2002-02-19 ftf_manual.pdf (106.78 KB)

documentation

2006-12-21 ftf.gam (1.16 MB)

TADS executable (version: 3.0)

2001-08-10 ftf.sol (10.99 KB)

solution

An interesting experiment in the presentation of darkness. To save your kingdom, you must find the legendary Stone of Aayela (a crystal that imprisons a powerful spirit of light) by exploring the dark cave where it lies by sense of touch and sound. A small game that exposes some of the untapped potential of the medium.

Rating: ****

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)

1996-10-15 aayela.gam (99.02 KB)

TADS 2.2 executable (version: 1.1, as entered in 1996 competition)

1996-10-15 readme (163 bytes)

a brief note about the game

1996-10-17 walkthru.txt (826 bytes)

solution

2001-08-16 aayelasrc.zip (37.05 KB)

TADS source code (version: 1.2)

2001-08-16 aayela.gam (108.16 KB)

TADS executable (version: 1.2)

2004-02-29 aayela_walk.txt (1.79 KB)

solution

Take the structure of the poetic and experimental one-move game Aisle, combine with the premise and stupidity of the one-gag game Pick Up the Phone Booth and Die, and add a liberal sprinkling of in-jokes and references to other games. The result: self-indulgent silliness. Sample quotation: "Pants? What pants?"

Rating: Not rated

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (24 Jun 2001)

2001-06-18 PUTPBAA.z5 (129.00 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: 2)

2001-08-05 putpbaa.sol (3.04 KB)

list of endings

An exceedingly well-crafted game, and a pleasure to play. Originally released as freeware with an optional registration (to get "feelies" and hints), but now the feelies are free too. Features multiple paths and a surreal atmosphere.

Rating: ****

Reviewed by Mark Musante (02 Jan 2002)

Large, highly complex and introspective game. You're a fellow named Terry, in rehab for nicotine addiction, and the drug you're put on sets you on an internal journey of sorts. Nearly everything in the game functions on a symbolic level, and trying to unravel everything is challenging--there's been no little debate on the rec.*.int-fiction newsgroups about what everything means. Thematically rich, but also plenty of fun as a game--the puzzles are challenging but fair, on the whole. What's notable about this is that, for the most part, the puzzles serve the purposes of the story rather than getting in the way of the story--the author manages to weave the plot into the obstacles to be overcome. The central relationship in the game is a puzzle in itself--much as the protagonist doesn't fully understand the relationship, you the player spend most of the game trying to figure out the dynamics. At two points in the game, the plot branches (in a sufficiently subtle way that you may not realize there was another choice), such that two lengthy sections of the game have two entirely separate paths through them (after which the paths rejoin). Complex, but thoroughly rewarding. Originally shareware, but the author has now released it as freeware.

Rating: *****

Reviewed by Duncan Stevens (01 May 2001)

2001-11-30 gripsrc.zip (356.57 KB)

Source code to version 5.0

2001-11-30 grip.gam (696.44 KB)

TADS executable (version: Release 5)

2001-12-04 gripfeelies.zip (9.71 MB)

additional PDF documents (including registration key for hints)

1998-05-15 grip.sol (15.43 KB)

Walkthrough

2001-08-20 Losing_Your_Grip_Solution.zip (11.65 KB)

solution

The first Zork to be published commercially, this game essentially consists of a large chunk of dungeon carved from the central area of the original Zork. A decent dungeon crawl, and many adventurers' first experience with IF. The Hugo port is of questionable legality, but considering that Activision made the entire Zork Trilogy available for free download a few years ago, I wouldn't be too worried.

Rating: ***

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (15 Feb 2001)

1999-02-08 hugozork.hex (168.12 KB)

Hugo executable (ported by John Menichelli)

1999-02-08 hugozork.hug (345.74 KB)

Hugo source code (version: Release 1, ported by John Menichelli)

2001-08-15 zorkvms.zip (344.89 KB)

WinPaw executable

1995-09-04 ZorkI.inv (23.27 KB)

transcribed Invisiclues hint book

1995-02-22 zorkI.step1 (6.23 KB)

solution

1995-11-23 zorkI.step2 (4.41 KB)

solution

1992-12-06 zorkI.txt (13.39 KB)

solution

1994-03-21 sample.from.zork (6.10 KB)

sample transcript from original documentation

1994-04-19 zork1.txt (12.05 KB)

GUE History from the original Zork I docs

2001-02-02 Zork_Trilogy.zip (9.75 KB)

maps in GUEmap format

1995-02-22 hints.many (16.10 KB)

hints

1995-11-21 jgunness.zip (159.04 KB)

solution

1996-10-15 Sols1.zip (213.57 KB)

solution

1996-10-15 Sols2.zip (38.22 KB)

solution

1996-11-26 Sols3.zip (172.32 KB)

solution

1998-03-10 zork1.zip (14.72 KB)

