I grew up playing IF on the Acorn Electron, and later the BBC Master Compact. My aim here is to create a complete list of all the games that were in my collection back in the 8-bit era. It is not a Recommended List as such.
Most of the games listed below were for the Acorn Electron. The Electron had a tiny amount of RAM, just 32K, which meant that many of the best known games were not available for it. Hence there were no Level 9, Magnetic Scrolls or Infocom games in my collection. Nevertheless there were a handful of companies dedicated to writing quality IF for the little machine, such as Epic, Robico, Topologika and Magus. This list should give a flavour of what was available.
This list is a work in progress, since many of the games I owned are not yet listed in the IFDB. They are in no particular order, at present.
1. The Count by Scott Adams (1979) Average member rating: (21 ratings)
J. J. Guest says:
The gem of my collection, and my favourite Scott Adams adventure. It is, more than any other single game, responsible for my becoming an IF author, and it profoundly influenced the design philosophy of my games.
2. Ghost Town by Scott Adams (1980) Average member rating: (9 ratings)
J. J. Guest says:
One of only two Scott Adams gamed I owned on cassette, it remains one of my favourite of his games. It contains a puzzle which influenced puzzle construction in several of my own games.
3. Dodgy Geezers by Peter Jones, Trevor Lever, and Valerie Saunders (1986)
J. J. Guest says:
I never got very far with this one, but it's a game I plan to revisit.
4. Twin Kingdom Valley by Trevor Hall and P. M. Skinner (1983) Average member rating: (7 ratings)
J. J. Guest says:
Nobody who owned a BBC Micro didn't have a copy of this one. A bona fide classic.
Epic were one of the biggest names in IF for the 32K Acorn Electron. This was their fifth and final game, as well as their most lavish.
17. The Kingdom of Klein by Melvyn E. Wright and Dave M. Johnson (1984) Average member rating: (2 ratings)
J. J. Guest says:
Epic's third adventure, and one of the very first IF games I ever bought. It is very hard, and somewhat cruel. Though I got a good way with it at the time, I only recently completed it with the help of a walkthrough.
