Downloading the Competition Games

If you are interested in downloading individual games, you can do so by following the links on the games page.

If you want to download all of the games, you have several choices of files to download.

For Windows, there are two files which contain everything you need. IFComp2007.exe contains all of the games. WinInterpreters.exe has all of the interpreters, which are the programs you'll need to run the games. They are Windows installers, so you will only need to double-click them once you've downloaded them, and they'll do their thing.
For the Mac, Comp07.zip contains all of the games. For an interpreter, grab Spatterlight. Spatterlight will play every interpreted game entered in the competition.
For everyone else, Comp07.zip contains all of the games.

To ease bandwidth requirements, please use the BitTorrent links if at all possible. If you use BitTorrent, when you're done downloading, please leave your download window open for a while, so others can download the files from you.

Comp07.zip: Torrent | Mirror 1 | Mirror 2 | Mirror 3 | Mirror 4
IFComp2007.exe: Torrent | Mirror 1 | Mirror 2 | Mirror 3 | Mirror 4
WinInterpreters.exe: Torrent | Mirror 1 | Mirror 2 | Mirror 3 | Mirror 4

If you'd like to check MD5 hashes:

Comp07.zip: c6e6bb5c4ffce6e3b57134d3a8af48c3
IFComp2007.exe: 98f0e318ab71fc00d836e04f6c753a6e
WinInterpreters.exe: 94ce8054addf5a7ce7cf90ef6bfa15ac

Most of the interpreters you will need are available from the IF Archive. You will need interpreters for TADS 2 and 3, Z-code, ADRIFT (for Windows or Mac), Glulx, and Quest (for Windows).

BitTorrent

In years past, the competition games and interpreters have been available from the IF Archive and other mirrors, putting a strain on those archives. To ease download requirements, we are offering the files via BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer application that lets you download the files from other downloaders rather than from one central repository. If you would like to learn more about BitTorrent, the Wikipedia article about BitTorrent is a good place to start.

To use BitTorrent, you will first need to install a client. There are a lot of different clients available. While there are various opinions about which is best, for general use I recommend Azureus, a Java-based client. If you are allergic to Java and must have a native client, for Windows µTorrent is a really good choice; for Mac OS X, there's Transmission.