This directory contains all the games, each one in its own directory, sorted by programming language. # readme.txt Stephen Granade's note about this year's competition: read this to find out where to get more information # rules.txt The rules for the 1999 competition, by Stephen Granade # results.txt The results of the 1999 competition, by Stephen Granade # comp99.z5 tuid: a3thoxm83tzz8ihz The 'front-end' game for the 1999 competition, providing information on all the games and systems used to run them, plus the ability to sort the games you can play into a random list. Written by Lucian Paul Smith. Release 2 / Serial number 991005 # comp99.zip All the entries in this year's competition in one package, plus walkthroughs and the competition front end "comp99.z5" release 2. Unzip into a directory with the -d option to preserve the original subdirectory structure. # c99rsc.zip Resource files for the HTML TADS competition games "Exhibit" and "Six", and for the MS-DOS game "Lunatix". NB: This file is over 11MB in size. # c99_mac_games.hqx All the entries in this year's competition plus walkthroughs in one self-extracting archive for the Macintosh, complete with correct files types etc. Built by Iain Merrick. NOTE: The competition front end "comp99.z5" in this package is release 1; download release 2 separately (file comp.z5 in this directory). # c99_mac_multimedia.hqx Resource files for the HTML TADS competition games "Exhibit" and "Six", and for the MS-DOS game "Lunatix" in one self-extracting archive for the Macintosh, complete with correct files types etc. Self-extracting archive, built by Iain Merrick. NB: This file is over 15MB in size. # c99_mac_interpreters.hqx The interpreters needed to play the games on a Mac: Arun, HyperTADS 1.1.3, MaxZIP 1.7.7. Self-extracting archive, built by Iain Merrick. # IFComp1999.exe Self-installing executable for Windows, containing all of the competition games, the resources, and all interpreters needed to run the games. NB: This file is over 17MB in size. # alan/arthur King Arthur's Night Out, by Mikko Vuorinen Release 2 # alan/hebgb The HeBGB Horror! by Eric Mayer (an updated version of this game is in games/alan/hebgb.zip) # inform/banana Pass the Banana, an interactive banana passing Release 1 / Serial number 990921 # inform/btd2 Beat the Devil, an interactive spree by Robert M Camisa Release 4 / Serial number 990926 # inform/calliope Calliope, an interactive obtrusion by J McIntosh Release 1 / Serial number 991001 # inform/change For a Change, by Dan Schmidt Release 1 / Serial number 990930 # inform/chix Chicks Dig Jerks, interactive fiction by Robb Sherwin Release 1 / Serial number 990930 WARNING: This game contains adult language and situations and is not intended for children. (updated versions of this game are in games/mac/chix.hqx, games/pc/chix.exe, and in games/zcode/chix.z5) # inform/death Death to My Enemies, an interactive tale of revenge by Roody Yogurt Release 1 / Serial number 990930 # inform/guard Guard Duty, an interactive vigil by Jason F. Finx Release 1 / Serial number 990930 # inform/halo Halothane, an interactive restoration by Quentin.D.Thompson Release 1 / Serial number 990928 # inform/huntdark Hunter, in Darkness, a cave crawl by Dave Ahl Jr. Release 3 / Serial number 990918 (updated versions of this game are in games/mac/HuntDark-R4.hqx and in games/zcode/huntdark.z5) # inform/jacks Jacks or Better to Murder, Aces to Win, a short story by J.D. Berry Release 1 / Serial number 990924 # inform/lomalow Lomalow, by Brendan Barnwell Release 0 / Serial number 888888 # inform/ludite Lurk, Unite. Die. Invent. Think. Expire. Words: Ten Thousand Monkeys on Typewriters Compiled: Rybread Celsius Release 1 / Serial number 990930 # inform/me Music Education, an interactive fiasco by Bill Linney Release 1 / Serial number 990911 # inform/oad Only After Dark, interactive fiction Release 1 / Serial number 990915 # inform/outsided Outsided, interactive fiction by Chad Elliott Release 1 / Serial number 990929 # inform/softfood A Day for Soft Food, by Tod Levi Release 1 / Serial number 990930 # inform/tac Thorfinn's Realm, by Robert Hall and Roy Main Release 101 / Serial number 990929 # inform/winter Winter Wonderland, by Laura A. Knauth Release 1 / Serial number 990928 # inform/wossname Spodgeville Murphy and The Jewelled Eye of Wossname by David Fillmore Release 5 / Serial number 990927 (an updated version of this game is in games/zcode/wossname.z5) # msdos/lunatix Lunatix - The Insanity Circle interactive fiction by Mike Snyder (an updated version of this game is in games/pc/luntic11.zip) # msdos/skyranch Skyranch, by Jack Driscoll # msdos/snosae Snosae, by No Frills Software Version 1.0 # tads/4seconds 4 Seconds, by Jason "Trig" Reigstad Release 1 # tads/amoment A Moment of Hope, interactive fiction by Simmon Keith Version 0.258 # tads/beal Life on Beal Street # tads/bliss Bliss: An interactive harrowing by Cameron Wilkin Version 1.1 # tads/cell Stone Cell, by Middle Eagle Version 1 # tads/chaos Chaos, an interactive explosion by Shay Caron # tads/erehwon Erehwon, interactive fiction by Jos. Pinkfoot Release 1.0 # tads/exhibit Exhibition, by Anatoly Domokov # tads/otf On the Farm, a TADS adventure by Lenny Pitts # tads/six Six Stories: multimedia interactive fiction by N.K. Guy Version 1.0 / Serial number 990930-21 # tads/stranger Stranger in the Night, an interactive gothic hunt by Rich Pizor Release 1.0contest WARNING: Parents are strongly advised to preview this game before giving it to small children. # tads/waterbrd The Water Bird, interactive fiction by Athan Skelley Release 1.0 # web/remember Remembrance, an interactive story by Casey Tait NOTE: This game was originally meant to be played interactively through the web on the author's machine. Stephen Granade uploaded the source code (remember.zip) after the beginning of the competition so that the game can be played locally.