The best place to download programs, games and utilities related to text-adventures, is the IF-Archive of the German GMD FTP server.
This archive is divided into multiple directories (explanation given when needed):
| if-archive/articles/ | |
| if-archive/books/ | |
| if-archive/download-tools/ | |
| if-archive/emulators/ | Programs simulating older operating systems, so you can play some really old games. |
| if-archive/games/ | |
| if-archive/info/ | |
| if-archive/infocom/ | Archive for Infocom (a type of text-adventure) tools, games and utilities. |
| if-archive/level9/ | Hints, interpreters and manuals for the Level 9 system. |
| if-archive/magazines/ | |
| if-archive/magnetic-scrolls/ | Archive regarding magnetic-scrolls games, which were one of the first graphical text-adventures. |
| if-archive/mapping-tools/ | Utilities for creating maps of dungeons and so forth. |
| if-archive/programming/ | Programming utilities and documents |
| if-archive/rec.arts.int-fiction/ | Archive for the IF newsgroup regarding the programming of text-adventures. |
| if-archive/rec.games.int-fiction/ | Archive regarding the IF newsgroup regarding the playing of text-adventures. |
| if-archive/scott-adams/ | Archive for Scott-Adams-system related utilities, programs and manuals. |
| if-archive/shells/ | |
| if-archive/solutions/ | |
| if-archive/starters/ | Starter kits and other utilities for beginning adventurers. |
| if-archive/utilities/ |
Of course, these aren't the only directory's, as there are directories within directories within directories, etc. The complete directory tree can be viewed in HTML format on Stephen van Egmond's IF-Archive listing. Or you can go directly to the FTP directory structure at ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive.
If you want to download graphical adventure game demos, you can usually find them on the company website. Take a look at our listing of adventure game companies.
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