JohnW's Played Games

Red Moon, by David Williamson, Simon Aspinall, Pete Austin, Pete Austin, and James Horsler JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (8 ratings) Red Moon re-enacts a tale from the time where Magik still worked and when mythical monsters guarded fabulous treasure. You have the use of many weapons and a dozen different magical spells to help you rescue...

Return to Eden, by Nick Austin, Chris Queen, and Tim Noyce JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (6 ratings) You play Kim Kimberley, and have just saved the interstar transport, Snowball 9, from disaster. Unfortunately the control room vidcams show a different story. Kim seems to enter, hurl a bomb and the room is...

Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (73 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...

Seastalker, by Stu Galley, Jim Lawrence JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (28 ratings) 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...

Secret Agent, by John Cater
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Shade, by Andrew Plotkin JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (413 ratings) "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (166 ratings)

Snowball, by Mike Austin, Nick Austin, Pete Austin, and Ian Buxton JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings) You play Kim Kimberley, secret agent extraordinary. Your mission: to safeguard the interstar transport, Snowball 9, as a last resort following catastrophic accident or sabotage. Thus when your modified...

The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (98 ratings) A new, experimental game that has no puzzles but uses only words that change your focus on things, thereby adapting the story. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Sphinx Adventure, by Paul Fellows JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (1 rating)

The Spy Who Always Wears Gloves Now, by David Cornelson
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Under, In Erebus, by Brian Rapp JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (17 ratings) Board that Drain-Bound El for an adventure that could only happen in Erebus.

The Unfortunate Training of Frank Lee, Monkey Butler to Be, by Josh Giesbrecht
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The Warbler's Nest, by Jason McIntosh JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (91 ratings) Surely the reed bank counts as a wild place. While it gives you so much, you've never tended it, not really, not like you do with your garden. It's something like the forest, then, but much safer to search...

Wearing the Claw, by Paul O'Brian JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (32 ratings) A traditional fantasy quest in which you and your village have been cursed with a slow transformation into various animals. The only way to stop the curse is to retrieve the Pendant of Elinor from the...

Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (109 ratings) 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 Worm in Paradise, by Mike Austin, Nick Austin, Pete Austin, and James Horsler JohnW'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...

Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (218 ratings) 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 JohnW's rating: Average member rating: (97 ratings) 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: A Troll's-Eye View, by Dylan O'Donnell
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