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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is an [[Interactive Fiction]] development system by Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. TADS source code files typically have the extension .t. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter.
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TADS 3 (Text Adventure Development System) is an [[Interactive Fiction]] development system by Michael J. Roberts. [[TXT|Plain text]] source code files are created using the TADS 3 programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. TADS 3 source code files typically have the extension .t. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter.
  
The term "TADS", unqualified, generally refers to TADS version 2 and below. [[TADS 3]], the current version, is a radical departure from the previous versions. See the [[TADS 3]] page for more information.
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TADS 3 is the current version of TADS, and is a radical departure from previous versions. See [[TADS]] for more information.
  
 
== Compilers ==
 
== Compilers ==
  
* TADS 2 Author's Kit (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads2.htm website]: the official TADS 2 implementation
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* TADS 3 Author's Kit (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm website]: the official TADS 3 implementation
 
* FrobTADS (Unix-like, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]: ports of TADS 2 and TADS 3 compilers for Unix systems (including Mac OS X)
 
* FrobTADS (Unix-like, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]: ports of TADS 2 and TADS 3 compilers for Unix systems (including Mac OS X)
  
 
== Interpreters ==
 
== Interpreters ==
 
* HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm website]): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support. Despite the name, it does not run on the web.
 
* HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, [http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm website]): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support. Despite the name, it does not run on the web.
* Jetty (cross-platform, open source, [http://inky.org/if/jetty/index.html website]: a TADS 2 interpreter written in Java
 
 
* QTads (cross-platform, open source, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support
 
* QTads (cross-platform, open source, [http://www.tads.org/frobtads.htm website]): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support
  
 
== Other Tools ==
 
== Other Tools ==
*[http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXtads2.html IF Archive: TADS 2 Programming]
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* [http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXtads3.html IF Archive: TADS 3 Programming]
  
 
== Sample Files ==
 
== Sample Files ==
  
 
=== Source Code ===
 
=== Source Code ===
* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/tads/ditchday.zip ditchday.zip]: Ditch Day Drifter, by Michael J. Roberts. Source code and compiled .gam file included.
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* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/tads/return-to-ditch-day-src.zip return-to-ditch-day-src.zip]: Return to Ditch Day (source code), by Michael J. Roberts
* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/tads/zeb3src.zip zeb3src.zip]: Uncle Zebulon's Will, by Magnus Olsson. Full source code.
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* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/tads/SquareCircleSrc.zip SquareCircleSrc.zip]: Square Circle (source code), by Eric Eve
  
 
=== Compiled Games ===
 
=== Compiled Games ===
* [http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/1893Demo.gam 1893Demo.gam]: 1893: A World's Fair Mystery (demo), by Peter Nepstad
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* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/competition2006/tads3/elysium/Elysium.t3 Elysium.t3]: The Elysium Enigma, by Eric Eve
* [http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/grip.gam grip.gam]: Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Grande
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* [http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/indigo.t3 indigo.t3]: Indigo, by Emily Short
  
 
== Further Information ==
 
== Further Information ==
* [http://www.firthworks.com/roger/cloak/tads/index.html Cloak of Darkness: TADS]
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* [http://www.tads.org/ TADS 3 Homepage]
* [http://www.tads.org/t2doc/doc/index.html TADS 2 Author's Manual]
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* [http://www.tads.org/t3doc/doc/index.htm TADS 3 Manuals]
* [http://www.tads.org/tads2.htm TADS 2 Homepage]
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Description

TADS 3 (Text Adventure Development System) is an Interactive Fiction development system by Michael J. Roberts. Plain text source code files are created using the TADS 3 programming language, and then compiled into a system-independent game file. TADS 3 source code files typically have the extension .t. Compiled game files can be played on any system that has an appropriate interpreter.

TADS 3 is the current version of TADS, and is a radical departure from previous versions. See TADS for more information.

Compilers

  • TADS 3 Author's Kit (Windows, freeware, website: the official TADS 3 implementation
  • FrobTADS (Unix-like, freeware, website: ports of TADS 2 and TADS 3 compilers for Unix systems (including Mac OS X)

Interpreters

  • HTML TADS Interpreter (Windows, freeware, website): the official TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support. Despite the name, it does not run on the web.
  • QTads (cross-platform, open source, website): a TADS 2 and TADS 3 interpreter with full multimedia support

Other Tools

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Source Code

Compiled Games

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