Interactive Fiction Top 50 of all time (2019 edition)
People were asked to send in a list of between 1 and 20 of their favourite IF games of all time (in no particular order). The number of points a game got was the number of lists on which it appeared. 50 participants cast a total of 806 votes on 306 different games; only the 45 games with 5 or more points are listed below.
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Series: Interactive Fiction Top 50 of all time
Organizer(s): Victor Gijsbers
Award date: August 2, 2019
Games and Awards
1st Place: Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
2nd Place: Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
3rd Place: Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
4th Place: 80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
4th Place: Galatea, by Emily Short
4th Place: Photopia, by Adam Cadre
4th Place: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
4th Place: Trinity, by Brian Moriarty
9th Place: Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
9th Place: Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
11th Place: Birdland, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
12th Place: Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
13th Place: Curses, by Graham Nelson
13th Place: howling dogs, by Porpentine
13th Place: Violet, by Jeremy Freese
13th Place: The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
17th Place: Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
17th Place: Horse Master, by Tom McHenry
17th Place: Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis, by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard
17th Place: Shade, by Andrew Plotkin
17th Place: Vespers, by Jason Devlin
17th Place: Will Not Let Me Go, by Stephen Granade
23rd Place: Bee, by Emily Short
23rd Place: Creatures Such As We, by Lynnea Glasser
23rd Place: Kerkerkruip, by Victor Gijsbers
23rd Place: Midnight. Swordfight., by Chandler Groover
23rd Place: Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short
23rd Place: With Those We Love Alive, by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie
29th Place: Aisle, by Sam Barlow
29th Place: Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed
29th Place: Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian
29th Place: The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher
29th Place: A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky
29th Place: SPY INTRIGUE, by furkle
29th Place: Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty
36th Place: A Beauty Cold and Austere, by Mike Spivey
36th Place: Cactus Blue Motel, by Astrid Dalmady
36th Place: Coloratura, by Lynnea Glasser
36th Place: Harmonia, by Liza Daly
36th Place: Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight)
36th Place: Rameses, by Stephen Bond
36th Place: Spellbreaker, by Dave Lebling
36th Place: Suspended, by Michael Berlyn
36th Place: The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca
36th Place: Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling
2nd Place: Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
3rd Place: Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
4th Place: 80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
4th Place: Galatea, by Emily Short
4th Place: Photopia, by Adam Cadre
4th Place: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
4th Place: Trinity, by Brian Moriarty
9th Place: Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
9th Place: Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
11th Place: Birdland, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
12th Place: Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
13th Place: Curses, by Graham Nelson
13th Place: howling dogs, by Porpentine
13th Place: Violet, by Jeremy Freese
13th Place: The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
17th Place: Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
17th Place: Horse Master, by Tom McHenry
17th Place: Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis, by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard
17th Place: Shade, by Andrew Plotkin
17th Place: Vespers, by Jason Devlin
17th Place: Will Not Let Me Go, by Stephen Granade
23rd Place: Bee, by Emily Short
23rd Place: Creatures Such As We, by Lynnea Glasser
23rd Place: Kerkerkruip, by Victor Gijsbers
23rd Place: Midnight. Swordfight., by Chandler Groover
23rd Place: Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short
23rd Place: With Those We Love Alive, by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie
29th Place: Aisle, by Sam Barlow
29th Place: Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed
29th Place: Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian
29th Place: The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher
29th Place: A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky
29th Place: SPY INTRIGUE, by furkle
29th Place: Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty
36th Place: A Beauty Cold and Austere, by Mike Spivey
36th Place: Cactus Blue Motel, by Astrid Dalmady
36th Place: Coloratura, by Lynnea Glasser
36th Place: Harmonia, by Liza Daly
36th Place: Lime Ergot, by Caleb Wilson (as Rust Blight)
36th Place: Rameses, by Stephen Bond
36th Place: Spellbreaker, by Dave Lebling
36th Place: Suspended, by Michael Berlyn
36th Place: The Wand, by Arthur DiBianca
36th Place: Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling
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