In the niche genre long dominated by extremely challenging epics such as Graham Nelson's Curses and clever games such as Andrew Plotkin's Spider and Web, 9:05 is a refreshing breather.

ASCII and the Argonauts is a funny and ingenious throwback to, and parody of, classic Scott Adams games - yes, those fiendishly limited VERB-NOUN games that nonetheless were a blast...

Balances is a charming little fanmade game based on Infocom's Enchanter games.

Bugged is a short but clever game with a unique premise: your cousin has written a terrible text adventure in a generic fantasy setting, riddled with bugs which make it...

Downtown Tokyo, Present Day is a very short game even by the 2-hour limit of the IF Competition, but is very funny, entertaining, and even innovative.

My favorite 'underdog' of the 10th Interactive Fiction Competition, Goose, Egg, Badger is an ingenious game by Brian Rapp that uses a very clever gimmick that will make you at...

A fun Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style entrant in the LOTECHComp, although it?s essentially just a clever implementation of a logic puzzle.

The Lesson of The Tortoise is an enjoyable introductory-level IF game based on Chinese folktale of the same name.

This is another short-but-sweet game that features VERY clever mathematical and logic puzzles (you'd be amazed at how the various text-based graphics are created in this game).

Similar to Undo, Pick Up The Phone Booth and Die is a self-proclaimed classic of minimalist design.