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    From John Geoffrey@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 18 13:28:03 2018
    What, if any, are the classics of IF that have been forgotten by
    everyone?


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  • From Happy MAC XL@21:1/5 to John Geoffrey on Wed Apr 18 06:57:17 2018
    On Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 12:28:06 PM UTC+1, John Geoffrey wrote:
    What, if any, are the classics of IF that have been forgotten by
    everyone?


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    I really like Dennis Matheson's The Awakening from 1998! I like H.P Lovecraft and the old Hammer Horrors so it really appeals.

    Adam.

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  • From Gregory Ewing@21:1/5 to John Geoffrey on Thu Apr 19 20:55:11 2018
    John Geoffrey wrote:
    What, if any, are the classics of IF that have been forgotten by
    everyone?

    We don't know, we've forgotten. :-)

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    Greg

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  • From Happy MAC XL@21:1/5 to Gregory Ewing on Fri Apr 20 10:22:23 2018
    On Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 9:55:15 AM UTC+1, Gregory Ewing wrote:
    John Geoffrey wrote:
    What, if any, are the classics of IF that have been forgotten by
    everyone?

    We don't know, we've forgotten. :-)

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    Greg

    Haha! :)

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  • From Richard Bos@21:1/5 to John Geoffrey on Sat May 19 16:04:17 2018
    John Geoffrey <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

    What, if any, are the classics of IF that have been forgotten by
    everyone?

    In the wider world? The Phoenix T/SAL games such as Acheton.

    Richard

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  • From crochet14@btopenworld.com@21:1/5 to John Geoffrey on Thu Sep 20 02:00:55 2018
    On Wednesday, 18 April 2018 12:28:06 UTC+1, John Geoffrey wrote:
    What, if any, are the classics of IF that have been forgotten by
    everyone?


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    Catle Ralf (runs on DosBox); Humbug (likewise); Axe of Kolt and Fortress of Fear by Larry Horsfield (I did a lot of bug fixing on the latter); the Unnkulian games; and I agree with Richard Bos re Acheton, Quondam, Hezarin and the other Phoenix games.

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  • From climatebrad@gmail.com@21:1/5 to John Geoffrey on Sun Sep 23 20:03:50 2018
    On Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 7:28:06 AM UTC-4, John Geoffrey wrote:
    What, if any, are the classics of IF that have been forgotten by
    everyone?


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    Probably much too recent but I feel like Mulldoon Legacy is underappreciated - I'm playing now and there seems to be very little praise / discussion given how amazing it is.

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  • From virtuadept@21:1/5 to John Geoffrey on Sat Oct 20 09:57:19 2018
    On Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 6:28:06 AM UTC-5, John Geoffrey wrote:
    What, if any, are the classics of IF that have been forgotten by
    everyone?


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    I would be interested in this discussion, as long as you will define "forgotten by everyone"?

    If you actually mean "everyone" then statistically I'd say, "All of them".

    If you mean "everyone in the IF-community" then I'm too out of touch to know, since I've been away for over a decade.

    Which might give me a certain perspective. I suppose. I'm sure some of the classics I've completely missed in the last 14 years ish.

    Here's a thread I found search "Interactive Fiction Classics"

    https://ask.metafilter.com/169589/What-are-the-classics-of-interactive-fiction

    I can personally still remember how Photopia changed my view of what IF was and how it revolutionized the "genre" so to speak. 3:05 also by Adam Cadre was super fun for me.

    Andrew Plotkin's Shade is super hard but really cool, as was Spider and Web.

    Galatea by Emily Short was enlightening.

    What kind of IF do you like?

    Story focused?
    Lots of characters to interact with?
    Puzzle heavy?
    Role playing oriented?

    What genres of fiction do you like?
    Science Fiction (SF)?
    Sci-Fi (anything that mixes SF with "supernatural")?
    Fantasy?
    Mystery?
    Drama?
    Comedy?
    Slice of Life?
    Philosophical (things that make you go, "hmm..")?
    Romance?
    Non-Fiction?

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  • From crochet14@btopenworld.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 4 13:25:49 2019
    I would add Dungeon of Dunjin from 1991 that runs on Dosbox; written by Magnus Larsson. A very large, superior quality old skool game.

    And try Birmingham IV which has been expanded from the original by the author.

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