This directory contains all the games, each one in its own directory, sorted by programming language.
King Arthur's Night Out, by Mikko Vuorinen. Release 2.
The HeBGB Horror! by Eric Mayer. (an updated version of this game is in games/alan/hebgb.zip)
Pass the Banana, an interactive banana passing. Release 1 / Serial number 990921.
Beat the Devil, an interactive spree by Robert M Camisa. Release 4 / Serial number 990926.
Calliope, an interactive obtrusion by J McIntosh. Release 1 / Serial number 991001.
For a Change, by Dan Schmidt. Release 1 / Serial number 990930.
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)
Death to My Enemies, an interactive tale of revenge by Roody Yogurt. Release 1 / Serial number 990930.
Guard Duty, an interactive vigil by Jason F. Finx. Release 1 / Serial number 990930.
Halothane, an interactive restoration by Quentin.D.Thompson. Release 1 / Serial number 990928.
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)
Jacks or Better to Murder, Aces to Win, a short story by J.D. Berry. Release 1 / Serial number 990924.
Lomalow, by Brendan Barnwell. Release 0 / Serial number 888888.
Lurk, Unite. Die. Invent. Think. Expire. Words: Ten Thousand Monkeys on Typewriters. Compiled: Rybread Celsius. Release 1 / Serial number 990930.
Music Education, an interactive fiasco by Bill Linney. Release 1 / Serial number 990911.
Only After Dark, interactive fiction. Release 1 / Serial number 990915.
Outsided, interactive fiction by Chad Elliott. Release 1 / Serial number 990929.
A Day for Soft Food, by Tod Levi. Release 1 / Serial number 990930.
Thorfinn's Realm, by Robert Hall and Roy Main. Release 101 / Serial number 990929.
Winter Wonderland, by Laura A. Knauth. Release 1 / Serial number 990928.
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)
Lunatix - The Insanity Circle, interactive fiction by Mike Snyder. (an updated version of this game is in games/pc/luntic11.zip)
Skyranch, by Jack Driscoll.
Snosae, by No Frills Software. Version 1.0.
4 Seconds, by Jason "Trig" Reigstad. Release 1.
A Moment of Hope, interactive fiction by Simmon Keith. Version 0.258.
Life on Beal Street.
Bliss: An interactive harrowing by Cameron Wilkin. Version 1.1.
Stone Cell, by Middle Eagle. Version 1.
Chaos, an interactive explosion by Shay Caron.
Erehwon, interactive fiction by Jos. Pinkfoot. Release 1.0.
Exhibition, by Anatoly Domokov.
On the Farm, a TADS adventure by Lenny Pitts.
Six Stories: multimedia interactive fiction by N.K. Guy. Version 1.0 / Serial number 990930-21.
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.
The Water Bird, interactive fiction by Athan Skelley. Release 1.0.
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.
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 comp99.z5 in this directory).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stephen Granade's note about this year's competition: read this to find out where to get more information
The results of the 1999 competition, by Stephen Granade
The rules for the 1999 competition, by Stephen Granade