Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: "With the cantankerous Wizard of Wordplay evicted from his mansion, the worthless plot can now be redeveloped. The city regulations declare, however, that the rip-down job can't proceed until all the items... |
Aisle, by Sam Barlow Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: "Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and you're progressing rapidly. On to the next aisle... Aisle started out as a... |
Ballyhoo, by Jeff O'Neill Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: Spangleland! Sawdust and glitter, buffoons and cotton candy! It's a place where your wildest dreams come true! At least, that's what you think... until you get behind the scenes at the big top. Then you... |
Colossal Cave Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: Colossal Cave Adventure (also known as Adventure or ADVENT) is a text-based adventure game, released in 1976 by developer Will Crowther for the PDP-10 mainframe computer. It was expanded upon in 1977 by Don... |
A Fine Day for Reaping, by James Webb (aka revgiblet) Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: Step into the bare feet of the Grim Reaper for a day and make sure that five pesky souls keep their appointment with the afterlife. |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: Don't Panic! Relax, because everything you need to know about playing The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is contained in the pages of this manual. In this story, you will be Arthur Dent, a rather ordinary... |
Infidel, by Michael Berlyn Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: Infidel finds you marooned by your followers in the heart of the deadly Egyptian Desert. A soldier of fortune by trade, you've come hither in search of a great lost pyramid and its untold riches. Now, alone,... |
Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: |
Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe Grunk just forget. -- IFComp 2007 blurb |
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It, by Jeff O'Neill Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: You are standing at the edge of a barren field. A steady wind, having secreted away the topsoil, is now drifting sandy dirt across the plain. A scant sign of life here is a freshly-burrowed molehill on the... |
Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: "Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near your home on the backwater planet of Gallium. Images of exotic... |
Ralph, by Miron Schmidt Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: In this short excourse you play a dog. It doesn't matter what race, though it's probably a male dog (hence the name 'Ralph'). What matters is that you know you have buried a bone last year, which you now... |
Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: In the beginning was the Word, and it was hungry. ... |
The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: A new, experimental game that has no puzzles but uses only words that change your focus on things, thereby adapting the story. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] |
Stationfall, by Steve Meretzky Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: What a trotting krip! Since your incredible heroics in Planetfall, where you risked life and limb to save the planet Resida, things have hardly changed at all. Sure, you were promoted to Lieutenant First... |
To Hell in a Hamper, by J. J. Guest Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: Professor Pettibone, eminent Victorian balloonist, has a problem. He can't get it up. His balloon that is. If he can't reach an altitude of 20,000 feet, and soon, both he and his mysterious travelling... |
Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: Many strange tales have been told of the fabulous treasure, exotic creatures, and diabolical puzzles in the Great Underground Empire. As an aspiring adventurer, you will undoubtedly want to locate these... |
Zork II, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank Nathaniel Kirby's rating: Average member rating: The Wizard appears, floating nonchalantly in the air beside you. He grins sideways at you. The Wizard incants "Fantasize," but nothing happens. He shakes his wand. Nothing happens. With a slightly... |