Peter Coyote

November, 1985

According to the message on the computer screen, you are trapped in an underground cave. You have only one match. After considerable thought, you slowly type in, strike the match. The disk drives whir for a moment, then a new message pops up: A small breeze has come up, blowing out your match. Tough luck! what do you want to do now? This is the new world of computerized interactive fiction, a form of digital entertainment that is touted to change the way we respond to literature. It actually mak...