Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It, by Jeff O'Neill Average member rating: (60 ratings) 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... |
Photopia, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (566 ratings) "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 Average member rating: (121 ratings) "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... |
The Plant, by Michael J. Roberts Average member rating: (34 ratings) You're on a business trip with your boss, driving down a deserted highway in the middle of nowhere, when the car breaks down. You set off on foot seeking help, but you soon find yourself in the middle of a... |
Plundered Hearts, by Amy Briggs Average member rating: (67 ratings) In the 17th century, the seas are as wild as the untamed heart of a young woman. But when you set out on the schooner Lafond Deux, bound for the West Indies, your thoughts are only of your ailing father who... |
Rameses, by Stephen Bond Average member rating: (127 ratings) |
Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short Average member rating: (134 ratings) 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... |
Seastalker, by Stu Galley, Jim Lawrence Average member rating: (29 ratings) There's something down there in the ocean, something terrifying. And you have to face it - because only you can save the Aquadome, the world's first undersea research station. The alarm sounds and your... |
Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (420 ratings) "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero] |
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels, by Bob Bates Average member rating: (23 ratings) Moriarty has set a deadly trap for Sherlock Holmes. And only you can stop him... Travel back in time to Victorian London, where the city is bustling with preparations for Her Majesty's Golden Jubilee. Crowds... |
Shogun, by James Clavell, Dave Lebling Average member rating: (17 ratings) Experience the sweeping drama and power of James Clavell's Shogun. The year is 1600. You are John Blackthorne, Pilot-Major of a privateering merchant ship and the first Englishman to set foot on Japanese... |
Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (170 ratings) |
Snack Time!, by Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba Average member rating: (61 ratings) Can you help one hungry bulldog in his quest to find something good to eat? He would like that. A lot. [blurb from IF Comp 2008] |
Sorcerer, by Steve Meretzky Average member rating: (68 ratings) Sorcerer, the second of a spellbinding fantasy series in the tradition of Zork, takes you on a magical tour through the darker side of Zorkian enchantment. Your journey begins with a cryptic diary - the last... |
The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (100 ratings) 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] |