Interactive Fiction
Topic: Interactive Fiction
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Sep 13, 2021
09/21
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Peter Kosyh
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Interactive fiction games with text input. Most games are in Russian. The only game in English is "Archive". Games: - Archive (English + Russian) - Луна-9 (Russian) - Другой Марс (Russian) - Метель (Russian) - Один день лета (Russian) - Судный день (Russian) - Пробуждение (Russian) - Лондон 1884 (Russian) - Испытание Марсом (Russian) - Урзи (Russian)
Topic: interactive fiction
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Oct 29, 2021
10/21
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Peter Kosyh
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Interactive fiction games with text input. Most games are in Russian. Games: - Archive (English + Russian) - Urzi (English + Russian) - Луна-9 (Russian) - Краски октября (Russian) - Другой Марс (Russian) - Метель (Russian) - Один день лета (Russian) - Судный день (Russian) - Пробуждение (Russian) - Лондон 1884 (Russian) - Испытание Марсом (Russian)
Topic: interactive fiction
It is Connie who is talking to you, and you are her doctor. ...remember that in the course of psychoanalysing Connie you are asking her to tell you the story.
Topic: interactive fiction
An Afternoon in 1989 You are a kid, 9 year old. You just came back from school, mom's cooking dinner downstairs and it's time to play some Apple II games. Your life is just perfect! .. or is it? --------------------------------------------------- A single-room interactive fiction for the Apple II, written for the one-room-applesoft-basic practice on Apple II Software Enthusiasts group on facebook.
Topics: apple2, interactive-fiction
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Dec 5, 2021
12/21
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Peter Kosyh
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Interactive fiction games with text input. Most games are in Russian. Games: - Archive (English + Russian) - Urzi (English + Russian) - Луна-9 (Russian) - Краски октября (Russian) - Другой Марс (Russian) - Метель (Russian) - Один день лета (Russian) - Судный день (Russian) - Пробуждение (Russian) - Лондон 1884 (Russian) - Испытание Марсом (Russian)
Topics: interactive fiction, text adventures
Nine Princes in Amber is an Interactive Fiction text adventure with some graphics. Based on a series of books by Roger Zelazny.
Topics: c64, game, interactive fiction
A new one-room interactive fiction text game for the Apple // called Toy Room. The game involves a boy sent to his room for being rude to his sister. Can you get him out of the room? There are 4 different endings!
Topics: software, apple2, interactive-fiction
Hypertext is now commonplace: links and linking structure nearly all of our experiences online. Yet the literary, as opposed to commercial, potential of hypertext has receded. One of the few tools still focused on hypertext as a means for digital storytelling is Twine, a platform for building choice-driven stories without relying heavily on code. In Twining , Anastasia Salter and Stuart Moulthrop lead readers on a journey at once technical, critical, contextual, and personal. The book’s...
Topics: interactive fiction, hypertext, Twine
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Nov 13, 2020
11/20
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Boris Timofeev
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Interactive fiction games ========= New in version 0.8.3 - Added button for writing a review (opens the game page on the http://instead-games.ru website) - Improved user interface in landscape mode and for tablets - Added the ability to send a crash report via email ======== Collection of text quests on the engine INSTEAD. Most of the games are in Russian, but there are games in English and Spanish: * in English: - The Returning of the Quantum Cat - I.A.G. Alpha - Constellation - Mainland -...
Topics: interactive fiction, f-droid apk
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Nov 4, 2019
11/19
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Boris Timofeev
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Collection of text quests on the engine INSTEAD. Most of the games are in Russian, but there are games in English and Spanish: * in English: - The Returning of the Quantum Cat - I.A.G. Alpha - Constellation - Mainland - Return of Red Hood - Crash Dive! - Semyon The Hamster 1 - Am I a monster? - Kingdom of Grain - Mirror - Kayleth * in Spanish: - Mansion You can find these games with the search button inside the app. If you want to create your own game and publish it in the repository, start by...
Topics: Interactive fiction, f-droid signed
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Aug 8, 2022
08/22
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Infocom
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This is what I believe to be an earlier version of the same brochure that I have not seen anywhere else. Unlike the other one , it has not been folded in half. It has a couple of differences both in text and graphics. One interesting detail is that it promises that Zork Zero, Shogun and Journey will all be released for the Atari ST. On the other hand, the other brochure promises more versions of Quarterstaff.
Topics: interactive fiction, computer software catalog
Text adventure game (interactive fiction) written in 1990 using the "Adventure Game Toolkit" (AGT) and distributed to customers at the Experimental NMR Conference of that year. Also submitted to the annual AGT competition. The game was followed in 1991 by a sequel: "Adventures in NMR 2," which is also available in archive.org.
