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“His Majesty’s Ship Impetuous” , by Jimmy Maher
Average member rating: (6 ratings)
1981: Robert Lafore, inventor of the term "interactive fiction", creates a computer game named "His Majesty’s Ship Impetuous". A tale of derring-do on the high seas, set in an Horatio Hornblower milieu....

16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds, by Abigail Corfman
Average member rating: (101 ratings)

You're a vampire hunter on your night off. You're getting a manicure, seeing a movie, and eating fast food. But there's a vampire in this McDonalds. If you don't do something, then in one hour it will eat...

4x4 Archipelago, by Agnieszka Trzaska
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

Adventure waits for you in a procedurally generated Archipelago! Discover strange new lands. Make a fortune from trading. Swing a Really Big Sword at a dragon. Fight wild beasts – or turn them into your...

Afflicted, by Doug Egan
Average member rating: (52 ratings)

This isn't the safest neighborhood. A young woman was abducted near here only recently. But as a city sanitarian you are obligated to complete your annual inspection of the local dive. [blurb from IF Comp...

Amazing Quest, by Nick Montfort
Average member rating: (28 ratings)

at last, you now need to get yourself and your fleet back home. Decide as if it all depends on you, trust as if it all depends on the gods, and you will have an amazing quest...

The Apothecary's Assistant, by Allyson Gray
Average member rating: (10 ratings)

OPENING HOURS Monday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday: 5 a.m. – 9 p.m. Wednesday: CLOSED Thursday: 2 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Friday: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. Saturday: 12:30 p.m. – 3:21 p.m. Sunday: 12 a.m. – 11:59...

Aspel, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

Her Majesty has sent your team to investigate the mountain palace of Aspel, now ruined, to find out its secrets and determine what value it may still have. Aspel is an experimental interactive experience...

The Ballroom, by Liza Daly
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

You arrived at the ballroom well after midnight. The End.

A Beauty Cold and Austere, by Mike Spivey
Average member rating: (61 ratings)

That survey course in conceptual mathematics seemed like a good idea at the start of the term - no graded homework, no midterm exams - just an oral final at the end. But now that final is tomorrow morning....

Black Knife Dungeon, by Arthur DiBianca
Average member rating: (15 ratings)

A miniature RPG.

Blood & Laurels, by Emily Short
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

It's the eight hundred and twenty first year of the city of Rome, a year of bad omens and unrest. The Emperor is bloodthirsty and watches keenly for anyone who might be trying to overthrow him. The grain...

Castlequest, by Michael S. Holtzman and Mark Kershenblatt
Average member rating: (2 ratings)

This game, previously thought lost, has been recovered from the US Copyright Office. Late 1980 Holtzman made a print-out of the source code and submitted it to USCO. During 2020 Kershenblatt starts a USCO...

Curses, by Graham Nelson
Average member rating: (132 ratings)

"As "Curses" opens, you're hunting about in the attic of your family home, looking for a tatty old map of Paris (you're going on holiday tomorrow) and generally trying to avoid all the packing. Aunt Jemima...

Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre
Average member rating: (56 ratings)

The first time I ever saw someone play a text adventure was in fifth grade. One of the sixth-graders didn't go to outdoor ed, and therefore spent the week in my fifth-grade classroom, playing Scott Adams's...

Excalibur, by J. J. Guest, G. C. Baccaris, and Duncan Bowsman
Average member rating: (22 ratings)

The psychedelic science fantasy series Excalibur was wiped by the BBC. It lives on, in the memories of its fans. Author's Comment: "Welcome to the Excalibur Wiki. This fan-run encyclopaedia preserves the...

The Faeries Of Haelstowne, by Christopher Merriner
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

“Hailstone," announced the Chief. “Round Ashton way. A little job for you, Arthur - their vicar's gone missing. They're a funny lot over in those parts. Superstitious. Someone's hiding something; don't...

Galatea, by Emily Short
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...

Gruesome, by Robin Johnson
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

As a grue, it's your duty to keep the underground kingdom safe from vandalism by sorcerers, swordspeople, and other ugly monsters who keep invading the dungeon in hopes of stealing a sackful of your friends'...

Home Open, by Emily Boegheim
Average member rating: (10 ratings)

That long-vacant house is up for sale and open for inspection today. Maybe it's just the fixer-upper you've been looking for.
Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (123 ratings)

Lady Thalia and the Rose of Rocroi, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

Everyone who’s anyone summers in France - which means master thief Lady Thalia is there too, attending garden parties by day and stealing masterpieces by night. Unfortunately, this holiday is less than...

Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier
Average member rating: (23 ratings)

Navigate fraught social situations by day and pull off heists by night as Lady Thalia, the not-actually-aristocratic thief bent on making a mockery of British high society.

Lists and Lists, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

A tutorial in which a genie teaches you the basics of a simplified version of LISP. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

The Lookout, by Paul Michael Winters
Average member rating: (16 ratings)

You wanted to get away from it all. And boy, did you ever.

Mermaids of Ganymede, by Seth Paxton
Average member rating: (9 ratings)

Trapped at the bottom of Ganymede's ocean, beneath a thick layer of ice, your survey ship has crash landed. Your crew has begun to see things swimming out there in the dark, and no one has ever made if off...


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