Key & Compass
Interactive Fiction

• My Solutions/Walkthroughs. (I'm doing a little reorganizing of the indexes; please excuse the mess.)
• My reviews for the Annual IF Competition, years 2002, 2004, and 2005.
• IF Language Comparison – A bold, unfinished attempt to compare Alan, Hugo, Inform, TADS 2 and TADS 3 on a feature-by-feature basis. (NOTE: I plan to eventually move this information into the Code Compare project at IFWiki.)
• Responses to XYZZY, PLUGH, SING, and NOTUNDERSTOOD.
• Andrew Plotkin’s Cruelty Scale.
• Gostakian to English Dictionary - an attempt to translate the language used in The Gostak. CAUTION: CONTAINS SPOILERS.
• Out of the Study – What if all the items in the room were visible? CAUTION: CONTAINS SPOILERS for Out of the Study.
• The Name Game – A list of IF games with related names.
• The Four-Eyed Guide to TADS 3 – I've just started this in Sept. 2004, so it's Very incomplete.
• Map Creator – A JavaScript app to help me (or anyone else) create IF maps in HTML/CSS. (I started this project in March 2009.)

Almost all these games were written in Inform 6. "Cheeseshop" was originally in JotaCode, then ported to Inform 6 and TADS 3. "Beanstalk" was written in ADRIFT 4. The SwingSet BB font (used on the cover art for "Squeaky", "Cheeseshop" and "Beanstalk") is a TrueType font © Nate Piekos, and available at www.blambot.com.

“69,105 Keys” How difficult can a one-room game be? Just unlock the door. Oh. There's 69,105 keys. Download 69105keys.z5 or 69105Keys.zblorb. baf's • ifdb • ifro • ifwiki • walk	“Beanstalk the and Jack” My first ADRIFT game. Another fairy tale, but this time it's all backwards! Written for The Comp With No Name in 2008. Eight locations. Download Beanstalk.taf. baf's • ifdb • ifro • ifwiki • walk
“The Angel Curse” An interactive something for SpeedIF 19. Five locations. Download angelcurse.zip. baf's • ifdb • ifro • ifwiki • walk	“Cheeseshop” An interactive re-creation of Monty Python’s Cheeseshop sketch, where you try to buy some cheese. Short; two rooms. Download cheeseshop.zip (Inform version) or download cheeseshop.t3 (TADS 3 version). baf's • ifdb • ifro • ifwiki • walk
“The Fox, The Dragon, and The Stale Loaf of Bread” This is the beginning of an unusual fairy tale. Written for IntroComp 2005. Eleven locations. baf's • ifdb • ifro • ifwiki • walk	“Krakatoa Tuna Melt” An interactive cookin' disaster. Written far too slowly for SpeedIF 10−9. Twelve locations. Download krakatoa.zip. baf's • ifdb • ifro • ifwiki • walk
“A speedIF O entry” My first speed-if game. Get Neil Gaiman to sign your comic book collection. Very short; one room. Download speedo.zip. baf's • ifdb • ifro • ifwiki • walk	“Squeaky on the Moon” My silly entry in the Pi-Theta-Alpha-Parallax speed-if. As Alvin the Chipmunk, rescue your landlady’s cat. Very short; four and ½ rooms. Download squeaky.zip. baf's • ifdb • ifro • ifwiki • walk
“This is the game that I wrote” Written for SpeedIF Gruff on Jan. 21, 2006; the theme was fractured fairy tales. Two locations. Download gameiwrote.zip. baf's • ifdb • ifro • ifwiki • walk	“Yay Games” Relive the 2003 Xyzzy Awards ceremony. Written for SpeedIF Century. One location. Download yaygames.zip. baf's • ifdb • ifro • ifwiki • walk

• “Fajfeta sur la Luno” - the Esperanto version of “Squeaky on the Moon”, including the v0.1 esper.h and esperg.h files.