Topics: Text adventure game,AGT, game, interactive fiction, AGT, game, interactive fiction, text adventure
Journey (1979) by Steve Baker for the Apple II, published by Softape. Includes versions on both sides of the published tape as well as the manual. From the promotional material: With JOURNEY and your APPLE you will be able to explore strange and far-off lands without having to leave the comfort and serenity of your home. JOURNEY whisks you off to a land filled with dangerous monsters and priceless treasures. Your APPLE is your eyes and ears and you will rely on it to help you acquire all the...
Topics: adventure, interactive fiction, apple ii
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Aug 8, 2022
08/22
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Infocom
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This is the widely distributed version of the "Infocom's New Graphics Will Blow You Out of the Water..." brochure. This came from a copy of Shogun, and you can tell it was in an Infocom box because it has been folded in half.
Topics: interactive fiction, computer software catalog
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May 19, 2016
05/16
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Cyberflix
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For Windows An off shoot from the game Titanic: Adventure out of Time , this game features the same interface and system and once again pitches the player as the secret agent aboard the Titanic. Whilst the game features the same characters and is in essence a cut down version of the larger game, it does have a different and briefer storyline to it. This game is similar to a demo of the parent game, with the disc also boasting a trailer for the game, and screensavers.
Topics: titanic, cdrom, software, interactive fiction, cyberflix
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Nov 22, 2019
11/19
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Boris Timofeev
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Collection of text quests on the engine INSTEAD. Most of the games are in Russian, but there are games in English and Spanish: * in English: - The Returning of the Quantum Cat - I.A.G. Alpha - Constellation - Mainland - Return of Red Hood - Crash Dive! - Semyon The Hamster 1 - Am I a monster? - Kingdom of Grain - Mirror - Kayleth * in Spanish: - Mansion You can find these games with the search button inside the app. If you want to create your own game and publish it in the repository, start by...
Topics: interactive fiction, f-droid signed APK
Get Lamp is a documentary about interactive fiction (a genre that includes text adventures) filmed by computer historian Jason Scott of textfiles.com. Scott conducted the interviews between February 2006 and February 2008, and the documentary was released in May 2010. The documentary and its hours of episodes and bonus footage contain material from roughly 80 interviews of interactive fiction developers, designers, and players. Included in the bonus footage is a nearly 50-minute documentary...
Topics: Text Adventures, Interactive Fiction, DVD, Documentary
This is an Interactive Fiction for the Apple iie Apple iis and clones programmed by Matteo Trevisan. You are an Angry kid "fandom" inside a new world i let you continue the story......
Topics: Interactive Fiction, Apple ii, Textual Adventure
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Dec 25, 2020
12/20
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Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston
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Kay and Carrington take a victory lap after finishing all of the Infocom text-only adventures. Turn on verbose mode and light the brass lantern, it's time to take a look back at what they liked best, and least, from these classic games. Links: All the Infocom box art Infocom Fact Sheet IFDB Top 100 Coming up next episode: James Clavell's Shogun
Topics: Infocom, text adventure, interactive fiction, podcast
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Oct 29, 2021
10/21
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MasterPlay Publishing
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Complete scans of box and documentation for Star Saga Two: The Clathran Menace. "Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace" is a 1988 roleplaying game developed by Richard Dutton, Walter Freitag, Andrew C. Greenberg, Sheila M. Greenberg, Michael Massimilla, and Gerald M. Seixas, and distributed by MasterPlay Publishing Corporation. It requires a 512K Apple IIgs. You can download the software here
Topics: Apple IIGS, board game, interactive fiction
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Mar 10, 2019
03/19
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Paul Allen Panks
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This is a text adventure game written in BLASSIC (a BASIC-like programming language). BLASSIC 0.8.1 was written by Julian Albo. The goal of the game is to explore a series of caves in New Zealand. There are several puzzles and objects that will confound the player throughout.
Topics: Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
Learning ZIL: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Writing Interactive Fiction But Couldn't Find Anyone Still Working Here to Ask, by Steven Eric Meretzky, Infocom, Inc. Written in 1989, later converted to Microsoft Word in August of 1995. Derived from a 2002 printout and converted to PDF. Table of Contents 1. The Basics 1.1 The Basic Ingredients 1.2 The Handler 1.3 The Parser's Role 1.4 The Basic Handling Sequence 2. Creating Rooms 2.1 What a Typical Room Definition Looks...
