Frenetic Five
Overview
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
es, all made with TADS
TADS
Text Adventure Development System is a prototype-based domain-specific programming language and set of standard libraries for creating interactive fiction games.-History:...
version 2 and distributed as freeware
Freeware
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. The series was created by Neil deMause
Neil deMause
Neil deMause is a Brooklyn-based freelance journalist. He has been a writer for Baseball Prospectus since 2003, contributing occasional articles about stadium building and baseball finance. He is co-author of the 1999 book Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money into...
for the Interactive Fiction Competition
Interactive Fiction Competition
The Interactive Fiction Competition is one of the best known of several annual competitions for works of interactive fiction. It has been held since 1995. It is intended for fairly short games, as judges are only allowed to spend two hours playing a game before deciding how many points to award it...
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- The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang (1997; TADSTADSText Adventure Development System is a prototype-based domain-specific programming language and set of standard libraries for creating interactive fiction games.-History:...
2).- IF Comp 1997: 13th place. Winner of XYZZY Award for Best NPCs 1997. Also finalist for XYZZY Award for Best Individual PC at XYZZY Awards 1997.
- Sturm and Drang (named after the German literary movement) are a pair of supervillains who intend to use a machine called the "melodramaturge" to imbue the world with excessive excitement.
- The Frenetic Five vs. Mr.