First IF that you have ever played - an IFDB Poll
by BlitzWithGunsWhat is the first IF that you have ever played? The game that made you love the concept of IF?
| Colossal Cave Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods 9 votes "We played it in Science Class in eighth grade." [+]"We played it in Science Class in eighth grade." --Hanon Ondricek... "Ur-IF" [+]"Ur-IF: Played this on a monochrome VT terminal attached to a Unix mainframe at my father's workplace. Crude as it is, it was a new type of magic in the world to me, and I've been fascinated by IF ever since." --OtisTDog... "Played while paying $6 an hour on CompuServe in 1981. Nuff said." [+]"Played while paying $6 an hour on CompuServe in 1981. Nuff said." --teefal... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Draconis... "The 550 point (I..." [+]"The 550 point (I believe) version was on a freeware compilation CD my dad got. I was already a fan of graphical adventure games, and got hooked." --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Jerry Martin... "Dunno that I..." [+]"Dunno that I would say it made me love IF, but a version that had to be loaded by paper tape on my high school's computer was the first IF I played." --darint... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sophronisba... (No comment) [+](No comment) --dfranke...  Vote for this game | |
| Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling 8 votes "Zork was my first, but I grew to love IF from Hitchhiker's" [+]"Zork was my first, but I grew to love IF from Hitchhiker's" (   ) --beriaearwen... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Woso01... (No comment) [+](No comment) --akaisha0... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sam Jackson... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Mikalye... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Billy Mays... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Amanda Walker... Vote for this game | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky 8 votes "Crossover Appeal" [+]"Crossover Appeal: Don't know if I would have ever found IF if it hadnt been for this, though the game was well past its use-by date when I first played it. It was 2003, Douglas Adams had been dead for 2 years, and I was approaching 13 and crazy into Hitchhiker. The movie was coming up, I was hype, and I was looking for anything to sate my eagerness for more content. When I found out there was a game, I jumped into it. This was playable on Douglas Adams' website back in the day." --Pinstripe... "Did not understand at the time what I had gotten myself into..." [+]"Did not understand at the time what I had gotten myself into..." --Rovarsson... "Eeyup!" [+]"Eeyup!: I played the Flash version on the BBC website. I'm surprised I didn't run screaming from the entire medium!" --P-Tux7... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Floating Info... "Apropos of..." [+]"Apropos of nothing, I got an SAT question right after learning the word "analgesic" from this game." ( ) --katz... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Pedestr!an... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Max Fog... (No comment) [+](No comment) --cas... Vote for this game | |
| Pirate Adventure, by Scott Adams and Alexis Adams 4 votes "cassette tape on my TI-99/4A!" [+]"cassette tape on my TI-99/4A!" --Anya Johanna DeNiro... "Go to Pirate's Isle, build your own ship, and get the treasures!" [+]"Go to Pirate's Isle, build your own ship, and get the treasures!: Played in 1984 on the TI-99/4A, before we could afford a real computer." ( Vote for this game | |
| Adventureland, by Scott Adams 3 votes "In TRS-80 BASIC!" [+]"In TRS-80 BASIC!: Probably the very first adventure game to run on a home computer." --baf... "Around 1979, for anyone with a cassette-based, modemless home computer, this was THE entry point into (proto-)IF." [+]"Around 1979, for anyone with a cassette-based, modemless home computer, this was THE entry point into (proto-)IF." ( Vote for this game | |
| Questprobe Featuring The Hulk, by Scott Adams, John Romita Sr., Mark Gruenwald, and Kem NcNair 2 votes "Reminds me of puberty" [+]"Reminds me of puberty: The reason why I still wouldn't mind graphics in IF. It's an imprinting." --Marco Innocenti... "As far as I remember" [+]"As far as I remember" ( Vote for this game | |
| The Hobbit, by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler 2 votes "It was on the Apple ][ computer in our classroom" [+]"It was on the Apple ][ computer in our classroom: There was also History Mystery, but that's not available here. It got me started on the computer game analogy of reading a book as opposed to watching a movie." --mjhayes... "First IF I ever..." [+]"First IF I ever played -- and on a real Speccy, no less! I did have a lot of help from a walkthrough, but still, the game made sense in its own twisted way. Ironically, I never got around to reading the book..." ( ) --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game | |
| Urban Upstart, by Pete Cooke 2 votes "A world opened " [+]"A world opened : Will never forget the first line 'Scarthorpe is the kind of town where even the dogs carry flick knives..'. To find a type of game where imagination wasn't restricted by graphic capability was a real awakening 30 years ago. " --calindreams... "Enjoyable start." [+]"Enjoyable start." ( Vote for this game | |
| Dunnet, by Ron Schnell 2 votes "Because it came..." [+]"Because it came with Emacs :)" --genericgeekgirl... "First IF I..." [+]"First IF I played, fell in love with the style of the game and the choose your own adventure feelings. The interface reminded me of choose your own adventure books I used to read as a kid." ( Vote for this game | |
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota 2 votes "A beautifully and hilariously written gem" [+]"A beautifully and hilariously written gem: My little brother and I played this together since it was so highly rated and we weren't disappointed at all. We had plenty of laughs at this cute, charming story that got us interested in IF." --Octosquidport... "nice, simple intro" [+]"nice, simple intro" --mousetail... Vote for this game | |
