Index: if-archive/articles


8 Items

ahoy88.zip [10-Dec-1997]
Text and accompanying program of the article "Programming Your Own Text Games", by Cleveland M. Blakemore, which appeared in issues 54 and 55 (June and July 1988) of Ahoy! (an 8-bit Commodore magazine). Transcribed by Patrick Kellum
byte80_nicholson.html [06-May-2007]
"Creating a Fantasy World on the 8080", by Robert T. Nicholson. An article originally published in the July 1980 issue of BTYE magazine, transcribed into HTML by David Welbourn.
byte87_betz.html [06-May-2007]
"An Adventure Authoring System", by David Betz. The article gives in-depth information about the AdvSys authoring system. Originally published in the May 1987 issue of BTYE magazine, and transcribed into HTML by David Welbourn.
byte87_buckles.html [28-Jan-2006]
"Interactive Fiction as Literature", an early literary analysis of interactive fiction. Originally written by Mary Ann Buckles and published in the May 1987 issue of BYTE magazine, and transcribed into HTML by David Welbourn.
ComputorEdge.txt [02-Mar-1998]
IF article from ComputorEdge Magazine, February 1998, by Charles Carr.
german_articles.zip [22-Feb-1998]
Three German reviews, typed in by Miron Schmidt:
  Infocom: Arthur, from ASM 10/98
  Magnetic Scrolls: The Pawn, from DOS 2/88
  Romantic Encounters at the Dome, from DOS 4/89
original_adventure.zip [14-Aug-2007]
"Somewhere Nearby is Colossal Cave: Examining Will Crowther's Original 'Adventure' in Code and in Kentucky", by Dennis G. Jerz. Published in Digital Humanities Quarterly, Summer 2007.
SoftwareOnTheIslandOfMisfitToys.pdf [17-Feb-2007]
A research paper on abandonware for a University of Maryland course on Ethics in the Information age, written by Laura Peters. Infocom and Magnetic Scrolls are main subjects.

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