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In article <2i5fjoFj9hbaU1@uni-berlin.de> "Peter" <dacelogdespam@hotmail.com> writes:
>"Ephphatha" <soontm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:40bd6360$0$2298$61ce578d@news.syd.swiftdsl.com.au...
>> Do you think someone could supply me with links to some good games? I'm
>> playing hlaadv at the moment, and I like it, but I would love to play
>> Zork. I'll google for that, but are there other games I haven't heard of
>> that you know of?
>You will find a wonderland of games in the ifarchive.
Yes, this is essentially *the* source for IF games.
>As the archive isn't terribly intuitive,
Well, the interface resembles a graphic FTP connection. You're shown the
list of folders/directories, you click one, it opens a new page showing
you the contents of that directory which may have more subdirectories in
addition to files, etc. It's simple enough, but if you're just starting
out, it will probably be hard to figure out what you need from where.
>it's best to access ith through other sites like
>
>www.wurb.com/if/game
>or
>www.igs.net/~tril/if/best/
Yes, Baf's Guide (the first link) is a very good interface to use. It
also contains reviews and comments about the games which should help
you find ones you'd like. The Best of IF (the second link) is another
good site and lists some of the best games available. You could also
try
http://emshort.home.mindspring.com/literacy.htm which is a recommended
playing list arranged by notable features of games such as an unusual
interface or use a gimmick as a story telling device. There's the IF
Ratings Stats page at
http://www.carouselchain.com/if/statistics.php too
if you'd like to see how people rated games and if you'd like to play
some games on line (and not worry about getting the right interpreter
and such), try http://www.ifiction.org/
If you need some help getting started with IF, a pretty good
beginner's guide is at http://www.microheaven.com/IFGuide/ and this
newsgroup should have a "how to play IF" post/thread in the archives.
I think it's posted regularly, probably monthly, so try looking in say
the Google Groups archives and see if you can find it. That will also
give you a good idea of how to start and where to go.
Since you mentioned Zork, I'd like to know that the original Zork
trilogy is freely and legally available for downloading. One site with
the files is http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/ which is also a pretty good
source of information about other Infocom games.
I hope this helps. And welcome to the world of IF.
I tend to
lurk around here and not post a lot because I don't have tons of free
time to play games. But I do enjoy them and when I do get the time I'd
like to play a lot more of the games in the archives and some others
I bought (like the Infocom ones). Have fun!
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