Recovered games - an IFDB Poll

by Denk
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Any game which has been practically unavailable for a long time for most players but is now again available to play, though there might be differences from the original version.

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Bee, by Emily Short
3 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Drew Cook... (No comment) [+](No comment) --ccpost...

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Final Girl 2.0, by Hanon Ondricek
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Laney Berry...

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Gorm, by Chris Allen
1 vote
"An Old Time Travel Quest For The Archimedes" [+]"An Old Time Travel Quest For The Archimedes: A very large magazine cover game from 1994. Extremely well done. I love the juxtaposition of locales and objects from different eras. It runs very smoothly in the RPCEmu Emulator." ( - Full review) --Canalboy...

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Mirror of Khoronz, by Derek Haslam
1 vote
"updated version available for Archimedes under Derek Haslam's boulsworth web address. " [+]"updated version available for Archimedes under Derek Haslam's boulsworth web address. " ( - Full review) --Canalboy...

Denk says: Thanks, I love old school games.

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Olimpo en Guerra, by Eduardo José Villalobos Galindo
1 vote
"Part 2 recovered in 2020" [+]"Part 2 recovered in 2020: See website/WikiCAAD links for the story (in Spanish). Part 2 of this 1989 game was thought lost until 2020, when the author recovered it from an unfinished version." --JTN...

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The Cavity of Time, by Sam Kabo Ashwell
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

Denk says: Thanks, seems to fit the poll requirements.

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HAUNT, by John Laird
1 vote
"Really Arcane Mainframe Game Written In OPS-4 in 1979" [+]"Really Arcane Mainframe Game Written In OPS-4 in 1979: Now runnable on a Windows PDP Emulator. I emailed John some years ago and he was very helpful. Check out his page on the game here https://laird.engin.umich.edu/haunt/" () --Canalboy...

Denk says: Thanks. I understand from CASA that there is no save-feature which could become quite cumbersome I can imagine.

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Crystal Cave, by Kevin O'Gorman
1 vote
"A Really Obscure Old Colossal Cave Variant" [+]"A Really Obscure Old Colossal Cave Variant: Watch out for Ranger Rick! Being English I'd never heard of him but he is a real pain. This game is very weird but worth a look if like me you love obscurities. Denk where are you?" () --Canalboy...

Denk says: Thanks, that is already a lot of interesting proposals to look into.

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Gateway to Karos, by Derek Haslam
1 vote
"Expanded Archimedes Version" [+]"Expanded Archimedes Version: A Wonderful New Version Of Derek Haslam's Old Acornsoft Masterpiece" ( - Full review) --Canalboy...

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Grassy Knoll: The JFK Assassination Simulation, by Tom Kidd
1 vote
"Does it count if it was never released?" [+]"Does it count if it was never released?" --JTN...

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Castlequest, by Michael S. Holtzman and Mark Kershenblatt
1 vote
"old advent style mainframe game" [+]"old advent style mainframe game: Recovered by Arthur O'Dwyer and well worth a look for the traditionalists among us." ( - Full review) --Canalboy...

Denk says: Thanks, this one sounds fun!

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Ronin, by David Alzofon, Cathryn Mataga
1 vote
"Written 1980s; recovered 2023" [+]"Written 1980s; recovered 2023: It's not the final version and is reportedly very incomplete, but still, some of the experience has been recovered." --JTN...

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Quest, by Roger Plowman, David Betz
1 vote
"A Very Obscure Old DOS / TADS Fantasy Quest. " [+]"A Very Obscure Old DOS / TADS Fantasy Quest. : A great old-fashioned romp in a claustrophobic valley. If you love ADVENT you will love this." () --Canalboy...

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Poll created on August 13, 2023