File Formats
The downloadable file types that IFDB knows about are shown below. Click on a format for more information about it.
If you'd like to suggest a new format to add to the list, or to inform us of needed corrections or updates to any format, please contact us.
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| ADRIFT 3.8 External ID: adrift38 Extension(s): .taf Description: Requires an ADRIFT version 3.8 interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| ADRIFT 3.9 External ID: adrift39 Extension(s): .taf Description: Requires an ADRIFT version 3.9 interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| ADRIFT 4 External ID: adrift Extension(s): .taf Description: Requires an ADRIFT version 4 interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| ADRIFT 5 External ID: adrift5 Extension(s): Description: Requires an ADRIFT version 5 interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| ADRIFT 5/Blorb External ID: adrift5/blorb Extension(s): Description: Requires an ADRIFT version 5 interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| AdvSys External ID: advsys Extension(s): .dat Description: Requires an AdvSys interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| AGT External ID: agt Extension(s): .agx Description: Requires an AGT interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| Alan 2 External ID: alan2 Extension(s): .acd Description: Requires an Alan interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| Alan 3 External ID: alan3 Extension(s): Description: Requires an Alan interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| All Formats External ID: * Extension(s): Description: This is a pseudo-format used to represent download adviser records that apply to multiple formats. | |
| Application External ID: executable Extension(s): .exe Description: | |
| Bin/Hex External ID: bin/hex Extension(s): .hqx Description: Encoded in Macintosh Bin/Hex format. | |
| Document External ID: document Extension(s): Description: | |
| Glulx External ID: glulx Extension(s): .ulx Description: Requires a Glulx interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| Glulx/Blorb External ID: blorb/glulx Extension(s): .blb .gblorb Description: Requires a Glulx interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| GUEmap External ID: guemap Extension(s): .gmp Description: GUEmap file. Requires the GUEmap viewer - visit http://www.cjmweb.net/GUEmap for information. | |
| gzip External ID: gzip Extension(s): .gz Description: Compressed with gzip. Free unpacking tools are available for most systems. | |
| HTML Document External ID: html Extension(s): .htm .html Description: | |
| Hugo External ID: hugo Extension(s): .hex Description: Requires a Hugo interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| Hypertext (HTML) External ID: hypertextgame Extension(s): .htm .html Description: Play this game in your Web browser. | |
| Image (GIF) External ID: gif Extension(s): .gif Description: | |
| Image (JPEG) External ID: jpeg Extension(s): .jpg .jpe .jpeg Description: | |
| Image (PNG) External ID: png Extension(s): .png Description: | |
| Installer External ID: setup Extension(s): Description: | |
| LHA External ID: lha Extension(s): .lha Description: Compressed with LHA (also known as LHArc). Free unpacking tools are available for most platforms. | |
| MacBinary External ID: MacBinary Extension(s): .bin Description: MacBinary format. Files in this format are primarily for MacOS use. | |
| Other Compression Format External ID: compressed-other Extension(s): Description: This is a compressed file. | |
| PDF External ID: pdf Extension(s): .pdf Description: To view this file, you need an Acrobat Reader for your system. | |
| RAR External ID: rar Extension(s): .rar Description: Compressed with RAR. Unpacking tools are available for most platforms - see Wikipedia for pointers. | |
| Story File External ID: storyfile Extension(s): Description: This game requires an interpreter program - refer to the game's documentation for details. | |
| StuffIt External ID: stuffit Extension(s): .sit Description: Compressed with StuffIt. Free StuffIt Expanders are available for most systems at www.stuffit.com. | |
| StuffIt/BinHex External ID: sit.hqx Extension(s): .sit.hqx Description: Compressed with StuffIt, encoded in BinHex format. Free StuffIt Expanders are available for most systems at www.stuffit.com. | |
| StuffIt/MacBinary External ID: sit.bin Extension(s): .sit.bin Description: Compressed with StuffIt, encoded in MacBinary format. Free StuffIt Expanders are available for most systems at www.stuffit.com. | |
| TADS 2 External ID: tads2 Extension(s): .gam Description: Requires a TADS interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| TADS 3 External ID: tads3 Extension(s): .t3 Description: Requires a TADS interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| TADS 3 Web External ID: tads3web Extension(s): Description: Legacy WebUI format for TADS. No known interpreter can play this type of file on modern operating systems. On older versions of Windows running Internet Explorer with Flash, you can download the HTML TADS Player Kit for Windows to use this file. | |
| tar External ID: tar Extension(s): .tar Description: Stored in Unix "tar" format. Free unpacking tools are available for most systems. | |
| Tarball (.tar.gz) External ID: tar.gz Extension(s): .tar.gz .tgz Description: Compressed with the Unix-style .tar.gz "tarball" format. Free unpacking tools are available for most platforms. | |
| Tarball (.tar.Z) External ID: tar.Z Extension(s): .tar.Z Description: Compressed with the Unix-style .tar.Z "tarball" format. Free unpacking tools are available for most platforms. | |
| Text External ID: text Extension(s): .txt Description: | |
| Z-Code External ID: zcode Extension(s): .z3 .z4 .z5 .z6 .z7 .z8 Description: Requires a Z-Code interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| Z-Code/Blorb External ID: blorb/zcode Extension(s): .zblorb .zlb Description: Requires a Z-Code interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links. | |
| ZIP External ID: zip Extension(s): .zip Description: Compressed with ZIP. Free Unzip tools are available for most systems at www.info-zip.org. |