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Add a game listingEscape from the MV Capricorn, by FLACRabbit Adventuron |
SILAS — Logos-Arche, by Mosherfist |
Read the Room, by Ilia Custom |
Becoming Alan Smedwick, by Tender Boing Custom |
One Remained, by Alex Winters None |
The Brain Cell, by Marc van der Meer Custom |
Reviews
OtisTDog reviews Kissing the Buddha's Feet: "Old school but plays well today, the earliest winner of both NPC-related XYZZYs" - See full review |
MathBrush reviews Relics of the Lost Age: "Archaeology game with a very large amount of hot-button issues included"   |
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IFDB Recommends
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that... |
| Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to... |
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe... |
| The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are... |
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon... |
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IFDB is managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation.
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