• v0.2 esper.h and esperg.h (a work in progress)
• Komencanta Gvidilo al Interreagema Fikcio

• My ifMud Maps: Overview, Edifice Towers, Mini Maps.
  • Also: daveMud Maps.
• My JotaCode Articles: Tips on Writing JotaCode, How I make the NPCs move, Sample JotaCode + Proposal.
• My JotaCode on ifMud (Mostly for the Cosmic Encounter Realm):
  • The Spaceport – Upper Level, Lower Level, Washrooms, Gantry.
  • The Systems – Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet.
  • plus – The Aliens, The Warp and Beyond, and Maps.
  • Elsewhere – Cheeseshop, Holodeck, miscellaneous.

• Intros for Beginners – IF Guide, Brass Lantern Beginner Resources, Ifaq, Cloak of Darkness.
• Downloads – IF Archive (mirrors: wurb, plover, jmac, f'plex, ibiblio), Home of the Underdogs, BlueChillies.
• Play IF Online at – ifiction.org.
• News & Reviews – Audyssey, Baf's Guide (ml), Brass Lantern, GTxA, (IF-Legends), IFDB, IFRC, IFRO, IF Ratings, IF-Review, Planet IF, Quandry, SPAG, Suite101, SynTax, Trotting Krips, XYZZYnews.
• Newsgroups – Welcome, rec.arts.int-fiction (FAQ, Google), rec.games.int-fiction (FAQ, Google), Rakontointeraktiva.
• Links – dmoz IF, ifFinder, ifHOS, Google IF, PARSIFAL, Yahoo IF.
• IF Languages & Development Systems
  • Adrift (ATTS, calendar, chat, Forum, Delron, InsideADRIFT, jAsea, MacScare, Network Forum, O.A.R.S., Scare, ShadowVault, webring).
  • Alan.
  • Hugo (manual, Hugonomicon).
  • Inform (DM4, FAQ, IBG, Maintenance, patches, Blorb, OnyxRing, Platypus, Quetzal spec, V6Lib, Z-Spec).
    • Inform Tips (zarf, Roger Firth, Doe's Primer, Doe's Tips, lpsmith, Andrew Clover, two-star's Platypus Tips).
    • ZCode Interpreters (Amiga Zip, Dos Frotz, Frotz, Gnusto, JZip/JZExe, MacFrotz, Malyon, MaxZip, Nitfol, Pilot-Frotz, PocketPC Frotz, Rezrov, Windows Frotz 2000, WinFrotz, XZip, ZedFunge, Zip, Zip Infinity, Zonk, Zoom, ZPlet).
    • ZCode Utilities (BundleMonkey, Czech, IBlorb, MaxZIP, Plotz, Reform, TXD, XZip).
    • Glulx (Git, Glk, Gull, GWindows, WinGit).
  • TADS (Jetty, HyperTADS, MaxTADS, WinTADS).
  • TADS3 (ml).
    • Tads3 Docs (Tour Guide)
    • Tads3 Tips (Kwi, Edward L. Stauff's Proto-Docs, mine)
  • Others: AAS, Adventure Book, AGS, AGT (ml, Glk AGiliTy), CAT, IAGE, IF#, IFML, JACL, Linder, Mad, PAWS, PUB, QML, Quest, QuestBasher, Quill/PAW, Snap, SUDS, Text-World, Visionaire, ZIL (pdf manual).
    See also: Game Creation Resources.
  • Unsorted Utilities & Interpreters –
    (Note: I'm in the process of moving these to the appropriate language/development system, where appropriate.)
    Fink, Frobnitz (Palm), GlkDOS, IF-IDE, Imaginate, Zag, Zann, Zeal, Zinc.
• Non-English
  • General – rakontointeraktiva.
  • Croatian & Slovakian – ex-YU Computer Scene.