| Deadline, by Marc Blank 2 votes "Played at age 10 at my dad's friend's place; made me first want a computer." [+]"Played at age 10 at my dad's friend's place; made me first want a computer." ( Vote for this game | |
| Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --E.K.... Vote for this game | |
| Korenvliet, by Alexander van Oostenrijk 2 votes "My first exposure to IF; aged 11" [+]"My first exposure to IF; aged 11" --Henck... "Dutch game that I..." [+]"Dutch game that I found in an MS-DOS games menu. For many years the only IF I knew." ( Vote for this game | |
| Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It, by Jeff O'Neill 2 votes "First game" [+]"First game: Heard it existed, sounded interesting so I wanted to play it. Maybe not the best starter, but I had fun with it." ( Vote for this game | |
| The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin 1 vote "A nice introduction to IF puzzles." [+]"A nice introduction to IF puzzles." ( Vote for this game | |
| Leather Goddesses of Phobos, by Steve Meretzky 1 vote "I was looking for..." [+]"I was looking for the HHGG and for some reason ended up with this." ( ) --Amphiareion... Vote for this game | |
| A Dark Room, by Michael Townsend 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --OverThinking... Vote for this game | |
| Twin Kingdom Valley, by Trevor Hall and P. M. Skinner 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Karona... Vote for this game | |
| Vespers, by Jason Devlin 1 vote "Vespers was..." [+]"Vespers was definitely an interesting first game. It was creepy, flowed well and absolutely enthralled me. How could I not come back for more?" ( ) --Ismarus... Vote for this game | |
| Eragon, by Anonymous 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Tabitha... Vote for this game | |
| Amazon, by Michael Crichton 1 vote "I love/hated this..." [+]"I love/hated this game for years as a child because I never could beat it. Burnt a lot of midnight oil on the Apple II over this. " ( Vote for this game | |
| Secret Mission, by Scott Adams 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| Stay?, by E. Jade Lomax 1 vote "Interesting time loop mechanic and gorgoeus writing" [+]"Interesting time loop mechanic and gorgoeus writing: Found this because I followed the author elsewhere — loved the branching paths, how the time loop mechanic played out, and made me appreciate IF as a medium" ( ) --iaraya... Vote for this game | |
| Theatre, by Brendon Wyber 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --DustyCypress... Vote for this game | |
| Mystery House, by Ken Williams and Roberta Williams 1 vote "This was the..." [+]"This was the first adventure game with graphics. My dad bought it for our then new Apple II computer and we played it together." ( Vote for this game | |
| LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup, by Paul O'Brian 1 vote "Perfect beginner's game, I was very lucky to stumble upon it first" [+]"Perfect beginner's game, I was very lucky to stumble upon it first" ( Vote for this game | |
| Shade, by Andrew Plotkin 1 vote "First game I ever played. Never regretted playing it." [+]"First game I ever played. Never regretted playing it.: It's short, it's great, and it's creepy. Must try!" ( ) --BlitzWithGuns... Vote for this game | |
| Abracadabra, by Jorge Blecua 1 vote "1988." [+]"1988." ( Vote for this game | |
| Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin 1 vote "The sensorial descriptions sucked me into IF" [+]"The sensorial descriptions sucked me into IF: I had tried IF before, but could keep playing. While there, the universe felt so simple, yet so powerfull that I literally got sucked into it..." ( ) --Fabien Vidal... Vote for this game | |
| howling dogs, by Porpentine 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --CMG... Vote for this game | |
| Night House, by Bitter Karella 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( Vote for this game | |
| Thy Dungeonman, by Videlectrix 1 vote "You cannot get ye flask. The game that got me obsessed with IF was itself a great spoof of the medium." [+]"You cannot get ye flask. The game that got me obsessed with IF was itself a great spoof of the medium." --revereche... Vote for this game | |
| Alice in Wonderland, by Robin Johnson 1 vote "I got this..." [+]"I got this through one of those old shareware catalogs when I was around 9 years old. I didn't know it was text only, and I don't remember liking it." --Caleb Wilson... Vote for this game | |
| Curses, by Graham Nelson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Zape... Vote for this game | |
| Around the World In Eighty Days, by Anonymous 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --jcompton... Vote for this game | |
| Jacaranda Jim, by Graham Cluley 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... Vote for this game | |
| Zork III, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 1 vote "I remember looking half of this game up in the dictionary when I was about 12. 'Grue' wasn't listed." [+]"I remember looking half of this game up in the dictionary when I was about 12. 'Grue' wasn't listed." --o0pyromancer0o... Vote for this game | |
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky 1 vote "The first IF I..." [+]"The first IF I ever played, and I still go back just to see what Floyd is up to. A good story, and an engaging NPC that I honestly cared about. What a great way to start my love of IF." --Mark Pittman... Vote for this game | |
| The Golden Chalice, by Alan Davis 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Colossal Adventure, by Pete Austin, Mike Austin, Nick Austin, James Horsler 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Adam Biltcliffe... Vote for this game | |
Poll created on August 23, 2014
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