External Links


stranded.gam
Requires a TADS interpreter. Visit IFWiki for download links.
stranded.zip
Windows Application (Compressed with ZIP. Free Unzip tools are available for most systems at www.info-zip.org.)

Have you played this game?

You can rate this game, record that you've played it, or put it on your wish list after you log in.

Playlists and Wishlists

RSS Feeds

New member reviews
Updates to external links
All updates to this page

Stranded

by Jim Bayers

Educational, Slice of life, Children's
2001

Game Details

Off-Site Reviews

IF-Review
A Review of Stranded
For some reason, games which are marketed as "educational" always seem to be targeted precisely at a particular age level, and "education" always seems to imply "in math".

Stranded follows the model pretty closely, in the sense that it's easy to get started with (with lots of helpful tips on how to play IF scattered through the text, as seen in the room description above), has a bunch of brightly-colored pictures (illustrated by Igor Revyakin, who should be commended for striking just the right note with his drawings), and has little puzzles stuck in that don't feel quite natural ("This ceiling is in need of painting. It is covered in square tiles. The tiles make up a pattern like a checker board. Each tile measures one foot by one foot. Counting from east to west, there are ten tiles in a row. Counting from north to south, there are ten tiles in a row as well." -- and later on, of course, you have to figure out how much paint to buy).
See the full review

SPAG
"Stranded" is a short cushy game either for young novice players or for somebody who feels nostalgic about innocent childhood. Hardcore IF players probably will find the game weak.
See the full review

Page Update History

  v.4: 01-Jul-2020 09:05 - Zape (Current Version) - Edit Page - Normal View
Changed external review links
v.3: 19-Feb-2013 16:17 - Edward Lacey
Changed external review links
v.2: 21-Oct-2007 12:06 - David Welbourn
Changed cover art
v.1: 29-Sep-2007 20:49 - IFDB
Created page