Michael Zey.
Release 1 / Serial number 970929.
(DIR) inform/reflect
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Symetry, a Matter of Self Trust by Rybread Celsius.
Release 1 / Serial number 970925.
(DIR) inform/spring
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
She's Got a Thing for a Spring,
an Interactive Dip in a Hot Spring by Brent VanFossen.
Release 1 / Serial number 970926.
Story file and walkthrough.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/zcode/#spring.z8
(DIR) inform/sylenius
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Sylenius Mysterium, an Interactive Transcendence.
by whomever wrote it. Release 1 / Serial number 970928.
Story file, guide, and walkthrough.
(DIR) inform/tdragon
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Town Dragon, by David A. Cornelson.
Release 2 / Serial number 970929.
(DIR) inform/tempest
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Tempest, an interactive performance by William Shakespeare.
Release 3 / Serial number 970929.
(DIR) jacl/grail
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Unholy Grail, by Stuart Allen,
release 1.
Story file, walkthrough, and JACL interpreter
(MS-DOS/Linux/source).
NOTE: edit file "config" to point to your game file.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/jacl/#grail.zip
(TXT) official-results.txt
[9-Feb-1998]
the results of the competition, by Gerry Kevin Wilson
(TXT) read.me
[11-Oct-1997]
Whizzard's note about this year's competition:
read this to find out where to get more information
(DIR) tads/aardvark
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Obscene Quest of Dr. Aardvarkbarf, by Gary Roggin.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) tads/almanac
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Poor Zefron's Almanac: an interactive cross-genre romp
by Carl W. Klutzke. Version 1.0, 30sep97.
(HTM) /if-archive/games/source/tads/#almsrc.zip
(DIR) tads/babel
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Babel, by Ian Finley.
Story file, hints, and walkthrough.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/tads/#Babel31.gam
(DIR) tads/frenfive
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang,
interactive fiction by Anonymous. Competition version.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/tads/#frenfive.gam
(HTM) /if-archive/games/mac/#frenfive.sit.hqx
(HTM) /if-archive/games/pc/#frenfive.zip
(DIR) tads/glow
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Glowgrass, an Interactive Short Story by Nate Cull.
Release 1.
(DIR) tads/savannah
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Sunset Over Savannah, an Existential Vacation by Ivan Cockrum.
Release 1.0, 30sep97.
Story file and solution.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/tads/#savannah.gam
(DIR) tads/temple
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Temple of the Orc Mage (level one), by Gary Roggin.
Story file and walkthrough.
(DIR) tads/vtech
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
VirtuaTech, by David Glasser,
Release 1.
Story file, author's notes, and walkthrough.
(DIR) tads/zero
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Zero Sum Game, an Exercise in Fantastic Futility
by Cody Sandifer. Release 1.
Story file and hints.
(an updated version of this game is in
(HTM) /if-archive/games/tads/#zero.gam
(DIR) tads/zombie
[12-Jul-2001]
(HTM) IFDB entry
(HTM) IFDB entry
Zombie! The Interactive Creepshow by Scott W. Starkey.
Story file and walkthrough.
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