50 Shades of Jilting, by Rowan Lipkovits (as Lankly Lockers) Average member rating: (13 ratings) The relationship is in a walking dead situation: it's over, only continuing to move onward solely on inertia. One way or another, it ends here. |
Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (544 ratings) "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... |
Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (99 ratings) |
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, by Scott Adams and Phillip Case Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (5 ratings) "Buckaroo Banzai, a neurosurgeon, rock star and more, must try to fix a jet car that can drive him into the 8th dimension. Converted from original code by Paul David Doherty." [--blurb from The Z-Files... |
Aisle, by Sam Barlow Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (326 ratings) "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... |
The Dallas Quest, by James Garon, Louella Lee Caraway, Phyllis Wapner Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings) An adaptation of the TV series, handily employing implausible soap opera plot conventions as excuses for preposterous adventure game puzzles. |
Dream Prisoner, by Alexander van Oostenrijk Adopting arbitrary plot conventions from both the text and multimedia adventure game genres it builds on, DP casts the player as an modern-day Dutchman somehow (hey, one rarely recalls the precise... |
Earth and Sky, by Paul O'Brian Average member rating: (84 ratings) 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 Average member rating: (55 ratings) |
The Farmer's Daughter, by R. W. Fisher and D. W. J. Sarhan Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (15 ratings) |
Floatpoint, by Emily Short Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (101 ratings) It is night on this side of the planet. Settled areas are lit: a jagged crescent in the tropics, lining the inland sea. The bright splatter along the top of the curve is Tanhua, as bright from space as New... |
Galatea, by Emily Short Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (346 ratings) Emily Short's description: A conversation with a work of art. "47. Galatea. White Thasos marble. Non-commissioned work by the late Pygmalion of Cyprus. (The artist has since committed suicide.) Originally... |
Ghost Town, by Scott Adams Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (9 ratings) You must explore a once-thriving mining town in search of the 13 hidden treasures. With everything from rattlesnakes to runaway horses, it sure ain't going to be easy! Includes a special bonus scoring system... |
Gourmet, by Aaron A. Reed and Chad Barb Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (55 ratings) 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... |
Hunchback: the Adventure, by Ian Weatherburn, Simon Butler Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (2 ratings) Quasimodo, hero of /The Hunchback of Notre-Dame/ and Century Electronics' arcade game series, humps through adventure game trappings in an attempt to overcome sinister religious authorities. |
Kithe #14, by Rowan Lipkovits (as Cthulu) Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (1 rating) A text parser serves as the interface to an allegorical house used as an exhibition hall of sorts for message captures from teenaged computer art enthusiasts on mid-'90s echomail networks. |
Knight Orc, by Pete Austin Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (20 ratings) Knight Orc casts you as an oppressed orc in a magical world where all is not as it first seems. For generations humans have been persecuting orcs, and now it's time to get your own back. A fantasy adventure... |
Leadlight, by Wade Clarke Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (34 ratings) 15-year-old Belinda Nettle is studying at Linville Girls High School in Australia's Blue Mountains. After falling asleep in the library one afternoon, she wakes from her mundane existence into a nightmare... |
Madness & the Minotaur, by Tom Rosenbaum Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (4 ratings) A treasure hunt through a randomized dungeon, navigated with the help of magical items with randomly assigned names and effects. |
Nellan is Thirsty, by Furman H. Smith Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (3 ratings) Nellan Is Thirsty (referred to by the author as a CFS or Computer Fantasy Simulation) was the world's first text adventure game written specifically for children. It was initially distributed as a type-in... |
Photopia, by Adam Cadre Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (568 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." |
R (Pron: Arrr...), by therealeasterbunny Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (11 ratings) Ye be the Dread (but handsome n' quite nice on occasion) Pirate Goattybeard. Ye quest? Why, it be t'get the treasure and rescue ye wench o'course! There be sharks, grog, caves, bones, an' all manner o'... |
Rebel Planet, by Stefan Ufnowski Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (5 ratings) As the mighty alien Arcadian Empire tightens its hold on the galaxy, the leaders of the secret earth organisation SAROS gather their slender resources into one last daring and foolhardy mission to strike at... |
Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian Average member rating: (75 ratings) Congratulations, convict 76954! You have been selected for scientific experimentation! You will be matter-transmitted to exotic non-Treaty worlds - where opportunities abound to take in fantastic sights and... |
Seas of Blood, by Mike Woodroffe and Alan Cox Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (3 ratings) The city of Tak, at the northern end of the Inland sea, is the greatest den of thieves, pirates and cut-throats that the civilized world has ever seen. In this city of scum, there are many pirates infamous... |
Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (421 ratings) "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero] |
Square Circle, by Eric Eve Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (27 ratings) What is your crime? Why do you feel both guilty and unjustly punished? What has happened to your memory? How will you draw a square circle and get out of your prison? What will you find then? |
Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann David Wyss, Gabrielle Savage, David Dockterman, and Tom Snyder Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (2 ratings) As Fritz, you and your family face the challenge of survival on a deserted tropical island. |
T-Zero, by Dennis Cunningham Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings) PROLOGUE A dream came to you as you tossed uneasily upon an unfamiliar bed. In your dream, a time-worn figure waved a scythe in slow arcs across your sky-blue field of vision and picked, out of thin air,... |
Tales of the Traveling Swordsman, by Mike Snyder Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (48 ratings) You are the traveling swordsman; the strong and silent stranger; the wandering vanquisher of villainy. Damsels swoon for you. Good men respect and envy you. Scoundrels learn to fear you. Even so, you are but... |
Temple of Terror, by Simon Woodroffe and Mike Woodroffe Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (2 ratings) Malbordus, a human adopted by evil elves, is seeking five dragon artifacts with which he can conquer the world; you must find them first and stop him. |
Voodoo Castle, by Alexis Adams and Scott Adams Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (15 ratings) The Count has fallen victim to a fiendish curse placed on him by his enemies. There he lies, with you his only possible hope. Will you pull off a rescue, or is he really down for the Count?! [--blurb from... |
Zork: The Cavern of Doom, by Steve Meretzky and Manfred Pfeiffer Pseudo_Intellectual's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings) The gamebook was initially published by Tor Books in September 1983 in the US (later by Puffin in the UK) as the third in a Zork gamebook series, part of the fledgling "What-Do-I-Do-Now" gamebooks line. It... |