J. Robinson Wheeler's Played Games
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| Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort J. Robinson Wheeler'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... |
| Adoo's Stinky Story, by B. Perry Average member rating:  In this game, you play as a university student named Adoo, back home for an extended break. But your childhood home is in danger! Your parents have put their house up for sale! To stop any possible sale, you... |
| The Adventures of the President of the United States, by Mikko Vuorinen Average member rating: Being the president of the United States is hard work. You don't get to see the world as much as you would like. Perhaps it is time to go for a little adventure... |
| All Roads, by Jon Ingold J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: "Wave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed And drunk the milk of paradise." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One] |
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| Amnesia, by Dustin Rhodes Average member rating: In this poorly-written game, you play as someone who washed ashore onto an island. You were supposed to have amnesia, but you don't, so the author will make up a new story where you just need to solve a few... |
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little... |
| The Atomic Heart, by Stefan Blixt Average member rating: Playback starts. It seems you were just getting ready to recuperate after many labouring hours (the amount of strange tasks that Mrs. Go could find for you was amazing). As you plugged in the charger cable... |
| Bad Machine, by Dan Shiovitz Average member rating: |
| Baluthar, by Chris Molloy Wischer Average member rating: In this game of horror, you play as an old man of a tribal culture. For months, you've been weary of life and kept to your bed. But when you learn that your adult son, Rykhard, has foolishly gone into the... |
| Bio, by David Linder Average member rating: In this game, you play as a male live-in janitor for a scientific research facility in a Brazilian jungle. Tonight, the scientists are away at a convention and you're enjoying the peace and quiet.... |
| Bronze, by Emily Short J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: When the seventh day comes and it is time for you to return to the castle in the forest, your sisters cling to your sleeves. |
| Bureaucracy, by Douglas Adams, The Staff of Infocom Average member rating: IMPORTANT! Our records show that you do not have a license to operate this software. Normally, you would be required to complete a License Application Form and mail it (with proof of purchase) to our... |
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| CaffeiNation, by Michael Loegering Average member rating: A text only adventure of a pathetic office drone's search for a cup of coffee. Starting in a cubicle at "Data Entry & Diagnosics", the player must escape the clutches of Mr. Norom, the manager, and make his... |
| Centipede, by J. Robinson Wheeler J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: |
| Cerulean Stowaway, by Roger Descheneaux Average member rating: A stowaway gets more of a ride than he bargained for. |
| City of Secrets, by Emily Short J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: A train journey abruptly cut off. An enforced stay in a strange City. Intrigue, madmen, and growing sense of being watched... |
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| Curse of Manorland, by James King Average member rating: Chrissy and Jacob are playing on their Go-Karts one day when they ride into a puddle, and Chrissy finds herself on top of a Castle and finds out she has to stop an evil Pirate called Rogerover from taking... |
| Curses, by Graham Nelson J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: "As "Curses" opens, you're hunting about in the attic of your family home, looking for a tatty old map of Paris (you're going on holiday tomorrow) and generally trying to avoid all the packing. Aunt Jemima... |
| Delvyn, by William A. Tilli Average member rating: Citizens of Newberry, South Carolina, will never forget the day, May 5, 1979. A day in which thousands of curious souls, onlookers, news agencies and world reporters flocked to the small hommlet of Newberry,... |
| Domicile, by John Evans Average member rating: After inheriting a house from a strange relative, you find that things are not what they seem. It is only a house...but perhaps it is a truer house than any you have visited before... |
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| Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I., by Muffy Berlyn and Michael Berlyn J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: "Failing physics--again--would be traumatic enough. But now, you're trapped inside a Particle Accelerator and Reality Translation Integrator, the product of mad genius meeting mixed metaphors. Originally... |
| The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: The Dreamhold is interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next. The Dreamhold is designed for people who have never... |
| Earth and Sky, by Paul O'Brian J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: It's been almost a month since your parents disappeared. One Tuesday, they just didn't come home, and there's been no sign of them since. For the University and the rest of the town, the mystery is beginning... |
| Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky, by Paul O'Brian J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: In this sequel game, you play as Austin Colborn, a young man who wears an earthsuit made by your scientist parents. It gives you great strength and invulnerability. You and your sister Emily, who wears the... |
| The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith Average member rating: "Something new in your everyday hunter-gatherer routine: where did this strange edifice come from? Dare you enter and explore the secrets of this... thing, or do you try to face your enemies? Like you have a... |
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| Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: In Enchanter, the first of a spellbinding series in the tradition of Zork, you are a novice magician whom Fate has chosen to do singlehanded combat with a dark and fierce power. But worldly weapons will... |
| Enlightenment, by Taro Ogawa J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: "The intrepid Adventurer has escaped the caverns. Nought remains to block a successful escape but this troll here. Hmmm. A one-room adventure. The author recommends this for people who grew up on Zork II and... |
| Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman Average member rating: |
| The Erudition Chamber, by Daniel Freas Average member rating: Step into the Erudition Chamber, where the solution to a puzzle is not half so important as the way you choose to solve it. Multiple solutions, multiple endings, and a generally good time all around - at... |
| The Fat Lardo and the Rubber Ducky, by Anonymous Average member rating: |
| Fine-Tuned, by Dennis Jerz J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: "Can Troy, the handsome daredevil autoist, live up to his "sterling" reputation? What secret threatens the career of the talented singer, Miss Melody Sweet? With the help of the mechanical genius Aloysius... |
| First Things First, by J. Robinson Wheeler J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: You’ve just arrived at home from your nightly visit to the science and invention section of the local public library, where you spend each night dreaming your dreamy dreams of one day inventing a time... |
