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frenfive.zip
Windows Application (Compressed with ZIP. Free Unzip tools are available for most systems at www.info-zip.org.)
frenfive.gam
Requires a TADS interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links.
frenfive.sit.hqx
Mac OS Application (Compressed with StuffIt, encoded in BinHex format. Free StuffIt Expanders are available for most systems at www.stuffit.com.)
frenfive.gam
original competition entry
Requires a TADS interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links.
frenfive.sol
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The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang

by Neil deMause

Episode 1 of Frenetic Five
Satire, Superhero
1997

About the Story

In this game about under-powered superheroes, you play as Improv, leader of the Frenetic Five. You use common objects in surprisingly useful ways. Bob, your contact at Supertemps, hires your team for a new job: defeat the melodramatic supervillains Sturm und Drang who have holed up in the abandoned flange mill at the waterfront.


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>VERBOSE -- Paul O'Brian's Interactive Fiction Page

The Frenetic Five has an excellent premise and, on the level of prose, an excellent execution. However, interface design and implementation are too important to be treated the way this game treats them, and it suffers for it. I'm still waiting for the game that does superheroes just right.
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SynTax
The non-event locations made for a gappy plot structure with sporadic bursts of activity. I don't know if these were designed as red herrings, padding or just vehicles for a gag, but they certainly succeeded in slowing me down as I was convinced I was missing something.
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v.4: 26-Jul-2015 07:33 - Khalisar
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