1958: Dancing With Fear, by Victor Ojuel smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (33 ratings) "Dancing with Fear" (1958, directed by Víctor Ojuel). In this forgotten classic of Golden Age Hollywood, a vedette fallen on hard times (Salomé Vélez) finds herself enmeshed in a tangle of political... |
Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods Average member rating: (99 ratings) |
Agatha's Folly, by Linda Wright Average member rating: (1 rating) |
Andromeda Apocalypse — Extended Edition, by Marco Innocenti smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (29 ratings) Floating in space on a strange vessel, sole survivor of a world... and maybe of the entire human race, Ektor Mastiff must find a way through the cosmos, on a voyage that can change the history of mankind... |
The Axe of Kolt [8-bit versions], by Larry Horsfield Average member rating: (6 ratings) You are Alaric Blackmoon, a penniless ex-mercenary soldier, reduced to wandering the land and doing odd-jobs in return for food and a place to sleep. You have just left the town of Greenwych and you have... |
Babel, by Ian Finley smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (156 ratings) In this game, you play as an amnesiac inside Babel, an abandoned Arctic facility devoted to biological research. You soon discover that you have the unusual ability to witness scenes from the past by... |
Ballyhoo, by Jeff O'Neill Average member rating: (45 ratings) Spangleland! Sawdust and glitter, buffoons and cotton candy! It's a place where your wildest dreams come true! At least, that's what you think... until you get behind the scenes at the big top. Then you... |
Behind Closed Doors, by John Wilson Average member rating: (2 ratings) You are a balrog, locked inside the loo... |
The Black Sanctum, by Stephen O'Dea & Bob Withers smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (2 ratings) "Encounter the forces of black magic as you roam around an old 18th century monastery. See all the evil locations in this spooky adventure in full hi-res detail. If you like suspense, you’ll love searching... |
Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed Average member rating: (114 ratings) You have always been different. One in a trillion have your gift, your curse: to move between worlds, never settling, always alone. To Wayfare. Yet there are others like you, and something stronger than... |
The Boggit, by Fergus McNeill and Judith Child Average member rating: (6 ratings) This interactive fiction with graphics game thus features reluctant adventurer Bimbo Faggins and devious magician Grandalf attempting to gain treasure, ultimately by appearing on a TV game show. VERB NOUN... |
Bulbo and the Lizard-King, by John Wilson and Sean Doran smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (4 ratings) |
Circus, by Wherner Barnes and Brian Howarth Average member rating: (4 ratings) "What appears to be a circus in full swing from the distance suddenly becomes as silent as the grave as you open the gate into the field. Nevertheless you must find some petrol for your car, so here goes...... |
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Andrew Dean, Lee Hodgson, Mark Davies Average member rating: (1 rating) (Note: This game was originally listed on IFDB as being by Rod Pike... It is not by Rod Pike... it was by the Essential Myth) |
The Dragon Diamond [C64 version], by Kenneth Pedersen PLOT You are Bash the Barbarian. Your evil wife Queen Drana wants you to find the fabled Dragon Diamond or you will finish up stuffed like her other twelve husbands. You are driven to the outskirts of the... |
The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (177 ratings) 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... |
Eat Me, by Chandler Groover Average member rating: (109 ratings) In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts. |
Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling Average member rating: (110 ratings) 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... |
Escape from Pulsar 7, by Brian Howarth and Wherner Barnes Average member rating: (1 rating) "As last surviving crew member of this ill-fated space freighter you must somehow manage to make your escape in the frail shuttle craft without being eaten by the mutant monster now roaming free." [--blurb... |
An Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold, by John Wilson and Sean Doran Average member rating: (4 ratings) Accompany BULBO on his quest for the fabled treasure of the mighty Dragon SMOG. On this "epic" journey you may encounter such famed travellers as "Grand Alf" & "The Dwarves", not to mention the notorious &... |
Fish!, by John Molloy, Pete Kemp, Phil South, Rob Steggles Average member rating: (18 ratings) One nibble and you're hooked. JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GET OUT OF THE WATER: The tide is turning in the teeming metropolis of Fishworld. The oceans and seas are boiling off into space. The Seven... |
Flight of the Hummingbird, by Michael Martin Average member rating: (29 ratings) Dr. Sinister is at it again! The Concordance of Powered Response isn't entirely clear on what it is he's planning, but it's big. This is clearly a task for one of the world's mightiest champions! |
From Out of a Dark Night Sky, by John Wilson Average member rating: (1 rating) |
Gremlins, by Brian Howarth and Teoman Irmak smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (5 ratings) Kingston Falls is in danger of being over-run with Gremlins, Billy has been tricked by Gizmo's offsprings into feeding them after midnight. The Mogwai have already pupated and turned into the evil Gremlins,... |
A Harvesting Moon, by Michael White and Martin Rennie |
Heroes of Karn, by Ian Gray and Tony Greer Average member rating: (2 ratings) Long ago, in the reign of Beren, last of the Mountain Kings of Karn, there came from the distant north a horde of fell creatures, borne on the wings of Darkness. Dragons there were, and Vampires, and weavers... |
