The old stuff is fun, but I've gotta recommend the newer efforts for really high quality text adventure. The current interactive fiction subculture is doing som

The old stuff is fun, but I've gotta recommend the newer efforts for really high quality text adventure. The current interactive fiction subculture is doing some pretty keen stuff, both novel and retro-flavored. I think Emily Short's list of recommended IF (http://emshort.wordpress.com/how-to-play/reading-if/ http://emshort.wordpress.com/how-to-play/reading-if/) is very good since it breaks up games by category. Nick Monfort also has some good recommendations (http://nickm.com/if/rec.html http://nickm.com/if/rec.html). Personally, if you're looking for the old time feel, I would recommend: Anchorhead (big, Cthulhoid, genuinely chilling in places): http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=op0uw1gn1tjqmjt7 http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=op0uw1gn1tjqmjt7 Christminster (puzzle-oriented, very tough): http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=fq26p07f48ckfror http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=fq26p07f48ckfror Curses (puzzle-oriented, great setting, time travel): http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=plvzam05bmz3enh8 http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=plvzam05bmz3enh8 How to play these: http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/FAQ#How_can_I_download_and_play_IF.3F http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/FAQ#How_can_I_download_and_p... Easy entry point: http://pr-if.org/play/ http://pr-if.org/play/