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<p>The <b>Interactive Fiction Database</b> (<b>IFDB</b>) is a <a href="Database" title="Database">database</a> of metadata and reviews of <a href="Interactive_fiction" title="Interactive fiction">interactive fiction</a>.
</p><p>In November 2023, the database contained 12,969 game listings, 12,784 member reviews, 51,762 member ratings, and 17,040 registered members.<sup id="cite_ref-ifdb-start_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ifdb-start-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some games can be played in the <a href="Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a> using links on the IFDB web site.<sup id="cite_ref-ifdb-start_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ifdb-start-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>The database was founded by Michael J. Roberts in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-iftf-programs_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iftf-programs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The IFDB is currently (2023) maintained by the IFDB committee of the <a href="Interactive_Fiction_Technology_Foundation" title="Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation">Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation</a> (IFTF).<sup id="cite_ref-ifdb-contact_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ifdb-contact-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Top_games">Top games</h2></div>
<p>In 2023, <a href="Emily_Short" title="Emily Short">Emily Short</a>'s 2012 game <i><a href="Counterfeit_Monkey" title="Counterfeit Monkey">Counterfeit Monkey</a></i> was listed as the #1 game on the IFDB Top 100 list.<sup id="cite_ref-ifdb-20231113_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ifdb-20231113-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An additional five of Short's games were in the top 100.<sup id="cite_ref-ifdb-20231113_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ifdb-20231113-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The top 10 games on the IFDB Top 100 list, using an <a href="IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a> style <a href="Bayes_estimator" title="Bayes estimator">Bayes estimator</a> to calculate weighted ratings based on all IFDB ratings, were (as of 2023):<sup id="cite_ref-ifdb-20231113_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ifdb-20231113-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ol><li><i><a href="Counterfeit_Monkey" title="Counterfeit Monkey">Counterfeit Monkey</a></i>, by <a href="Emily_Short" title="Emily Short">Emily Short</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Anchorhead" title="Anchorhead">Anchorhead</a></i>, by <a href="Michael_Gentry" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Gentry">Michael Gentry</a></li>
<li><i>Hadean Lands</i>, by <a href="Andrew_Plotkin" title="Andrew Plotkin">Andrew Plotkin</a></li>
<li><i>Superluminal Vagrant Twin</i>, by C.E.J. Pacian</li>
<li><i><a href="80_Days_(2014_video_game)" title="80 Days (2014 video game)">80 Days</a></i>, by inkle and <a href="Meg_Jayanth" title="Meg Jayanth">Meg Jayanth</a></li>
<li><i>Open Sorcery</i>, by Abigail Corfman</li>
<li><i>Worldsmith</i> by Ade McT</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Wizard_Sniffer" class="mw-redirect" title="The Wizard Sniffer">The Wizard Sniffer</a></i>, by <a href="Buster_Hudson" class="mw-redirect" title="Buster Hudson">Buster Hudson</a></li>
<li><i>Will Not Let Me Go</i>, by Stephen Granade</li>
<li><i>Eat Me</i>, by Chandler Groover</li></ol>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Interactive_Fiction_Competition" title="Interactive Fiction Competition">Interactive Fiction Competition</a></li>
<li><a href="Spring_Thing" title="Spring Thing">Spring Thing</a></li>
<li><a href="XYZZY_Awards" title="XYZZY Awards">XYZZY Awards</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-ifdb-start-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ifdb-start_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ifdb-start_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231123081553/https://ifdb.org/">IFDB the Interactive Fiction Database</a>" (archived 23 November 2023), ifdb.org.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-iftf-programs-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-iftf-programs_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iftechfoundation.org/programs/">Programs</a>", iftechfoundation.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-ifdb-contact-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ifdb-contact_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifdb.org/contact">Contacting Us</a>", ifdb.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-ifdb-20231113-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ifdb-20231113_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ifdb-20231113_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ifdb-20231113_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231119084955/https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=k7rrytlz3wihmx2o">IFDB Top 100</a>" (archived), ifdb.org, 13 November 2023.</span>
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