  • French – Anamnèse, Inform 6 en français, Inform_fr à Yahoo!, Fiction-FR, FrITES, Jeux Access, Baf's.
  • German – Adventurearchiv, T.A.G., textfire.de, if-de forum (en), if-de Webring, German Inform Manual, Baf's.
  • Greek – Adventure Advocate.
  • Italian – Guida alle avventure italiane, IF Italia, Informazioni, it.comp.giochi.aventure.testuali, Baf's.
  • Japanese – Zork I.
  • Spanish – CAAD , SPAC, Baf's.
  • Swedish – svenska-aventyr, Baf's.
• IF Humour – Death of Adventure Games, IF-a-Minute (thanks to archive.org), Snap, Thy Dungeonman, Transcript, Tril's IF Humour page (wayback).
• Other – Adventureland (mirror), AIF/SAIFA (A Ninny's list), Assistance, Authorship, Beta-Testers, Blogs at IF Library, Bookclub, Cheese, Collaborators, Colossal Cave, Feelies, Foibles, Glossary, ifMud (lj, IF and a MUD), IFPatterns, Solutions, SpeedIF, Theory, Timeline, Translators, Wiki (changes).

• Some ifMudders – Acapnotic (lj), Adam (lj), Ampersand, amackinnon, andreaw, andyf (lj), Aris, baf, Barabbas, Bishop (lj), BoingBall, boucher, BrenBarn (lj), buzzard (lj), Chrysoula (lj), ctate, Dan_Wood, DanDawson, Daniel, Dave, DavidW, ddyte (lj), DejaDuo, devil, dfan (lj), DGlasser (lj), Dilbon, Dino, Doe, Domokov, DorianX, Duchess (lj), Eileen, elf (lj), Ellison, Emily (lj), Esrom (lj), Ferret (lj), gayla, ghira (lj), Ghogg (lj, IF blog), Golrien, Grocible, Gunther (lj), Hjalfi, Hugo, Iain (lj), inky (lj), Ivan (lj), Jacqueline (lj), JasonMel, Jaybird, Jearl, Jeff (lj), jess (lj), jnc, josh_g (lj), Jota (lj), jwalrus, kenf, K'tohg, K-Y, katre, Kiz (lj), Kwi, Limax (lj), Lionheart (j), liza (lj), lno (lj), lpsmith (lj), Lucea, lurd (lj), LyleBrown (lj), maga (lj, FR), mamster (lj), markm, (lj), Marvin, Matthew (lj), mcp (lj), mef (lj), Miseri, (lj), Mystery, Nate (IF, lj), neild, nm, olethros (lj), OnyxApe, Oren (lj), ParserGirl, Paul, Psmith, Q-Stone, Recchi, requiescat, rjbs, Rob (lj), RogerCarbol, Ryan (lj, blog), Sargent (lj), schep, Sean, Skeet (lj), Spatch, Sslaxx (lj), Stacey, Storme (lj), Tablesaw (lj), Thrax, thumper, Trent (lj), Tril, two-star (lj), Valancy (lj), veek (lj), Whizzard, Yoon (lj), zarf.
• Some ADRIFT-ers – Cannibal, Christopher Cole, Ken Franklin (KF), Mystery, Soothsayer, David Whyld (DavidW), Campbell Wild.
• Black sheep – AP Hill (Santoonie), Paul Allen Panks, Howard Sherman (Malinche).
• Other IF-ers – Rick Adams, Scott Adams, Martin Bays, Steve Barrera, Steve Bernard, Stephen Bond, Elise Boucher, Nikos Chantziaras, Tommaso Caldarola, Francesco Cordella, Michael Coyne, Chris Crawford, Kevan Davis, Joe DeRouen, Paul David Doherty, Florian Edlbauer, John Escobedo, Roger Firth, Star Foster, Roberto Grassi (IF Portal), Ben Hines, Jon Ingold, Michael Jachini, Dennis G. Jerz, Paul Johnson, Jessica Knoch, Stefano Lorenzin, Graham Nelson, "Nerd42" (h2g2), Yassen Nikolov, Martin Oehm, Jonathan Partington, William Patterson (Ailanto), Fredrik Ramsberg, Daniel Ravipinto, Gareth Rees, Scott Neal Reilly, David Tanguay, Brian Uri, Stephen van Egmond, Paolo Vece, Don Woods.