THL hint file

This is the forbear of the Zork trilogy, written at MIT before Infocom was formed. The first game to feature a full-sentence parser, albeit a crude one by today's standards. Very derivative of Adventure, from the maze of twisty little passages to the orange smoke that accompanies ressurrection. Basically, a treasure hunt in a cave. Two mazes (counting the coal mine), a little randomized combat, and a nonsense puzzle or two. Much historical interest, however. Nearly everything in this game can be found in the Zork trilogy, although some crucial details are different. Available in various stages of its development; unlike Adventure, which used a very rigid database, this game was designed to be easy to modify, and got modified a lot.

Rating: ***

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (03 Jul 2000)

1996-01-08 Dungeon.lha (293.90 KB)

Amiga executable (version: 2.7A, ported by David Kinder)

1992-11-30 Dungeon.lzh (179.47 KB)

Amiga executable (version: 2.5, ported by Loren J. Rittle)

1997-06-11 dungeon.spk (191.47 KB)

Acorn Archimedes executable (version: 2.7A, ported by Julian Arnold)

1992-12-06 dungeon.zoo (213.74 KB)

Atari ST executable (ported by Kurt Olsen)

1998-10-19 Dungeon-Glk.sit.hqx (513.01 KB)

Macintosh executable (version: 3.2B, ported by Andrew Plotkin)

1993-01-13 zork-27m.hqx (266.28 KB)

Macintosh executable (version: Release 2.7, ported by Anthony C. Ard)

2002-03-06 dungeon_dosglk.zip (253.04 KB)

MS-DOS executable (version: 3.2B, ported by Steve Nickolas and Andrew Plotkin, additional material by Robert M. Supnik)

2002-10-13 dungeon_winglk.zip (506.32 KB)

Windows executable (version: 3.2B, ported by Andrew Plotkin, additional material by Robert M. Supnik, requires Glk.dll)

2003-04-21 dungn22a.zip (168.50 KB)

MS-DOS executable (version: 2.2A)

2003-04-21 dungn25a.zip (152.93 KB)

MS-DOS executable (version: 2.5A)

1997-03-05 dungn26b.zip (184.18 KB)

MS-DOS executable (version: 2.6B)

2003-04-21 dungn27a.zip (163.37 KB)

MS-DOS executable (version: 2.7A, ported by Ian Lance Taylor)

2003-10-29 dungn32b.zip (374.47 KB)

FORTRAN source code, MS-DOS executable (version: 32B, ported by Volker Blasius, additional material by Robert M. Supnik)

1992-12-21 Dungeon_source.sit (167.38 KB)

C source code (in MacBinary format)

2003-04-21 dungeon-2.5.6.tar.gz (442.31 KB)

FORTRAN source code (version: 2.5A)

1994-10-05 dungeon-3.2A.tar.Z (296.29 KB)

FORTRAN source code (version: 3.2A, ported by Robert M. Supnik)

1994-11-04 dungeon-3.2B.patch (3.19 KB)

FORTRAN source code (version: 3.2B, patch to 3.2A source code)

1997-08-23 dungeon-3.2B.unidiff (4.32 KB)

FORTRAN source code (version: 3.2B, ported by David Bristow, patch to 3.2A source code, for Larry Wall's)

1998-10-19 dungeon-glk.tar.Z (317.09 KB)

C source code (version: 3.2B, ported by Andrew Plotkin, uses GLK library)

1997-03-05 dungn26b-src.zip (157.59 KB)

FORTRAN source code (version: 2.6B, ported by Kevin Black)

2003-04-21 dungn27s.zip (254.99 KB)

C source code (version: 2.7A)

1996-06-06 tads_dungeon.zip (312.58 KB)

TADS executable (version: Release 0.3, ported by Darin Johnson, game file and source code)

2001-08-15 zorkvms.zip (344.89 KB)

VMS executable (version: 14 Aug 2001), FORTRAN source code

2004-09-05 zdungeon.z5 (184.50 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: Release 13, ported to Inform by Ethan Dicks)

2001-06-10 Dungeon.zip (8.00 KB)

maps in GUEmap format

1996-03-14 dung-map.zip (21.17 KB)

map in Postscript format

1994-10-25 dungeon.ps (31.80 KB)

map in Postscript format

1994-10-05 dungeon.sol (18.52 KB)

solution to version 3.1

2001-08-27 spy1_0.zip (5.86 MB)

Windows executable (version: 1.0)

2001-08-28 oahwnn.zip (20.31 KB)

Alan 2.8 executable (version: 1.1)

2001-08-15 efh.zip (34.00 KB)

BASIC source code (version: 1.2b, compatible with QBASIC)