| According to Cain, by Jim Nelson Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: Two brothers. One murder. And a mystery as old as mankind. You are a medieval investigator sent back in time to learn the secrets behind mankind's first murder. Using a novel alchemy system, observation, and... |
| Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry Phil Riley'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... |
| Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon reduced the British colonizing fleet to one ship. Since then, Atlantis... |
| Cutthroats, by Michael Berlyn, Jerry Wolper Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: You're about to get yourself into very deep trouble. You're a backwater island's top diver and foremost expert on local shipwrecks. Which makes you perfect for the job a band of the island's shadiest... |
| Deadline, by Marc Blank Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: Twelve hours to solve the mystery. One false move, and the killer strikes again. It's been called "part of the latest craze in home computing (TIME magazine), an "amazing feat of programming" (THE NEW YORK... |
| The Den, by Ben Jackson Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: Vee and Aiden have spent their entire lives in a place they call ‘The Den’. Father looks after them and protects them from the outside world. They have never thought about leaving – until something... |
| Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling Phil Riley'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... |
| Etiolated Light, by Lassiter W. Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: A marriage contract, an isolated island, a house that seems to gnash its teeth in waiting. You have saved your family - but at what cost? |
| Grooverland, by Mathbrush Average member rating: "Magic comes with a price. But on your birthday, all your expenses are paid. Welcome to Grooverland." Grooverland is a large parser game that takes over two hours to complete. It is based on the works of... |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky Phil Riley'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 Phil Riley'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,... |
| The Kuolema, by Ben Jackson Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: This game has been entirely 'remastered' in Twine. An abandoned ship is found adrift in the South China Sea. Its radio is silent, and there's no sign of anyone on board. As a lone operative, you are tasked... |
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Phil Riley'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 |
| Marie Waits, by Dee Cooke Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: Three hours. All you can do is wait... or is it? |
| One Way Ticket, by Vitalii Blinov Average member rating: I was heading for a new life and my train brought me here. Nice town: friendly people, corn cuisine, mysterious architecture... So why am I sure that I need to get out of here as fast as possible? |
| The Only Possible Prom Dress, by Jim Aikin Average member rating: Ten years ago you had to burgle every store in Stufftown to get your hands on the sought-after doll called Sugar Toes Ballerina so your 7-year-old daughter Samantha wouldn't be heartbroken on Christmas... |
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky Phil Riley'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... |
| Seastalker, by Stu Galley, Jim Lawrence Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
| Sorcerer, by Steve Meretzky Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: 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... |
| Spellbreaker, by Dave Lebling Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: Spellbreaker, the riveting conclusion to the Enchanter trilogy, explores the mysterious underpinnings of the Zorkian universe. A world founded on sorcery suddenly finds its magic failing, and only you,... |
| Starcross, by Dave Lebling Phil Riley'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... |
| Stationfall, by Steve Meretzky Phil Riley'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... |
| Suspect, by Dave Lebling Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: You're guilty until proven innocent. You have walked into a hotbed of deceit and trickery. And now they're accusing you of something you couldn't have done. But they have proof that you did it. "You're a... |
| Suspended, by Michael Berlyn Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: They said you would sleep for half a millennium - not an unreasonable length of time, considering you'd be in limited cryogenic suspension. Your body would rest at the planet's nerve center, an underground... |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
| Trinity, by Brian Moriarty Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: Phil Riley's time: 12 hours You're neither an adventurer nor a professional thrill-seeker. You're simply an American tourist in London, enjoying a relaxing stroll through the famous Kensington Gardens. When World War III starts and the... |
| Uninteractive Fiction 2, by Damon L. Wakes (as Leah Thargic) Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: Phil Riley's time: 1 minute You know what? Fine. This time everybody wins. |
| A winter morning on the beach, by Roberto Ceccarelli (as E. Cuchel) Average member rating: It could be a lucky day ... |
| Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: It's an ordinary day in your ordinary little town, and you've been performing your ordinary mail clerk's duties in an altogether ordinary way. But there's something quite extraordinary in today's mail. It's... |
| The Witness, by Stu Galley Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: February 1938, Los Angeles. FDR's New Deal is finally rolling. Hitler's rolling, too; this time through Austria. But as Chief Detective for a quiet burgh on the outskirts of L.A., you've got other fish to... |
| Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling Phil Riley'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 Phil Riley'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... |
| Zork III, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank Phil Riley's rating: Average member rating: An old, oddly youthful man turns toward you slowly. His long, silver hair dances about him as a fresh breeze blows. "You have reached the final test, my friend! You are proved clever and powerful, but this... |