Hilariously Bad IF games - an IFDB Poll

by american00b
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Earlier today, I felt like playing an Interactive Fiction game that is the literary and stylistic equivalent of such masterpieces as Birdemic and The Room. I still have that feeling, so if you find anything like Plan 9 from Outer Space or Troll 2, just let me know right here.

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Detective, by Matt Barringer
4 votes
"Quite possibly the cream de la crap" [+]"Quite possibly the cream de la crap: There's also an MST3K version, if you'd prefer that." --Molly... (No comment) [+](No comment) --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Pinstripe... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell...

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Scary House Amulet!, by Ricardo Dague
2 votes
"More silly than..." [+]"More silly than truly bad, but the William Castles of the IF world need love too." --Molly... "Not a bad game at..." [+]"Not a bad game at all, but a good mimicry of bad/good horror." () --E.K....

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The Lift, by Colin Capurso
2 votes
"Detective, CYOA-style" [+]"Detective, CYOA-style: I am almost convinced this is actually a cutting satire on the state of modern video games." --Molly... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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The Incredible Erotic Adventures of Stiffy Makane, by Mark Ryan
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Lance Cirone...

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents "A Fable", by Graeme Cree
2 votes
"The MiSTing made it hilarious" [+]"The MiSTing made it hilarious: The original game is little more than a "maze of twisty passages" with room descriptions to make it seem like a stream of consciousness in a man's middle-aged life. But there was one scene where I couldn't stop laughing for over ten minutes - where the MST3K cast pretended that a Jewish cantor suddenly had decided to belt out Witch Doctor." ( - Full review) --mjhayes... "Another MST3King." [+]"Another MST3King." () --E.K....

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Zero One, by Edward Plant
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sam Kabo Ashwell...

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The Lighthouse, by Eric Hickman and Nathan Chung
1 vote
"Short and also stupid" [+]"Short and also stupid: Doesn't even have a proper ending. A bite-sized snack of dumb IF." --Molly...

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When Beer Isn't Enough, by Matt Dark Baron
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Juhana...

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1-2-3..., by Chris Mudd
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Sam Kabo Ashwell...

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Kallisti, by James Mitchelhill
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sam Kabo Ashwell...

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents "Detective", by C. E. Forman, Matt Barringer, Graeme Cree, and Stuart Moore
1 vote
"As mentioned by..." [+]"As mentioned by another voter, the terrible 'Detective' gets the MST3K treatment, making it a thousand times more bearable." () --E.K....

american00b says: oh yes.

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