IFComp 1998

IFComp 1998
Competition
Frequency
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Part of series	The Annual IF Competition
Website	[http:// ]
Organiser
IFDB event page	Event
IFDB series page	Series
Total entries	27
Results
3	The Plant
4	Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés
5	Enlightenment
6	Mother Loose
8	Trapped in a One-Room Dilly
9	Persistence of Memory
10	Downtown Tokyo, Present Day
11	Informatory
12	The Ritual of Purification
13	The City
14	Where Evil Dwells
15	Purple
16	Four in One
17	Research Dig
18	CC
19	Spacestation
20	Cattus Atrox
21	In the Spotlight
22	Lightiania
23	Acid Whiplash
24	I Didn't Know You Could Yodel
25	Fifteen
26	The Commute
27	Human Resources Stories
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The 4th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was organized by David Dyte.

1998 IF Comp Results

1. Photopia (Adam Cadre as "Opal O'Donnell"; Z-code).
2. Muse: An Autumn Romance (Christopher Huang; Z-code).
3. The Plant (Mike Roberts; TADS 2).
4. Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés (Stephen Granade; TADS 2).
5. Enlightenment (Taro Ogawa; Z-code).
6. Mother Loose (Irene Callaci; Z-code).
7. Little Blue Men (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
8. Trapped in a One-Room Dilly (Laura A. Knauth; Z-code).
9. Persistence of Memory (Jason Dyer; Hugo).
10. Downtown Tokyo, Present Day (John Kean as "Digby McWiggle"; Z-code).
11. Informatory (William J. Shlaer; Z-code).
12. The Ritual of Purification (Jarek Sobolewski as "Sable"; Z-code).
13. The City (Sam Barlow; Z-code).
14. Where Evil Dwells (Steve Owens and Paul T. Johnson; Z-code).
15. Purple (Stefan Blixt; Z-code).
16. Four in One (J. Robinson Wheeler; TADS 2).
17. Research Dig (Chris Armitage; Z-code).
18. CC (Mikko Vuorinen; Alan).
19. Spacestation (David Ledgard; Z-code).
20. Cattus Atrox (David Cornelson; Z-code).
21. In the Spotlight (John Byrd; Z-code).
22. Lightiania (Gustav Bodel; TADS 2).
23. Acid Whiplash a.k.a. Rybread Celsius Can't Find a Dictionary (Ryan Stevens as "Rybread Celsius" and Cody Sandifer; Z-code).
24. I Didn't Know You Could Yodel (Andrew Indovina and Michael Eisenman; MS-DOS).
25. Fifteen (Ricardo Dague; Z-code).
26. The Commute (Kevin Copeland; MS-DOS).
27. Human Resources Stories (Harry M. Hardjono; Z-code).

1998 Miss Congeniality Awards

These awards were voted by the authors of the entries.

1. Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
2. Little Blue Men (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
3. 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