| For a Change, by Dan Schmidt J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: "The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock." [--blurb from Competition '99] |
| Gourmet, by Aaron A. Reed and Chad Barb Average member rating: Missing employees, wily crustaceans, malfunctioning kitchen equipment and a terminal food shortage, all on the night the most important culinary critic in the world has chosen to review your debut... |
| Hercules First Labor, by Robert Carl Brown Average member rating: |
| Hollywood Hijinx, by Dave Anderson, Liz Cyr-Jones J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: Vampire Penguins. A Corpse Line. Meltdown on Elm Street. Who could forget these classic Hollywood movies produced by your uncle, Buddy Burbank? But his greatest masterpiece has yet to be experienced...... |
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| Internal Documents, by Tom Lechner Average member rating: In this odd, large, and sparsely-implemented game, you play as a civil servant sent by the incumbent governor to the tiny township of Sebastian to examine the records of the John B. Holden estate. There's... |
| Jigsaw, by Graham Nelson J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: New Year's Eve, 1999, a quarter to midnight and where else to be but Century Park! Fireworks cascade across the sky, your stomach rumbles uneasily, music and lasers howl across the parkland... Not exactly... |
| Little girl in the big world, by Peter Wendrich Average member rating: Help a little girl called Alice to deal with the hard world outside. Special in the sense that there are two main characters which can be controlled at the same time. Both a windows executable and javascript... |
| Losing Your Grip, by Stephen Granade J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: |
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota J. Robinson Wheeler'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. Now Grunk need find pig. -- IFComp 2007 blurb |
| Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus, by Dan Shiovitz and Emily Short J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: Someplace on Venus a secret weapon is being built that threatens Earth with total destruction. You and your comrade must penetrate the Xavian base and save the world -- before it's too late! |
| Metamorphoses, by Emily Short J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: You wake to stillness. The hammering, banging, and shouting that kept you awake half the night are gone. The air is cold, and something smells burnt. Your master's experiments must be finished, but with what... |
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| Narcolepsy, by Adam Cadre J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: |
| Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin Average member rating: Necrotic Drift is a survival horror text adventure... but with graphics and sound! An homage to the old Magnetic Scrolls game in presentation, Necrotic Drift follows the story of gaming store employee Jarret... |
| No Room, by Ben Heaton Average member rating: No Room is a game with zero rooms. It is therefore superior to all games which have rooms. Given a sufficiently odd definition of "superior", anyway. |
| A Paper Moon, by Andrew Krywaniuk Average member rating: You are Sam Haversham, notorious slacker and beer drinker extraordinaire. Thrust into unfamiliar surroundings, you must use your wits, your imagination, and your long-forgotten passion for origami to... |
| Photopia, by Adam Cadre J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: "Will you read me a story?" "Read you a story? What fun would that be? I've got a better idea: let's tell a story together." |
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky J. Robinson Wheeler'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... |
| Rape, Pillage, Galore!, by Kristian Kirsfeldt Average member rating: 'A brilliant analysis of the mind of a professional knight' -Chivalry Daily 'Haven't seen a greater variety of creatures in one place except for that time at a party in Q'nghen' -Fantasy Geographic 'The bit... |
| The Recruit, by Mike Sousa, J. D. Berry, Jon Ingold, and Robb Sherwin Average member rating: Try your hand at the Real Life Interactive Gaming Simulacra! You'll face a variety of challenges and simulations and have a chance to win some money and great prizes. Apply today! |
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| Risorgimento Represso, by Michael J. Coyne J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: You play as a student who, during a particularly boring lecture, falls through a green portal under their desk into the cluttered library of the wizard Ninario. Ninny was trying to summon a wizardly... |
| Sardoria, by Anssi Räisänen Average member rating: You play as a young villager who is attempting to warn the king about an imminent attack at nightfall. The castle guards, not believing your tale, have imprisoned you in the castle's wine cellar. You must... |
| Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind... |
| Scavenger, by Quintin Stone Average member rating: Search a war-shattered world for secrets of the past. |
| Shade, by Andrew Plotkin J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero] |
| shadows on the mirror, by Chrysoula Tzavelas Average member rating: I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe... You've procrastinated too long. But there's still a chance to talk your way out of it, make him see you as a person, make him care, just a... |
| Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star C. Foster and Daniel Ravipinto J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: In the beginning was the Word, and it was hungry. Enter a steampunk adventure set in a London that might have been. The year is 1885. Bedlam Hospital still stands in Moorsfield, a decaying shell used to... |
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| Sophie's Adventure, by David Whyld Average member rating: For her eighth birthday, Sophie made a wish: she wanted an adventure like none she had ever had before. And an adventure she got... |
| Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: A vacation in our lovely country! See the ethnic charms of the countryside, the historic grandeur of the capital city. Taste our traditional cuisine; smell the flowers of the Old Tree. And all without... |
| Starcross, by Dave Lebling J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: Starcross, Infocom's science fiction mind-bender, launches you headlong into the year 2186 and the depths of space. And not without good reason, for you are destined to rendezvous with a gargantuan starship... |
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| Sweet Dreams, by Papillon Average member rating: A simple friendship, an innocent request, a mysterious secret... an all-graphical adventure! |
| Temple of Kaos, by Peter Gambles Average member rating: A temple, a poem, out of time; a searcher, a believer, chaotic rhyme. |
| Varicella, by Adam Cadre J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: You are Primo Varicella, Palace Minister at the Palazzo del Piemonte. This title is unlikely to impress anyone. Piedmont is the laughingstock of the Carolingian League, and the Palace Ministry has devolved... |
| Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz, by Steve Meretzky J. Robinson Wheeler's rating: Average member rating: The Great Underground Empire is in its heyday. Upscale condos crowd the massive caverns. Subterranean highways stretch from Aragain to the Fublio Valley. And no adventurer has yet set foot in the open field... |
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