https://rodschmidt.com/tags/interactive-fiction/Recent content in Interactive Fiction on Rod SchmidtHugoen-usThu, 07 May 2026 10:43:18 -0600https://rodschmidt.com/posts/ifgame/Thu, 07 May 2026 10:43:18 -0600https://rodschmidt.com/posts/ifgame/<p>On of the first programs I ever ran on a computer was a text adventure game, also known as Interactive Fiction. I think the first one I played was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventureland_(video_game)">Adventureland</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams_(game_designer)">Scott Adams</a>, which was based on the first ever text adventure called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure">Adventure</a> by Crowther and Woods. Adventureland was the first text adventure available for personal computers.</p> <p>Not long after that I discovered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork">Zork I</a>, the first game by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infocom">Infocom</a>. I loved the Infocom games, I played most of them, spending many hours solving the games.</p>