Jigsaw
| Filename | jigsaw.hqx |
|---|---|
| Size | 473.7 KB (485090 bytes) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Mac OS | System 7 |
| Downloads | 12 |
Jigsaw, subtitled An Interactive History, is a 1995 text adventure by Graham Nelson written in Inform. The Info-Mac edition packages Release 3 (serial 951129, Inform Library 6/1) as a Mac application, ported by Andrew Plotkin so System 7 users could play one of the most ambitious works of interactive fiction without a separate Z-machine interpreter.
Premise
The player travels through pivotal moments of the twentieth century, with real places used intentionally and occasional walk-on appearances by historical figures, weaving puzzles into a meditation on the century's defining events.
Author and Tools
Graham Nelson, the creator of the Inform programming system, used Jigsaw as a flagship demonstration of Inform's narrative capabilities. The work is widely cited as a landmark of mid-1990s interactive fiction.
Mac Distribution
Bundled as a self-contained application requiring System 7 and roughly 1.6 MB of free memory; freely distributable for non-commercial use.
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