• Graphical Adventure Authors: Jeroen Stout (author of Divided).

• 24 Hours of Inform ^{baf's wiki} in 2002 ^wiki, 2003 ^wiki, and 2004 ^wiki. Organizer: Kevan Davis.
• 2K Comp a.k.a. The Annual 1 to 2K Classic Text Adventure Competition in 2004 ^wiki and 2005 ^wiki. Organizer: Paul Allen Panks a.k.a. Dunric.
• AbilityComp ^wiki (May 2009). Organizer: David Fisher.
• Acorn User Competition ^baf's in ?–1996.
• ADRIFT Comps ^{baf's wiki delron shadowvault}
  • Adrift Annual Comp in 2002. (cancelled; may be same as ADRIFT Summer Comp 2002?). Organizer: Ken Franklin.
  • ADRIFT Minicomp 2003 ^{baf's wiki} a.k.a. Davidw's Minicomp (2003). Organizer: David Whyld.
  • Bryan's ADRIFT Comp (April 2002; cancelled). Organizer: Bryan Miller.
  • Cowboy's Comps for Non-Registered Users of ADRIFT presented as Comp With No Name ^wiki (2008), Second Comp With No Name ^wiki (2008), NEW YEAR Comp ^wiki (2008), and Spring ting ^wiki (2009). Organizer: Cowboy.
  • ECTOCOMP in 2007 ^wiki and 2008 ^wiki. Organizer: Jason Guest.
  • Finish the Game Comp 2005 (August 2005). Organizer: David Whyld.
  • InsideADRIFT Awards in 2003 ^wiki, 2004 ^wiki, 2005 ^wiki, and 2006 ^wiki. Organizer: Ken Franklin.
  • InsideADRIFT Spring Comp (April–May) in 2001 ^{baf's wiki}, 2002 ^{baf's wiki}, 2003 ^{baf's wiki}, 2004 ^{baf's wiki}, and 2005 ^{baf's wiki}. Organizer: Ken Franklin.
  • InsideADRIFT Summer Comp (August) in 2001 ^wiki, 2002 ^wiki, 2003 ^{baf's wiki}, 2004 ^{baf's wiki}, 2005 ^wiki, 2006 ^wiki, 2007 ^wiki, 2008 ^wiki. Organizer: Ken Franklin.
  • Intro Comp 2005 ^{baf's wiki} (May 2005). Organizer: Richard Otter.
  • NaAdWriMo 2007.
  • The Odd Competition ^wiki (Sept–Oct 2008). Organizer: Abbi Park a.k.a. alsnpk.
  • One Hour Comp styled as 1st ^{baf's wiki} (2002), 2nd ^{baf's wiki} (2003), 3rd ^{baf's wiki} (2003), and 4th ^{baf's wiki} (2004). Organizers: to be determined (for all four events).
  • One Room Comp a.k.a. Poodle's One Room Comp in 2003 ^{baf's wiki} and 2004 ^wiki Organizer: Jason Guest.
  • Random Comp #1 (February 2009). Organizer: Kingboo.
  • Three Hour Comp styled as 1st ^{baf's wiki} (July 2004) and 2nd ^{baf's wiki} (December 2004). Organizers: Woodfish (1st), and to be determined (2nd). (See also ECTOCOMP.)
  • Vaporware Awards 2005 ^wiki. Organizer: Stefan Donati a.k.a. Shuarian.
  • Writing Challenges Comp 2006.
