Text Adventures

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.
jerz.setonhill.edu/if/bibliography/

8-bit Adventure World, The - A database of adventures for 8-bit computers.
8bit.microheaven.com/

Guess the Verb - Humorous text adventure by Crummycom.
www.crummy.com/devel/if/gtv/

The IF Beta Site Info Page - Offers a place where testers and authors can meet each other.
www.plover.net/~textfire/beta.html

IF Literacy - Recommended playing list for interactive fiction, compiled by Emily Short.
emshort.home.mindspring.com/literacy.htm

ifMUD: A MUD Forever Voyaging - A MUD for text adventure enthusiasts.
ifmud.port4000.com:4001/

Interactive Fiction - IF stuff in general.
www.bioc.rice.edu/~lpsmith/IF/

Interactive Fiction - Joe DeRouen's Home Page - Collection of game reviews he wrote for Computer Currents magazine, and selected links to IF resources.
www.sparkynet.com/jderouen/textadvs/

Interactive Fiction Basement - Information and tutorials.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/7442/if/

Interactive Fiction Ratings - Public ratings and comments of Interactive Fiction games.
www.carouselchain.com/if/

Interactive Fiction Review Conspiracy - A place for authors and reviwers to meet.
plover.net/~textfire/conspiracy/

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

PDD's Adventure Page - The page for classic text adventure aficionados. Covers Scott Adams, Brian Howarth, Infocom, Level 9, and Magnetic Scrolls.
www.if-legends.org/~pdd/

Prof. Dennis G. Jerz: Interactive Fiction - A collection of articles about interactive fiction.
jerz.setonhill.edu/if/index.html

rec.arts.int-fiction Frequently Asked Questions - General information for people new to interactive fiction.
www.plover.net/~textfire/raiffaq/

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

Suite101.com: Interactive Fiction - Articles, discussion and links.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/interactive_fiction

textadventures.co.uk - Collection of text adventures that can be played online in a web browser.
www.textadventures.co.uk

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