Transporter

Transporter has flown under the radar, with basically no documentation or acknowledgement of its existence until Garry Francis beat it and wrote up a walkthrough in May of 2024. It's nothing super unique, but it's a solid game that perfectly represents the prototypical idea of what a text adventure is like.

The premise involves you being warped from your living room to a wizard's place, and you have to explore to find an artifact to power it back up. The gameplay involves lock-and-key puzzles, timing puzzles, and it's possible to accidentally lock yourself out of victory (this is a cruel game). Most of the puzzles aren't too bad if you're making frequent saves. The game also doesn't work on a few modern interpreters, since the SAY and ASK commands will make it crash on input. Overall, though, I didn't have any other complaints with the game. It's nice if you want something that feels familiar.