  • ADRIFT Winter MiniComp a.k.a. InsideADRIFT End of Year Comp a.k.a. InsideADRIFT Game of the Year Comp in 2001 (January 2002), 2002 ^{baf's wiki}, 2003 ^{baf's wiki}, 2004 ^{baf's wiki}, 2005 ^wiki, 2006 ^wiki, 2007 ^wiki, and 2008 ^wiki. Organizer: Ken Franklin.
• Advent Children Minicomp ^wiki (April 2006; no entries). Organizer: Ben Caplan.
• AIF Minicomps ^baf's in 2004. Organizers: to be determined.
• ALAN-Comp (July 2003; no entries). Organizer: Walter Sandsquish.
• Annual IF Comp ^{baf's wiki} (October–November annually) a.k.a. IF Comp or the rec.arts.int-fiction competition in 1995 ^wiki, 1996 ^wiki, 1997 ^wiki, 1998 ^wiki, 1999 ^wiki, 2000 ^wiki, 2001 ^wiki, 2002 ^wiki, 2003 ^wiki, 2004 ^wiki, 2005 ^wiki, 2006 ^wiki, 2007 ^wiki, 2008 ^wiki, 2009 ^wiki. Organizers: G. Kevin Wilson (1995–1997), David Dyte (1998), Stephen Granade (1999–present).
• BetaComp ^wiki in 2003 ^wiki, 2004 ^wiki. Organizer: Jessica Knoch.
• BogusComp ^wiki (February–March 2009). Organizer: Conrad Cook.
• BreadComp ^wiki (August 2009). Organizer: James Wilson.
• BreveComp ^baf's (Spanish) a.k.a. Concurso de aventuras breves en castellano styled as I Brevecomp (when?) and II Brevecomp (when?). Organizers: to be determined.
• ChickenComp ^{baf's wiki} (when?). Organizer: to be determined.
• ComedyComp ^baf's (Spanish) a.k.a. Concurso de aventuras cómicas breves. Organizer: Mel Hython.
• Commodore 32 Contest ^{baf's wiki} (December 2004). Organizer: Dave Bernazzani.
• Concurso de Aventuras de MicroHobby ^baf's (Spanish) in 1989.
• Concurso Nacional de Aventuras ^baf's (Spanish) in 1997 and 1998. Organizers: to be determined.
• DinoComp ^{baf's wiki} (2000). Organizer: to be determined.
• DragonComp ^{baf's wiki} (2000). Organizer: David Cornelson.
• EnvComp ^wiki (March 2009). Organizer: David Fisher.
• Erins ^wiki a.k.a. Adult Interactive Fiction Awards (AIFAs) in 2002 ^wiki, 2003 ^wiki, 2004 ^wiki, 2005 ^wiki, 2006 ^wiki, and 2007 ^wiki. Organizers: TBD.
• ESDAComp ^baf's (Spanish) a.k.a. Concurso de aventuras ambientadas en la Tierra Media in 2002.
• First Ever (And Maybe The Only) Interactive Fiction Mini-Competition ^{baf's wiki} (June 1998). Organizer: Lucian P. Smith.
• GameplayComp ^wiki (2009). Organizer: David Fisher.
• GESCH MiniComp ^wiki a.k.a. The Great Emily Short Cheese Heist MiniComp (when?; no entries). Organizer: Radical Al.
• Grand Prix ^{baf's wiki} (German) a.k.a. textfire.de Comp in 2002 ^wiki, 2003 ^wiki, 2004 ^wiki, 2005 ^wiki, 2006 ^wiki. Organizers: Florian Edlbauer (2002), Martin Oehm (2003–2006).
• Great Excerpt Hunt Contest presented as The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (January 2005). Organizer: Jason Dyer.
• HighlandComp ^{baf's wiki} (2001). Organizer: Graeme Porter.
• HP Lovecraft Commonplace Book Project ^wiki (June 2007). Organizer: Peter Nepstad.