The High Mountains, by Paul Braithwaite Average member rating: (2 ratings) Loosely based on John Christopher's Tripods trilogy, this game allows up to four players to take the roles of the human resistance or the alien masters and their tripods. There are relatively few puzzles in... |
The Hobbit, by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler Average member rating: (29 ratings) |
La Aventura Original, by Andrés Roberto Samudio Monro, Andrés Roberto Samudio Monro, Manuel González, Carlos Marqués, Vicente Misas, and Juan Antonio Darder Average member rating: (3 ratings) |
Lord of the Rings: Game One, by Philip Mitchell, Michael O'Rourke, Paul Kidd, Lyn C Average member rating: (10 ratings) The Dark Lord Sauron the Great has come back to life and threatens all that is good in Middle-earth. The dark and notorious Ringwraiths are searching for the "hobbit Baggins" who possesses the One Ring--all... |
The Lost Islands of Alabaz, by Michael Gentry Average member rating: (12 ratings) Once upon a time, our Kingdom was much larger than it is now, reaching across all ten islands of the Alabaz Archipelago. But then a terrible curse fell upon us. A thick, gray mist covered the sea, hiding... |
Magnetic Moon [8-bit versions], by Larry Horsfield You are Mike Erlin, 2nd Lieutenant of the Spaceship Stellar Queen. While on a survey mission, you lose contact with your scoutship, the Pathfinder. When you reach the last known position of the Pathfinder,... |
Mordon's Quest, by Peter Moreland, Peter Donne, and John Jones-Steele Average member rating: (2 ratings) This adventure takes place over many thousands of years, and it is your quest to save the universe from destruction. In the beginning, you find yourself in a curiously familiar house, looking for a way out.... |
Mountains of Ket, by R. A. McCormack Average member rating: (4 ratings) Your society is suffering from frequent attacks by forces from the east, lead by Vran Verusbel and princess Delphia. You have been charged with murder, and have only one option to escape death - travel east... |
One of Our Wombats is Missing, by Mike Gerrard Average member rating: (1 rating) It looked as though you were destined to be just one more of the "faceless millions", plodding through life in some dead-end job. Or at least that was how it appeared until the nice little man in the... |
Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky smartgenes's rating: 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 Price of Magik, by Pete Austin, Nick Austin, Mike Austin, and James Horsler smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (12 ratings) The dying light of the Red Moon has been captured in a crystal by the magicians of Baskalos to act as the last repository of magik. Its guardian for many years has been Myglar, a wise and respected sorcerer.... |
Questprobe Featuring The Hulk, by Scott Adams, John Romita Sr., Mark Gruenwald, and Kem NcNair smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings) Questprobe adventure number 1. Author Note: Originally the last of the 2 word (Verb/Noun) SAGA based games. Spiderman was next written using SAGA+, a mutli-word parser engine. The Hulk gets taken to a... |
Questprobe Featuring: The Human Torch and The Thing, by Scott Adams Average member rating: (1 rating) Free Alicia Masters from the evil Doctor Doom by playing the Thing and the Human Torch. You can switch between the 2 characters at any time during gameplay. |
R (Pron: Arrr...), by therealeasterbunny 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'... |
Redhawk, by Simon Price, Mike Lewis Average member rating: (2 ratings) |
Seabase Delta, by Peter Torrance Average member rating: (5 ratings) A small, slightly surreal romp through an underwater seabase, which could be taken straight out of a James Bond movie. With it's weak old school two word parser, it may seem dated by todays standards, but it... |
Seas of Blood, by Mike Woodroffe and Alan Cox 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... |
Subsunk Adventure, by Peter Torrance and Colin Liddle smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (3 ratings) |
Temple of Vran, by R. A. McCormack Average member rating: (1 rating) |
The Terrors of Trantoss, by Anonymous |
The Time Machine, by Brian Howarth Average member rating: (4 ratings) Trapped in a thick fog on the moors whilst searching for the house of Dr. Potter, you begin to wonder just what sort of a story will unfold for your newspaper about the strange goings on that have been... |
Twin Kingdom Valley, by Trevor Hall and P. M. Skinner Average member rating: (8 ratings) Twin Kingdom Valley is a complex adventure game using full-screen high resolution graphics for the BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, and Commodore 64. There are over 179 different locations, each of which (except in... |
Violet, by Jeremy Freese smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (389 ratings) Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it's already noon. [blurb from IF Comp 2008] |
Waxworks, by Brian Howarth and Cliff J. Ogden Average member rating: (2 ratings) A nightmare comes true, you must find your way out of the wax works factory in which all the exhibits mysteriously come alive. Games converted to Inform using scott2zip by Bjorn Gustavsson, and the Inform... |
Will Not Let Me Go, by Stephen Granade smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (75 ratings) Dallas, Texas. 1996. Fred Strickland has Alzheimer's. |
The Worm in Paradise, by Mike Austin, Nick Austin, Pete Austin, and James Horsler smartgenes's rating: Average member rating: (11 ratings) The Worm in Paradise takes place on the planet Eden, 100 years after the time of Snowball and Return to Eden. The robot megalopolis of Enoch may be a paradise for the silent majority, but it's a real... |
Zzzz, by Les Hogarth and Clive Wilson Average member rating: (4 ratings) |