The Name Game

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, which is no doubt the main reason so many IF games have names similar to the names of previous IF games...

• A Bear's Night Out (1997, David Dyte)
  • King Arthur's Night Out (1999, Mikko Vuorinen)
  • A Dino's Night Out (2000, Aris Katsaris)
  • A Stegosaur's Night Out (2000, Ravi Rajkumar)
  • A Gummi Bear's Night Out (2002, Roger Carbol)
• A Day for Soft Food (1999, Tod Levi)
  • A Day for Fresh Sushi (2001, Emily Short)
  • A Perfect Day for Candiru (2001, H. Helfgott)
    [except the author tells me the name was a reference to A Perfect Day for Bananafish]
• Aisle (1999, Sam Barlow)
  • I'll (2000, Sean Barrett)
  • Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle (2001, many authors)
• Amissville (2002, A.P. Hill)
  • Amissville (2002, Gunther Schmidl)
  • Amishville (2002, Jacob Amman)
  • Bmissfille (2002, Anonymous)
• Annoyotron (1999, Ben Parrish)
  • Aggravatron (year?, Ben Parrish)
  • Appallatron: Annoyotron 3 (2002, Sean Barrett)
• Bad Machine (1998, Dan Shiovitz)
  • Badland Machine (2003, Sam Kabo Ashwell)
• Deep Space Drifter (1988, Steve McAdams & Michael J. Roberts)
  • Ditch Day Drifter (1990, Michael J. Roberts)
  • High Tech Drifter (1993, Jim Cser)
  • Blow Job Drifter (1996, Big Al)
  • Deep Brow Lifter (2000, Neil deMause)
• Got ID? (2000, Marc Valhara)
  • Got Toast? (2000, Jim Fisher)
• Guilty Bastards (1998, Kent Tessman)
  • Dithyrambic Bastards (2002, Sam Kabo Ashwell)
• Hollywood Hijinx (1986, Dave Anderson, Infocom)
  • Foggywood Hijinx (1998, Ivan Cockrum)
  • Bollywood Hijinx (TBD, Jamie Murray, transcript only)
• Human Resources Stories (1998, Harry M. Hardjono)
  • Dragon Resources Stories (2000, Anonymous)
• In the End (1996, Joe Mason)
  • In the End II (1998, Adam Thornton)
• Jigsaw (1995, Graham Nelson)
  • Jigsaw 2 (2001, Adam Cadre)
• The Lesson of the Tortoise (1997, G. Kevin Wilson)
  • The Lesson of the Chicken (1998, Rob Noyes)
• Life on Beal Street (1999, Ian Finley)
  • Life on Gue Street (year?, Anonymous)
• Losing Your Grip (1998, Stephen Granade)
  • Losing Your Step (2002, Gunther Schmidl)
• Lost New York (1996, Neil deMause)
  • Lost In New York (2000, Mikko Vuorinen)
• The Lurking Horror (1987, Dave Lebling, Infocom)
  • The Smirking Horror (1988, Anonymous, Delta 4)
• Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die (1996, Rob Noyes)
  • Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die 2 (1996, Rob Noyes)
  • Pick Up the Ice Cream Truck and Die (1998, Myn Duespo)
  • Pick Up A Hitchhiker and Die! (1998, Mark J. Musante)
  • Pick up the Pumpkin and KILL (2000, Marc Valhara)
  • Pick Up the IF-Archive and Pi (2001, Jake Wildstrom)
  • Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle (2001, many authors)
  • Pick up the phone booth and Cry (2002, Danny Moik)
  • Pick Up The Phone Booth And Dye (2002, Eric Schmidt)
  • Pick up the pine box and die (2008, Taleslinger).
• Space Aliens Laughed at my Cardigan (1992, Andre M. Boyle)
  • Still Laughing at my Cardigan (2000, Bev Truter)
• The Space Under the Window (1997, Andrew Plotkin)
  • The Chicken Under the Window (1998, Lucian P. Smith)
• Spider and Web (1998, Andrew Plotkin)
  • Spyder and Jeb (1998, Neil deMause)
  • Tanker and Webb (1999, Andrew Frederiksen)
• Stiffy Makane, The Incredible Erotic Adventures of (1997, Mark Ryan)
  • Stiffy Makane: Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1998, Anonymous)
  • Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country (2001, Adam Thornton)
• You are a Chef! (2000, Dan Shiovitz)
  • Are You A Chef? (2000, Adam Biltcliffe)
• Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (1980, Marc Blank & Dave Lebling, Infocom)
  • Pork 1: The Great Underground Sewer System (1988, Anonymous)
• Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1981, Marc Blank & Dave Lebling, Infocom)
  • Pork 2: The Gizzard of Showbiz (1989, Bill Larkins)