• Hours of Inform — see 24 Hours of Inform above.
• I-Comp a.k.a. InventoryComp ^{baf's wiki} (1999). Organizer: Michael Gentry.
• IF Art Show ^{baf's wiki} in 1999 Spring ^wiki, 1999 Summer ^wiki, 2000 ^wiki, 2001 ^wiki, 2003 ^wiki, 2004 ^wiki, 2007 ^wiki, and 2009 ^wiki. Organizer: Marnie Parker.
• IF Comp — see Annual IF Comp above.
• IF Dreams a.k.a. McDream Minicomp ^{baf's wiki} (2006). Organizer: David Cornelson.
• IF Fan Fest 1998 ^wiki (July 1998). Organizer: Stephen Granade.
• IFLibrary Comp ^{baf's wiki} in 2002 ^wiki and 2003 ^wiki. Organizer: David A. Cornelson.
• IF Logic Puzzle Minicomp ^{baf's wiki} (April 2003). Organizer: Andrew Plotkin (zarf).
• IF Marathon ^wiki (June 2002). Organizer: Ghogg.
• IF Whispers ^wiki
• International Obfuscated C Code Contest ^baf's had some IF in 1994 and 2001.
• IntroComp ^{baf's wiki} in 2002 ^wiki, 2003 ^wiki, 2004 ^wiki, 2005 ^wiki, 2006 ^wiki, 2007 ^wiki, 2008 ^wiki, and 2009 ^wiki. Organizers: Neil deMause (2002), Jacqueline A. Lott Ashwell (2003–present).
• LoTechComp ^{baf's wiki} in 2001 ^wiki, 2002 ^wiki, 2005 ^wiki, and 2006 ^wiki. Organizers: Mark Silcox (2001–2002) and Roberto Grassi (2005–2006).
• Manos Minicomp ^wiki (May 2000). Organizer: Admiral Jota.
• McDream Minicomp — see IF Dreams above.
• MedievoComp ^{baf's wiki} (Spanish; September 2005). Organizers: Baltasar and Urbatain.
• Minicomp ^baf's (Spanish) a.k.a. Concurso de mini-aventuras en español styled as I Minicomp, and II Minicomp. Organizers: to be determined.
• Minigames Comp ^{baf's wiki} (June 2003). Organizer: Ben Caplan.
• Mystery House Taken Over ^{baf's wiki} (March 2005).
• Nanocomp ^baf's (Spanish) a.k.a. Concurso de nano-aventuras en español styled as I Nanocomp, II Nanocomp, III Nanocomp, IV Nanocomp, Xcomp 2005 ^{baf's wiki}, and Xcomp 2008 ^{wiki wikicaad} a.k.a. XComp 2. Organizers: to be determined.
• NPCComp ^wiki (2009). Organizer: David Fisher.
• One Room Game Competition ^{baf's wiki} a.k.a. ORGC (Italian and English) in 2002 ^wiki, 2003 ^{eng wiki}, 2005 ^{eng wiki}, 2006 ^{eng wiki}, 2007 ^{eng wiki}, and 2008 ^{eng wiki}. Organizers: Sauron (2002), Giovanni Riccardi a.k.a. Infit (2003, 2006–2007), and Francesco Cordella (2005–2008).
• Politicomp ^wiki (May 2001; no entries). Organizer: Jason Melancon.
• Premios Hispanos ^{baf's wiki wikicaad} a.k.a. Premios Hispanos a la Aventura in 2000 ^{wiki wikicaad}, 2001 ^{wiki wikicaad}, 2002 ^{wiki wikicaad}, 2003 ^{wiki wikicaad}, 2004 ^{wiki wikicaad}, 2005 ^{wiki wikicaad}, 2006 ^{wiki wikicaad}, 2007 ^{wiki wikicaad}, and 2008 ^{wiki wikicaad}. Organizers: to be determined.
