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{{game infobox|title=Narcolepsy|image=|author=[[Adam Cadre]]|publisher=n/a|released=27-Dec-2003|authsystem=[[Inform]]|platform=[[Glulx]]|language=English|license=[[Freeware]]|color=optional|graphics=optional|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}

==How It Begins==
We're treated to a short and unusual vignette, and then realize it was just a dream. Eugene Oregon wakes up on a futon in his living room. A loud crash outside arrests his attention.

It's ''probably no big deal''.

==Notable Features==
* Narcolepsy is written in [[first person]] singular.
* Eugene dozes off uncontrollably at key points in the story and experiences a (random) dream.
* The screen in divided into two sections:
** the command the prompt, and the game's main text, and
** Eugene's thoughts, and the currently active conversation thread.
* You move around by going to places Eugene names in his thoughts; compass directions are rarely needed.
* The game consists of three strongly differentiated story branches named after characters in [[Tapestry]].
* Narcolepsy is rife with in-jokes and references to other interactive fiction, such as [[9:05]] and [[I-0]] (both by Adam Cadre), and [[Tapestry]] (among others{{examples needed}}).

==Trivia==
* The game contains dream sequences written by [[Stephen Bond]], [[Liza Daly]], [[Jennifer Earl]], [[Stephen Granade]], [[Jon Ingold]], [[Nick Montfort]], [[Paul O'Brian]], [[Andrew Plotkin]], [[Dan Shiovitz]], [[Emily Short]], [[Bridget Sweeney]] and [[Rob Wheeler]].
* The dream sequences are all in the [[second person]], in contrast to the main narrative in which Eugene notes: "''Man, I gotta be the only guy in the world who dreams in the second person.''"

==Versions==
===Original version===
* ''Narcolepsy'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; 27-Dec-2003; Glulx).
===Version 1.07===
* ''Narcolepsy'' ([[Adam Cadre]]; 29-Jan-2004; Glulx).
** Release 1 / Serial number 040108 / Inform v6.21(G0.36) Library 6/10
** {{ifarchive unbox|games/glulx/|narco.zip}}
** Files in the zip file include:
*** <tt>narco.blb</tt> (the [[story file]])
*** <tt>narco.cfg</tt> (a configuration file used by some [[Glulx]] [[interpreter]]s)
==Links==
===General Info===
* {{baf game|Narcolepsy|2234}}
* {{hotud game|Narcolepsy|24390}}.
* [https://adamcadre.ac/if.html#Narcolepsy Narcolepsy] at Adam Cadre's site.

===Reviews===
* [http://sparkynet.com/spag/n.html#narcolepsy SPAG review] by [[José Manuel García-Patos]] for [[SPAG]] #44.
* [http://www.ministryofpeace.com/if-review/reviews/20040109.html Adventures wide shut] by [[Emily Short]] for [[IF-Review]].
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/f1d9baeb090ab2bf/ Narcolepsy: some random thoughts] by [[Magnus Olsson]] on r.g.i-f.
* [http://www.joltcountry.com/trottingkrips/narcolepsy.html Review] at [[Trotting Krips]], January 2007.

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