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2112, by George K. Algire
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"A woman's voice crackles over the intercom of the Boeing 797 you are strapping yourself into securely. You've never traveled in space before, and the prospect has been turning your guts inside out since you...

50 Shades of Jilting, by Rowan Lipkovits (as Lankly Lockers)
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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
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"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
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Adventure XT, by Paul Allen Panks
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It has been four years since you last ventured into Blarg, the land of might and magic. Mordimar, an evil wizard, found the powerful Orb of Destiny. With it, he became nearly invincible. As his power grew,...
The Adventures of Alice who Went Through the Looking-Glass and Came Back Though Not Much Changed, by D. A. Asherman
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, by Scott Adams and Phillip Case
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"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
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"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...

Beyond the Tesseract, by David Lo
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Blow Job Drifter, by Big Al
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Al speaks: "I feel confident that I have tapped the vast majority of male heterosexual fantasy cliches and offensive female stereotypes. The lack of cheerleaders is only due to a forthcoming game...
Blue Chairs, by Chris Klimas
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Caverns of Chaos, by Paul Martinez and Alison Castro
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Cloak of Ultimate Darkness, by Iain Merrick
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Conan Kill Everything, by Ian Haberkorn
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In this short one-room game, you play as Conan with a very large sword, and an evil wizard has just summoned a wildcat to attack you. Your goal is obvious: KILL EVERYTHING.
Cow V: The Great Egg Quest, by J. Suchman
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cRiMe, by David W. Nilsen
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The Dallas Quest, by James Garon, Louella Lee Caraway, Phyllis Wapner
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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
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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
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Eliza, by Anonymous
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"Adapted for the IBM PC by Patricia Danielson and Paul Hashfield, ported to Inform by Ricardo Dague A version of the "Eliza" psychiatric interview program. Alan Turing presumably spinning in his grave...

The Farmer's Daughter, by R. W. Fisher and D. W. J. Sarhan
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Floatpoint, by Emily Short
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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
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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...

Gamlet, by Tomasz Pudlo
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Gerbil Riot of '67, by Simon Avery
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"Arguably the daftest, most stupidly silly text adventure ever. Converted with tender loving care from the 8-bit original."...
Ghost of the Fireflies, by Paul Allen Panks
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A text adventure with RPG elements. Although it may seem that the game is taking place in a forest or a small village, you will quickly discover that the interior of a tortured mind is where this game...

Ghost Town, by Scott Adams
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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...

Gnomic, by Anonymous
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The protagonist searches the back yard for a garden gnome in this demonstration game bundled with Jon Ingold's /Adventure Book/ engine.

Gourmet, by Aaron A. Reed and Chad Barb
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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...

Guide of Identification of Musical the Instruments of Frobnia, by Rowan Lipkovits
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Are you burdensome with troubles of music instruments of surplus and not of knowing they name? Helpful this program, directly from Ministry of Muzikanalytik of People's Glorious Democratic Republic of East...
Hammurabi, by David Ahl and Rick Merrill
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Humbug, by Graham Cluley
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You, Sidney Widdershins, are sent to your Grandad’s for the school holidays. * Why is Jasper the dentist so desperate that Grandad should sell the manor? * Why has Grandad hidden a time machine in the...

Hunchback: the Adventure, by Ian Weatherburn, Simon Butler
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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.

IF Quake, by Jason Bergman
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Jacaranda Jim, by Graham Cluley
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Jealousy Duel X, by Alex Camelio
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Jesus of Nazareth, by Paul Allen Panks
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It is the year 28 A.D. The Roman authorities control a vast empire, stretching from Africa to Syria. You are Jesus, hailing from the small village of Nazareth. Your goal is to convert as many followers as...
Kingdom Without End, by Shannon Cochran
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Kithe #14, by Rowan Lipkovits (as Cthulu)
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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
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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...

Kurusu City, by Kevin Venzke
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An IFComp 2004 Entry

Leadlight, by Wade Clarke
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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...

