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Trinity is a text adventure game developed and published by Infocom in 1986, designed by Brian Moriarty. The plot involves time travel and explores the history of nuclear weaponry, sending the player to various historical locations tied to the development of the atomic bomb, such as the Trinity test...
Guns of Infinity is a choice-based interactive fiction novel by Paul Wang, published through Hosted Games. It continues the story of Sabres of Infinity in the fictional setting of Tierra, where the player character serves as an officer during a major military campaign. The game presents its narrativ...
All Roads is an interactive fiction game by Jon Ingold that won the 2001 Interactive Fiction Competition. Set in Renaissance Venice, it features a time-loop narrative structure where players repeatedly experience the same evening from different perspectives, gradually uncovering a complex conspiracy...
"Vespers" is an interactive fiction game written by Jason Devlin in 2005 using the Inform development system. Set in a fifteenth-century Italian monastery, the narrative follows Father Giovanni as he manages the abbey while the surrounding countryside is ravaged by a deadly plague. As the crisis dee...
Sabres of Infinity is a 2012 interactive-fiction game by Paul Wang, published through Hosted Games and developed with ChoiceScript. The player creates and directs a young officer in a fictional setting, making decisions about military service, battlefield conduct, relationships, and political loyalt...
The Edifice is a text-based interactive fiction game written by Lucian Smith using the Inform programming language. It notably won the 1997 Interactive Fiction Competition, distinguishing itself through its historical and linguistic focus. The game tasks players with navigating a series of vignettes...
First Draft of the Revolution is a 2012 hypertext interactive fiction work by Emily Short and Liza Daly, set in pre-revolutionary France. Players revise the text of letters exchanged between characters, and each edit alters the social and political relationships that unfold. The game treats writing...
1893: A World's Fair Mystery is a text-based adventure game written by Peter Nepstad and released in 2002. The interactive fiction game challenges players to solve a theft by exploring a highly detailed, historically accurate recreation of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The game r...
The Declaration of Independence is a foundational American legal document adopted in 1776. It formally announced the thirteen British colonies’ separation from Great Britain asserting principles of self-governance and natural rights. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson it articulated concepts like...
Hollywood Visionary is a historical, choice-based interactive fiction game developed by Choice of Games. Set in 1930s Hollywood during the film industry's turbulent transition to synchronized sound, the narrative casts the player as a movie studio director. Players must navigate complex studio polit...
Choice of Broadsides is an interactive text adventure developed and published by Choice of Games. Set during an alternate-history Napoleonic era, players assume the role of a naval officer commanding a warship. The choice-based narrative focuses on tactical naval combat, managing a loyal crew, and n...
Cannonfire Concerto is a 2016 text-based interactive novel by Caleb Wilson, published by Choice of Games. Set in the fictional world of Meropa, a stylized version of Napoleonic Europe, it casts the player as an eighteenth-century musician whose supernatural Genius becomes entangled with spies, gener...
Choice of Romance: Affairs of the Court is a text-based interactive novel from Choice of Games, written by Heather Albano and Adam Strong-Morse. The story places the player in a court shaped by romance, deception, politics, and magic, with choices determining relationships and the direction of event...
Choice of Alexandria is an interactive fiction game developed and published by Choice of Games, set in ancient Egypt during the height of the Library of Alexandria. As a text-based adventure, players navigate historical and scholarly events, interacting with notable figures from the ancient world. T...
Trials of the Thief-Taker is a choice-based interactive-fiction game written by M C DeMarco and published in 2016. It is set in eighteenth-century London and places the player in a historical crime-solving setting centered on the pursuit of criminals. The story is delivered primarily through text an...
While Stadia has been discontinued, it remains a key historical reference point in cloud gaming. It pioneered the concept of streaming AAA titles directly from Google's cloud infrastructure to the consumer. Its early adoption helped set industry standards for streaming quality, influencing current p...
Old English Text MT is a traditional blackletter typeface based on designs by William Caslon in the 18th century, notable for its highly ornate, gothic calligraphic style.
