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Building

Comedy

IF Comp 2000
4th of 53

XYZZY Awards 2000
Best Puzzles

XYZZY Awards 2000
Finalist - Best Individual Puzzle, Best Use of Medium

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Ad Verbum

Author(s)	Nick Montfort
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	2000
Authoring system	Inform
Platform(s)	Z-code
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color effects	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Cruelty to be determined

A game that focuses more on the puzzles than story, it's best known for it's rooms where every word printed, including objects in that room begin with a single letter and the parser only accepts commands beginning with that same letter.

Versions

Competition release

Ad Verbum (Nick Montfort; 2000; Z-code).
- Release 1 / Serial number 000925 / Inform v6.21 Library 6/10

Ad Verbum (Nick Montfort; 2006; Z-code).
- Release 11 / Serial number 060905 / Inform v6.30 Library 6/10

Links

Official Site

[1]

Online Versions

[2] Release 11 on-line on Nick Montfort's site
[3] Release 4 on Digital Eel
[4] Release 1 on-line at iFiction.org

General Info

Ad Verbum (archived) - at Baf's Guide
[5] Wikipedia entry

Reviews

[6] review at SPAG by Mark Musante
[7] by James Marshall
[8] by Eric Mayer
[9] by Rob Menke
[10] personal review by Mark Musante
[11] by Paul O'Brian
[12] by Andrew Plotkin
[13] by Dan Shiovitz
[14] by Duncan Stevens
[15] mini-review on The Underdogs

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 ==Links==
+===Official Site===
+* [http://www.nickm.com/if/adverbum.html]
+===Online Versions===
+* [http://www.nickm.com/if/adverbum_web.html] Release 11 on-line on Nick Montfort's site
+* [http://www.digital-eel.com/if/adv39.htm] Release 4 on Digital Eel
+* [http://www.ifiction.org/games/play.phpz?cat=&game=274&mode=html] Release 1 on-line at iFiction.org
 ===General Info===
 * {{baf game|Ad Verbum|912}}
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Verbum_(video_game)] Wikipedia entry
 ===Reviews===
-* [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/a.html#ad] review at SPAG
+* [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/a.html#ad] review at SPAG by [[Mark Musante]]
-* [http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~obrian/00rev5.html#ad] review by Paul O'Brian
+* [http://www.geocities.com/dronak/ifmini.html#adverbum] by James Marshall
+* [http://www.joltcountry.com/trottingkrips/eric_av.html] by [[Eric Mayer]]
+* [http://www.the-wabe.com/if-comp-2000/reviews.html#adverbum] by [[Rob Menke]]
+* [http://www.ministryofpeace.com/if/reviews/zcode/adverbum.html] personal review by Mark Musante
+* [http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~obrian/00rev5.html#ad] by [[Paul O'Brian]]
+* [http://www.eblong.com/zarf/gamerev/comp00.html#12] by [[Andrew Plotkin]]
+* [http://www.drizzle.com/~dans/if/comp00.html#adverbum] by [[Dan Shiovitz]]
+* [http://members.cox.net/dns361/adverbum.html] by [[Duncan Stevens]]
+* [http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=2067] mini-review on The Underdogs
+See also the [[IF_Comp_2000#Reviews|IF Comp 2000 Reviews]]
 [[Category:Games]] [[Category:Games in 2000]] [[Category:Building]] [[Category:Comedy]] [[Category:IF Comp games]] [[Category:XYZZY Award winning games]] [[Category:Z-code games]]