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Gorm, by Chris Allen
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Canalboy's time: 10 hours

A large puzzlefest across three time zones to discover an antidote which can change the course of history. Originally written for a cover disc bundled with Acorn Archimedes World in October 1994. The game...

The Guild of Thieves, by Rob Steggles
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Steal yourself a world of fantasy WHY BUY THIS GAME WHEN YOU CAN STEAL IT ? Except you can't. Not yet. An amateur like you? Come off it! Now, if you were a fully paid-up member of the notorious Guild of...

HAUNT, by John Laird
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Heist, by Andy Phillips
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Canalboy's time: 100 hours
Your unloved uncle has died. At his funeral, you are given a curious note from him, asking you to finish his dream for him. But what is it he wants you to do? One thing is clear: it won't be easy. The choice...
The Hermit's Secret, by Dian Crayne
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[From the in-game blurb...] A hermit lives somewhere around here, at least that's what the local people say. Rumor has it that he's been guarding something - probably a fortune in gold and jewels - that will...
Heroine's Mantle, by Andy Phillips
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Hezarin, by Alex Shipp and Steve Tinney and Jon Thackray
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You have been transported to the strange and wondrous land of Hezarin, a world held in the grip of an evil tyrant — the Sorceror Anjith. As a sworn-in member of the Adventurers' Guild you cannot ignore the...
The Holy Grail, by Jim MacBrayne
The consequences to be faced if you fail in your mission are dire indeed. Are you up to the challenge? [blurb from The (Other) TADS Games List version 1.2] Originally published as a HiSoft BASIC game for...
Humbug, by Graham Cluley
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You, Sidney Widdershins, are sent to your Grandad’s for the school holidays.

Illuminismo Iniziato, by Michael J. Coyne
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Lovingly handcrafted in Inform6, this overripe sequel to Risorgimento Represso is full of cheese, gunpowder, chemistry and explosions (well, only a little chemistry). Includes automap, sounds and graphical...

The Island, by Ken Bond
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Canalboy's time: 4 hours

While coming back to Britain after a long sojourn in the Far East you took passage on an old tramp steamer to cross the Pacific. You have been shaken out of your bunk by a tremendous explosion forward and...

The Isle of the Cult, by Rune Berg
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Jigsaw, by Graham Nelson
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New Year's Eve, 1999, a quarter to midnight and where else to be but Century Park! Fireworks cascade across the sky, your stomach rumbles uneasily, music and lasers howl across the parkland... Not exactly...

Jinxter, by Georgina Sinclair, Michael Bywater
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Every silver lining has a cloud... JUST WHEN A MAN THINKS HIS LUCK IS RUNNING OUT... ... things start getting even worse. He gets run over by a bus. Sprayed with cheese sandwich by a supernatural being....

Kingdom of Hamil, by Jonathan Partington
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Night, blackest night. Bones weary after days and nights in the saddle. Swamps. Jungles. Deserts. And always, always, at the back of your mind: Hamil. Hamil. A land of sorcery and romance; of strange but...

Labyrinths of LaCoshe, by Anonymous

LAND, by Darren Higgs
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LAND is a single-player BBC Micro port of a swords-and-sorcery type MUD that ran on the DEC mainframe computer at the University of Essex in the 1980s and 90s. The mainframe version of LAND was written by...

The Light: Shelby's Addendum, by Colm McCarthy
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You play as Maurice L. Shelby, a laboratory apprentice employed by Commission Research Station 12B. The station is rather important: it houses one of several beacons placed around the world that generate the...
Lost, by Jeffrey Hersh
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While searching for riches in the forest, you come across a spaceship which takes you to different places and times. Difficult, with multiple mazes, but rather engrossing....

The Lost Kingdom of Zkul, by Jon Malone and Allan Black
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Originally published by Talent Computer Systems for the Atari ST and Sinclair QL computers, this game proved very popular, with a maze which changed each time that you re-started the game. The game remains...

Lost New York, by Neil deMause
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"They say you can never get to know the true New York as a tourist -- but this is going to turn out to be no ordinary vacation. What you thought would be a quick jaunt to the usual tourist traps instead...

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
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Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe Grunk just forget. Now Grunk need find pig. -- IFComp 2007 blurb

Lydia's Heart, by Jim Aikin
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"Lydia's Heart" is a large, complex game with a serious tone and seven or eight NPCs you can converse with. The genre is low-key horror: There's almost no actual blood, but there are several ways to die in a...

Merlin's Golden Trove, by John Olsen
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As your reward for releasing him for Morgana's evil spell, Merlin takes you to his castle where a hoard of golden treasures awaits you. But can you find them all? Some are well hidden, and some are guarded...
Mirror of Khoronz, by Derek Haslam
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Many years have passed since you went on the quest for the Talisman of Khoronz, a journey which led beyond the confines of your own space and time to the enchanted isle of Karos. The adventure was fraught...

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