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Z-Machine interpreter in javascript

The Z-Machine Preservation Project (ZMPP) is a modern implementation of the Z-machine in Java. It is completely written from scratch using Java 5 to provide an architecture that is easy to understand, maintain and extend. The goal is to provide an interpreter implementation that is standard compliant and offers the possibility to play interactive fiction on many platforms without recompiling the source code.

Society for the promotion of adventure games

The Interactive Fiction Archive

TADS - the Text Adventure Development System

TADS, the Text Adventure Development System. TADS is a freeware programming system that can help you create high-quality interactive fiction. This site is devoted to news and information about TADS.

All that you'll find here is material connected with Interactive Fiction (IF) -- text-based adventure games like Zork and its successors.

The Adventure Games Coalition is an informal, worldwide group of non-commercial web sites devoted to the promotion of Adventure Games and to helping the adventure gamer, both the experienced gamer and those new to Adventure Games. We offer Reviews, Previews, and Articles; Help, Explanations, and Hints; Walkthroughs, Solutions, and Patches; and much, much more.

the daventure game website

nform was created by Graham Nelson, who also wrote the documentation. Emily Short wrote the examples and the Test Suite used for unit testing. The Mac OS X user interface and overall visual design are by Andrew Hunter. The Windows user interface is by David Kinder. Theoretical guidance and advice from Emily Short and Andrew Plotkin was invaluable, as was Sonja Kesserich's testing.