Noteworthy Games Which Aren't Z-Code or TADS Bytecode
Recommendations by Walter SandsquishSo many text-adventure games have been written with some version of ZIL or Inform or TADS that we might forget other methods get used too.
So, here is a list of noteworthy games which don't live on a Z-Machine or a TADS VM. By noteworthy, I mean games which offer at least three hours of game-play, which use a full-sentence parser that isn't frustrating, and which aren't overly clichéd or, at least, make novel use of clichés.
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1. Amnesia
by Thomas M. Disch and Kevin Bentley
(1986)
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2. Breakers
by Rodney Smith, Joe Vierra, William Mataga
(1986)
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3. Brimstone
by James Paul
(1985)
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4. Busted!, by Jon Drukman and Derek Pizzuto (1993)
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5. Corruption
by Rob Steggles, Hugh Steers
(1988)
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6. CosmoServe: an Adventure Game for the BBS-Enslaved, by Judith Pintar (1991)
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7. Cryptozookeeper
by Robb Sherwin
(2011)
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8. Demon's Tomb - The Awakening
by Simon Price
(1989)
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9. Eric the Unready
by Bob Bates
(1993)
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10. Fish!
by John Molloy, Pete Kemp, Phil South, Rob Steggles
(1988)
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11. Gateway
by Mike Verdu, Michael Lindner, and Glen Dahlgren
(1992)
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12. Guilty Bastards, by Kent Tessman (1998)
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13. The HeBGB Horror!, by Eric Mayer (1999)
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14. Jinxter
by Georgina Sinclair, Michael Bywater
(1987)
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15. Mindwheel
by Robert Pinsky, William Mataga, Steve Hales
(1985)
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16. Myth
by Paul Findley
(1989)
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17. The Pawn
by Rob Steggles, Peter Kemp, Hugh Steers, Ken Gordon, and Geoff Quilley
(1985)
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18. Scapeghost
by Pete Austin
(1989)
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19. Shades of Gray
by Mark Baker, and Steve Bauman, and Belisana, and Mike Laskey, and Judith Pintar, and Cindy Yans, and Hercules
(1992)
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20. The Sound of One Hand Clapping
by Erica Sadun
(1993)
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21. Spellcasting 101 - Sorcerers Get All The Girls
by Steve Meretzky
(1990)
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22. Spur, by Kent Tessman (1995)
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23. Tales of the Traveling Swordsman
by Mike Snyder
(2006)
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24. TimeQuest
by Bob Bates
(1991)
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25. Trading Punches
by Mike Snyder
(2004)
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26. Wonderland
by David Bishop, Bob Coles, Paul Findley, Ken Gordon, Richard Huddy, Steve Lacey, Doug Rabson, Anita Sinclair, Hugh Steers and Mark Taylor
(1990)
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