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How It Begins, Notable Features
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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
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
See also the IF Comp 2000 Reviews