Infidel

Infidel
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	1983
Credits
Authors	Michael Berlyn and Patricia Fogleman
Publisher	Activision, Infocom
Reception
IFDB rating	3.5 out of 5 (65 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Adventure
Locations	Building Wilderness
Language	English
IFDB play time	6 hours 25 minutes
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	ZIL
Format	Z-code 3
License	Commercial
IFID	ZCODE-22-830916
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How it begins

You wake in the army cot in your tent, feeling tired. You have not located the pyramid yet. Your workmen have given up and gone home after weeks of hardship. Your camp is quiet enough to hear a plane flying overhead. At the foot of the folding bed is a big, heavy trunk. You are carrying nothing.

Notable features

• The player character is an anti-hero.
• ASCII graphics are used to represent Egyptian hieroglyphics which are used in some language puzzles.
• Unusual ending. A successful traversal of the game may not appear to be a winning ending.

Trivia and Comments

• This game inspired Inhumane (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).

Versions

Infocom releases

Date: 1983

• Infidel (Michael Berlyn and Patricia Fogleman; publisher: Infocom; 1983; Z-code 3).
  • Release 22 / Serial number 830916
  • IFID: ZCODE-22-830916
    IFID links: IFDB

Activision releases

Date: Date unknown

Infidel is available on the Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom CD.

Links

General info

• Infidel - at IFDB
• Infidel (computer game) at Wikipedia.
• Infidel at CSD.

Reviews

• Infidel - at SPAG.
• [1] and [2] - by Emily Short. General comments on playing Infidel.

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Date: 1983

Date: Date unknown