Michael Gentry's
Anchorhead is very, very good, and probably my favourite of all the free ones out there. I, also, think some of Adam Cadre's and Emily Short's IF works are quite special.
Most people know about the commercial ones (especially the older ones), but here's a list of some of the free ones I'd recommend;
So Far (difficult and very lateral)
All Roads
Slouching Towards Bedlam
Sins Against Mimesis
Metamophoses
Narcolepsy
Shade
She's Got A Thing For Spring
The Magic Toyshop
Spider And Web
Photopia
9:05
Mother Loose (good for children too)
A Bear's Night Out ( ,, ditto ,,)
Splashdown
Risorgimento Represso
I-O
The Lost Spellmaker
The Edifice
The Great Xavio
City Of Secrets
Kaged
Floatpoint
Bellclap
Babel
All Things Devours
Being Andrew Plotkin
Nevermore
Shade
Vespers
The Meteor, The Stone And A Long Glass Of Sherbet
Blue Chairs
Apologies for the long list. Hopefully someone will like one or two as much as I did. As you can guess, there are more I like . . . .
If anyone's interested in more information on text adventures, and where to find good free ones (especially), my
Mad For Text section on
Adventure Point shows how much of a fan of IF I am.
http://www.adventurepoint.co.uk/#/ma...ext/4532042583
The first page explains a bit about them, and their history (quite interesting), the second where they can be found and some guidelines on how to play them, and the third provides names of my favourites, with links to where they can be found, plus my own personal ratings of them and whether they're free, or not.
