Curses is an interactive fiction computer game created by Graham Nelson in 1993. It is the first major interactive fiction work written in the Inform programming language (which was also developed by Nelson). It is distributed without charge as a Z-Code executable. The Inform source code is not publically available. Appearing in the beginning of the non-commercial era of interactive fiction, it is considered one of the milestones of the genre. The story revolves around a young man, who while searching the attic for tourist map of Paris goes through a surreal adventure to uncover the curse that has been placed on his ancestors and himself. Zork, an early work of interactive fiction, running on a modern interpreter Interactive fiction, often abbreviated as IF, is a simulated environment in which players use text commands to control characters. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Graham Nelson (born 1967?) is the creator of the Inform design system for creating interactive fiction (IF) games. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... Zork, an early work of interactive fiction, running on a modern interpreter Interactive fiction, often abbreviated as IF, is a simulated environment in which players use text commands to control characters. ... Inform is a programming language and design system for interactive fiction, created in 1993 by Graham Nelson. ... This article is about freeware which is available gratis. ... The Z machine at Sandia National Laboratory. ...

External Links

• Baf's Guide to Interactive Fiction entry (http://www.wurb.com/if/game/55) has some coverage and provides links to the original release (version 7) and the most recent release (version 16).