an RPG gamebook! Though interactive fiction certainly shares a lot with RPG's, the Role Playing part mostly, they're not really the same thing.
and I feel your pain for old Zorkiness: luckily, there's no damned mazes in modern IF works.
and while we're at it, here's another fine piece of short interactive fiction fully playable online, no fees included:
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As the sun sets on the plains, Sheriff Cheney angrily snaps on the cuffs. You are shoved into the coach and land on top of Muddy Charlie and a pile of silver dollars, which until recently had been the property of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Line.
Muddy whispers, "Don't fret none, Rick! You done good blowing up that tunnel -- I just didn't plan on the sheriff getting word ahead of time, is all. That were powerful bad luck."
The sheriff climbs onto his horse, spits, and you begin to rumble forward. "You boys really got it coming this time," he yells back cheerfully.
Muddy shakes his head. "No offense, Sheriff, but I reckon you got the wrong men. We was just on our way to the theater."
The sheriff disagrees. "The only place you boys are heading is straight to the...
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Hoosegow - A Wild West Wreck by Ben Collins-Sussman and Jack Welch
like Damnation Memorie, it's basically a escape-the-room game. Prose is excellently witty and although you're in jail, there's plenty to do, examine, search and characters to interact with by asking them about things. Can you escape facing the scaffold in the morning?
shouldn't take much more than 2 hours... BTW, typing about is priceless