They never died out in Europe, and they were paricularly popular in Germany. Interactive fiction had an underground renaissance, and some of the beat work in t

They never died out in Europe, and they were paricularly popular in Germany. Interactive fiction had an underground renaissance, and some of the beat work in the genre were produced when it was technically a dead one. I agree that people should check out the IF Archive, and take a look at the state of tooling for creating them, which have made producing games much more accessable.