Good treasure hunting games in the vein of Zork and Adventure, although they may not necessarily be set in caves.
Hollywood Hijinx, by Dave Anderson, Liz Cyr-Jones 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
Sugarlawn, by Mike Spivey 4 votes "Collect antique memorabilia while dressed in a chicken suit" [+]"Collect antique memorabilia while dressed in a chicken suit" ( ![]() | |
Zork II, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 4 votes "My favorite of the trilogy." [+]"My favorite of the trilogy.: A scavenger hunt and then things get a little dark." ( ![]() | |
Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
The Adventurers' Museum, by Lee Chapel 3 votes "Great cave-map, a joy to explore." [+]"Great cave-map, a joy to explore." ( ![]() | |
You've Got a Stew Going!, by Ryan Veeder 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
Recluse, by Stephen Gorrell 2 votes "Great Puzzle Fest With Strong Writing And Clever Planning" [+]"Great Puzzle Fest With Strong Writing And Clever Planning: Hard but fair old school game in which you attempt to enter a secluded mansion and deliver a package to the recluse of the title. Clever puzzles and evocative descriptions; good parser with a twist ending." ( ![]() | |
Mini-Zork, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 1 vote "Great if you haven't played Zork I and you want something slightly less overwhelming" [+]"Great if you haven't played Zork I and you want something slightly less overwhelming" ( ![]() | |
Castle Blackstar, by Mark Sheppard, Andrew Cummins, Geoff Richardson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
Zork, by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... ![]() | |
VR Gambler, by Robert DeFord 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
Acheton, by Jon Thackray, David Seal, and Jonathan Partington 1 vote "The Earliest And Largest Of The Phoenix Games" [+]"The Earliest And Largest Of The Phoenix Games: Very large and very tough treasure hunt in a traditional sense. All treasures have the old school exclamation mark after them. Seven mazes and a whole host of fiendish puzzles." ( ![]() | |
The Phantom's Revenge, by Dian Crayne 1 vote "Excellent treasure hunt cum gothic epic" [+]"Excellent treasure hunt cum gothic epic" ( ![]() | |
Adventure 200, by C. J. Coombs 1 vote "Surprisingly detailed 16K game originally written for the Spectrum." [+]"Surprisingly detailed 16K game originally written for the Spectrum.: 220 location treasure hunt packed into 16K. Sophisticated puzzles and easy to make unwinnable. If you love mazes try this one. The women of Catherine de Medici's court would have had trouble compressing themselves as much as the author managed with the code here." ( ![]() | |
Colossal Cave Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods 1 vote "The first" [+]"The first" ( ![]() | |
Fyleet, by Jonathan Partington 1 vote "First And Hardest Of A Loose Underground Trilogy " [+]"First And Hardest Of A Loose Underground Trilogy : Another excruciatingly difficult treasure hunt from Dr. Partington. And any game that anagrammatises Marcel Proust as Carmel Sprout has to be worth a play." ( ![]() | |
Valley of the Minotaur, by Nicolas van Dyk 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
Adventure Castle, by Dave Dunfield 1 vote "A large, traditional and difficult treasure hunt in a crepuscular castle." [+]"A large, traditional and difficult treasure hunt in a crepuscular castle.: An extremely well written and difficult but fair treasure hunt. It contains all of the traditional tropes and is one of the best examples of its kind. The microwave generation would not tarry here." ( ![]() | |
Ghost Town, by Scott Adams 1 vote "A traditional..." [+]"A traditional treasure hunt in an Old West setting, and one of my two favourite Scott Adams games." --J. J. Guest... ![]() | |
The Lost Kingdom of Zkul, by Jon Malone and Allan Black 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
Zork III, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
Warp, by Rob Lucke and Bill Frolik 1 vote "Enormous treasure hunt" [+]"Enormous treasure hunt" --Denk... ![]() | |
Poll created on January 1, 2009