Life on Gue Street, by Chris Charla
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Love's Fiery Imbroglio, by Timothy S. Campbell (as Natasha Mirage)
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Mad Cow Man and Deep Fried Beef Fat Boy, by Rowan Lipkovits (as Cthulu)
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Deep Fried Beef Fat Boy seeks out his mentor, Mad Cow Man, to learn of a sinister plot rocking London.

Madness & the Minotaur, by Tom Rosenbaum
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A treasure hunt through a randomized dungeon, navigated with the help of magical items with randomly assigned names and effects.

Magocracy, by Joseph Rheaume
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Mercy, by Chris Klimas
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You see, when the scientists had thought that the only smallpox around was in a very very small box kept securely closed, they were wrong. When you come into the clinic today, seven people have already died....
Metroid, by Billy Rawls
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Modernism, by Jacob Weinstein
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Short no-puzzle "game" based on works of Samuel Beckett and Jean-Paul Sartre. Two parts: "Waiting for Godot" and "No Exit"....
Moist, by Scarlet Herring
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Nellan is Thirsty, by Furman H. Smith
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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...

Paranoia, by Sam Shirley
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As Philo-R-DMD, you will die several times during the adventure. A new clone will be activated to take the place of the one that died, in a different location. The new Philo-R will usually have to retrace...

Photopia, by Adam Cadre
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"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."

Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle, by David Dyte, Steve Bernard, Dan Shiovitz, Iain Merrick, Liza Daly, John Cater, Ola Sverre Bauge, J. Robinson Wheeler, Jon Blask, Dan Schmidt, Stephen Granade, Rob Noyes, and Emily Short
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Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die, by Rob Noyes
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A very short game. Whatever you do, do not pick up the phone booth; well, you can guess from the title what happens if you do. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]
Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die 2, by Rob Noyes
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Same phone booth, different problem... this one will not be so easily destroyed. This is a demo version of "Pick up the Phone Booth and Die part 2." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]
The PK Girl, by Robert Goodwin, Helen Trevillion, Nanami Nekono, and Oya-G
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NB: On some interpreters you will have to work around an interpreter bug by typing GLK ABBREVIATIONS OFF. Otherwise, you may have trouble with single-letter commands The tires of your motorcycle roll to a...

R (Pron: Arrr...), by therealeasterbunny
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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
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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...

Robot Finds Kitten, by David Griffith, Leonard Richardson
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In this game, you are Robot ( # ). Your job is to find Kitten. This task is complicated by the existance of various things which are not Kitten. Robot must touch items to determine if they are Kitten or not....
Rockstar, by Anonymous
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Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian
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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
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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...

Sex Vixens from Space, by Lance Strate
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Shade, by Andrew Plotkin
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"A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

Space Quest 0: Replicated, by Jefferson Stewart
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Square Circle, by Eric Eve
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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
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As Fritz, you and your family face the challenge of survival on a deserted tropical island.

T-Zero, by Dennis Cunningham
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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
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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
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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.

Tetris, by Alexey Pajitnov
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Tetris for the Z-machine, an original "fun" entry for the 1995 IF Competition. Needs an interpreter capable of timed events to work properly. [--blurb for FreeFall from The Z-Files Catalogue]
Tookie's Song, by Jessica Knoch
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Cat aliens from the planet Purrsimmon have stolen your pet dog, Tookie! Rescue him by solving all the various light-hearted puzzles they've set up for you!
Vampyre Cross, by Paul Allen Panks
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Voodoo Castle, by Alexis Adams and Scott Adams
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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...

VooDoo Girl: Queen of the Darned, by Andrew Baker
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Wish, by Edward Floren
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The Wizard's Castle, by Joseph R. Power
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Wumpus Run, by Elfindor
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Yellow Peril, by Dorothy Millard
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A fantasy where you have continued your experiments against all advice and this time find yourself in a world where everything is Yellow. You must return before it is too late.
Zork, by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling
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Also known as Dungeon. The original mainframe game that was later split and adapted into the Zork trilogy for microcomputers.

Zork: The Cavern of Doom, by Steve Meretzky and Manfred Pfeiffer
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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...


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