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  Annotated Bibliography of Interactive Fiction Scholarship

  Ranked and annotated items, covering academic articles, fan or community web sites, influential amateur articles, and references to text adventures in mainstream literature. Focuses on the cultural and literary significance of text adventures.

  http://jerz.setonhill.edu/if/bibliography/

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  8-bit Adventure World, The

  A database of adventures for 8-bit computers.

  http://8bit.microheaven.com/

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  Paul O'Brian's Interactive Fiction page, featuring the games and reviews he's written, information about the webzine he edits, and lots of nifty IF stuff.

  http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm

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  Guess the Verb

  Humorous text adventure by Crummycom.

  http://www.crummy.com/devel/if/gtv/

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  The IF Beta Site Info Page

  Offers a place where testers and authors can meet each other.

  http://www.plover.net/~textfire/beta.html

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  IF Literacy

  Recommended playing list for interactive fiction, compiled by Emily Short.

  http://emshort.home.mindspring.com/literacy.htm

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  ifMUD: A MUD Forever Voyaging

  A MUD for text adventure enthusiasts.

  http://ifmud.port4000.com:4001/

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  Interactive Fiction

  IF stuff in general.

  http://www.bioc.rice.edu/~lpsmith/IF/

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  Interactive Fiction - Joe DeRouen's Home Page

  Collection of game reviews he wrote for Computer Currents magazine, and selected links to IF resources.

  http://www.sparkynet.com/jderouen/textadvs/

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  Interactive Fiction Art Show

  Annual competition for games which exclude traditional "game elements" from entries, and also try to lift any plot as much as possible.

  http://members.aol.com/iffyart/

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  Interactive Fiction Basement

  Information and tutorials.

  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/7442/if/

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  Interactive Fiction Ratings

  Public ratings and comments of Interactive Fiction games.

  http://www.carouselchain.com/if/

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  Interactive Fiction Review Conspiracy

  A place for authors and reviwers to meet.

  http://plover.net/~textfire/conspiracy/

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  The Official YS Beginners Guide To Adventures

  How to play an adventure, how to know which commands to type in, and all those little bits and pieces that'll help you get past the first post.

  http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/beginnersguidetoadventures.htm

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  PDD's Adventure Page

  The page for classic text adventure afficionados. Covers Scott Adams, Brian Howarth, Infocom, Level 9, and Magnetic Scrolls.

  http://www.if-legends.org/~pdd/

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  Prof. Dennis G. Jerz: Interactive Fiction

  A collection of articles about interactive fiction.

  http://jerz.setonhill.edu/if/index.html

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  rec.arts.int-fiction Frequently Asked Questions

  General information for people new to interactive fiction.

  http://www.plover.net/~textfire/raiffaq/

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  Rising From Time's Ashes: The Best Free Interactive Fiction Of The Century

  Michael Feir's collection of what he feels is the best freely available interactive fiction with reviews for each game.

  http://www.bioc.rice.edu/~lpsmith/IF/50best.html

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  Suite101.com: Interactive Fiction

  Articles, discussion and links.

  http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/interactive_fiction

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  textadventures.co.uk

  Collection of text adventures that can be played online in a web browser.

  http://www.textadventures.co.uk

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  Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe

  Lots of classic 1980s computer software for sale/trade, specializing in Infocom text adventures. Monthly collector's column, waiting list, links to other software collectors' pages.

  http://www.if-legends.org/~yois/