• PrologueComp
• QML Contest 2002 ^wiki (June 2002). Organizer: Philipp Lenssen.
• RomanceNovelComp ^{baf's wiki} (February 2002). Organizer: Storme Winfield.
• Scott Adams' Ghost Town Redux ^wiki (August 2007). Organizer: Greg Boettcher.
• Segment Mini-Comp ^{baf's wiki} (May 2005). Organizer: David A. Cornelson.
• SenseComp ^wiki (2009). Organizer: David Fisher.
• SimComp ^wiki (2009). Organizer: David Fisher.
• SmoochieComp ^{baf's wiki} (February 2001). Organizer: Emily Short.
• Softworks AGT Contest ^{baf's wiki} in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993. Organizers: to be determined, via the Compuserve Gamer forum.
• Speed-IF (English) ^{baf's wiki}
• Speed-IF (French)
• Speed-IF (German)
• Spring Thing ^{ac baf's wiki} a.k.a. Fall Fooferall in 2002 ^wiki, 2003 ^wiki, 2005 ^wiki, 2006 ^wiki, 2007 ^wiki, 2008 ^wiki, and 2009 ^wiki. Organizers: Adam Cadre (2002–2003), Greg Boettcher (2005–present).
• StupidTitleComp ^wiki (March 2005). Organizer: Greg Boettcher.
• SwashComp ^{baf's wiki} (August 2003). Organizer: Emily Short.
• TematiComps ^baf's are thematic Spanish comps. See ComedyComp, ESDAComp, and MedievoComp.
• Text the Halls ^wiki (December 2007). Organizers: Derek Yu, Terry Cavanagh, and TIGSource.
• ToasterComp ^{baf's wiki} a.k.a. The Great IF Toaster Contest (August 2000). Organizer: Mark Musante.
• Transcript Comp ^wiki (June 2002). Organizer: Ryan Freebern.
• TravelComp ^{baf's wiki} (2001). Organizer: Alexander (Sasha) Spiridonov.
• UseComp ^wiki (2000). Organizer: Gunther Schmidl.
• WackyComp ^{baf's wiki} (1999). Organizer: David Glasser.
• WalkthroughComp ^{baf's wiki} (May 2001). Organizer: Emily Short.
• XComp ^{baf's wiki} (English; March 1999). Organizer: David Cornelson.
• Xcomp (Spanish) — see Nanocomp above.
• XYZZY Awards ^{baf's wiki wikipedia} (February–March annually) in 1996 ^wiki, 1997 ^wiki, 1998 ^wiki, 1999 ^wiki, 2000 ^wiki, 2001 ^wiki, 2002 ^wiki, 2003 ^wiki, 2004 ^wiki, 2005 ^wiki, 2006 ^wiki, 2007 ^wiki, and 2008 ^wiki. Organizers: Eileen Mullin, Lucian P. Smith, Dan Shiovitz, and David Welbourn.

Old info about comps to be absorbed into the above section ASAP

• 29 June 2005: CCAB Comp 2005 (Cole/Bomire)
• October 2005: French Comp #1 (Otto Grimwald)
• 2004 – Fourth One-Hour Games Comp (Mar; Woodfish; ADRIFT; ftp)
• 2002 -- Premio Avventura dell'anno 2001 (Mar; Italian)

• Infocom & Zork – Activision, Chronology of Quendor, Faye's Shrine of Zork (Archived), FrobozzMagicCo., Infocom Bugs and More Infocom Bugs, Infocom Documentation Project, infocom-if.org, Invisiclues, Andy Edwards' The Big Zork Page, Zork Library.
• Others – Cascade Mountain Publishing, DreamCatcher, Legend Entertainment (Unofficial Legend), Level 9 Memorial, Magnetic Scrolls Memorial, Penguin/Polarware, Sierra, Sierra-Online, Topologika, Uru (at UbiSoft), World of Spectrum.