IFComp 1998
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The 4th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was organized by David Dyte.
1998 IF Comp Results
- Photopia (Adam Cadre as "Opal O'Donnell"; Z-code).
- Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang; Z-code).
- The Plant (Mike Roberts; TADS 2).
- Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
- Enlightenment (Taro Ogawa; Z-code).
- Mother Loose (Irene Callaci; Z-code).
- Little Blue Men (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Trapped in a One-Room Dilly (Laura A. Knauth; Z-code).
- Persistence of Memory (Jason Dyer; Hugo).
- Downtown Tokyo, Present Day (John Kean as "Digby McWiggle"; Z-code).
- Informatory (William J. Shlaer; Z-code).
- The Ritual of Purification (Jarek Sobolewski as "Sable"; Z-code).
- The City (Sam Barlow; Z-code).
- Where Evil Dwells (Steve Owens and Paul T. Johnson; Z-code).
- Purple (Stefan Blixt; Z-code).
- Four in One (J. Robinson Wheeler; TADS 2).
- Research Dig (Chris Armitage; Z-code).
- CC (Mikko Vuorinen; Alan).
- Spacestation (David Ledgard; Z-code).
- Cattus Atrox (David Cornelson; Z-code).
- In the Spotlight (John Byrd; Z-code).
- Lightiania (Gustav Bodel; TADS 2).
- Acid Whiplash a.k.a. Rybread Celsius Can't Find a Dictionary (Ryan Stevens as "Rybread Celsius" and Cody Sandifer; Z-code).
- I Didn't Know You Could Yodel (Andrew Indovina and Michael Eisenman; MS-DOS).
- Fifteen (Ricardo Dague; Z-code).
- The Commute (Kevin Copeland; MS-DOS).
- Human Resources Stories (Harry M. Hardjono; Z-code).
1998 Miss Congeniality Awards
These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.
- Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
- Little Blue Men (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
- Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang; Z-code).
Links
- Results, on ifcomp.org
- Older ifcomp site (archive), including rules, procedures, and prizes.
- Baf's Guide (dead link 🔍)
- IF Archive
- 4th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition - at IFDB
- SPAG #17 - COMPETITION '98 SPECIAL - May 10, 1999.
- IFComp 1998 in Mathbrush's History of IFComp, Year by Year (2017).
Reviews
- Reviews by Sam Barlow
- Reviews by bones
- Reviews by Suzanne Britton
- Reviews by Neil Brown
- Little Blue Men and HRS, Muse, Persistence and Dilly, Cattus Atrox and the rest by Adam Cadre
- Reviews by Neil Cerutti
- Reviews by Avrom Faderman
- Reviews by David Glasser
- Reviews by Ben Hines
- Reviews by Chris Markwyn
- Reviews by Mark Musante
- Reviews by Paul O'Brian
- Reviews by Wesley Osam
- Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Arrival (1), (2), Trapped in a one-room dilly, Photopia, Lightania, and The plant by Marnie Parker
- Reviews by Andrew Plotkin
- Reviews by L. Ross Raszewski
- Reviews by Dan Shiovitz
- Reviews (archive) by Lucian P. Smith
- Reviews: 1 and 2 by Michael Straight
- Reviews: 1 and 2 by Roger Burton West (Firedrake)
- Short reviews by Jake Wildstrom