Ooo, interactive fiction sounds like fun! Where can I find out more?
There are two newsgroups devoted to interactive fiction. If you are interested in playing these games, you should subscribe to rec.games.int-fiction If you want to write interactive fiction you should subscribe to rec.arts.int-fiction The Interactive Fiction Archive is a huge repository of interactive fiction games, authoring systems, utilities, documentation and other related material. It is found at the IF archives Both the rec.arts.int-fiction FAQ and the rec.games.int-fiction FAQ are available from the IF archives. • That’s all very well but I like pictures! Well now you can have some. Recently a port of Sarien has been completed. Sarien is an AGI interpreter. It will allow you to play old (generally pre 1989) Sierra adventures. For instance, Leisure Suit Larry and the various Quest games. (King’s, Space and Police) All you need is the original game and a copy of Sarien, available from the authors web site. Apparently there is work underway to produce an interpreter which will play