Topics: Interactive Fiction, Z-Machine, Zil, Infocom, Meretzky
Text adventure game (interactive fiction) written in 1991 using the "Adventure Game Toolkit" (AGT) and distributed to customers at the Experimental NMR Conference of that year. Sequel to "Adventures in NMR" (which is also available in archive.org as "Adventures in NMR1"). Submitted to the annual AGT competition, in which it was awarded honorable mention.
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Topics: Interactive fiction, game, text adventure, AGT, DOS
From 2006-2008, director Jason Scott interviewed over 70 programmers, writers, academics and designers about text adventures and interactive fiction, that genre of computer game which dominated the early days of home computer and which has faded into a much smaller portion of the game world. Even though it is no longer at the forefront of gaming, the influence and breadth of the subject inspired Jason to track down as many of the original designers of these games as he could, as well as...
Topics: GET LAMP, Text Adventures, Interactive Fiction, Interviews
On December 20, 2014 I filed a freedom of information act (FOIA) request with the FBI asking for all files relating to Activision and Infocom from 1979 through 2000. On December 31 2014, the FBI sent a response, indicating that they were unable to find any relevant records. UPDATE: On January 3, 2018 I sent a new FOIA request expanding the initial search from the Central Records System to: FBI Headquarters, and all field offices, main index as well as a all cross references. On October 30 2018,...
Topics: Activision, Infocom, video games, text adventures, interactive fiction
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Mar 27, 2021
03/21
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Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston
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Can Kay and Carrington defeat the usurper king and restore peace to a fabled land? And more importantly, can they do it while turning into badgers and turtles and eels, oh my. Some claim there is more to being a knight than just eating ham and jam and Spam a lot. Surely you joust. Links: The Status Line: Spring 1989 (final issue) Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur box and browsie Infocom Arthur at The Digital Antiquarian Infocom Arthur at AmigaLove The Museum of Computer Adventure Game History...
Topics: Infocom, text adventure, interactive fiction, podcast, Bob Bates
How do you design challenges for gamers who haven't played the last thirty famous entries in the genre? What about readers and writers who do not identify as gamers? Video quality is as good as it gets, considering it was shot in a cramped and poorly lit hotel room (the panel was not part of the official PAX proceedings). Thanks to Rob Wheeler for assisting with the camerawork. For more information about this look at the IF Wiki . Panelists: Heather Albano [Storyteller, Twitter ], Tim Crosby...
Topics: pax, convention, conventions, panel, interactive fiction, game design
Cryptozookeeper is a 2011 graphical text adventure. Set in New Mexico, this game features over 60 cryptids to create, over 200 characters to encounter and over 12 hours of gameplay. Cryptozookeeper leverages Creative Commons for the soundtrack and can be played on Windows, Linux and Mac. (Instructions for Linux and Mac interpreters included.) To install, download the Cryptozookeeper.zip file, and unpack. Individual files from the .ZIP are provided for downloaded here: readme.txt - Introduction...
Topics: text adventure, interactive fiction, cryptozoology, infocom, computer game
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May 21, 2019
05/19
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Commercial Data Systems
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Castle Blackstar (1984)(Commercial Data Systems) Developed by SCR Adventures Released Jul, 1984 Also For Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, BBC Micro, Dragon 32/64, ZX Spectrum Published by CDS Software Ltd Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure Genre Adventure Setting Fantasy Description Castle Blackstar is a single player text adventure set in a world of magic. The player takes the role of an adventurer who has been dispatched by Lady Artemis into Castle Blackstar to recover an artefact, an...
Topics: Amstrad PCW, IF work, Interactive Fiction, Fantasy, Retro
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May 19, 2016
05/16
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Westwind Media
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For IBM/MPC Multimedia presentation of the Greek myth about the hero Theseus who with the help of Ariadne destroyed the bull-headed monster called the Minotaur, and brought peace to the city of Athens. Includes soundtrack, glossary, and "auto read" mode with page turning feature.
Topics: theseus, greek mythology, minos, minotaur, cdrom, interactive fiction
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Oct 31, 2017
10/17
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Timothy Samoff
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The Use of Real-Time Mechanics to Increase Emotional Engagement and Immediacy in Interactive Fiction: A thesis submitted to the faculty of Interactive design and game development in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the digree of Master and Fine Arts in Interactive Design and Game Development at Savannah College of Art and Design. by Timothy Samoff, eLearning © August 2017 Greg Johnson, Committee Chair David Meyers, Committee Member Adam Sulzdorf-Liszkiewicz, Committee Member This...
Topics: interactive fiction, real-time, game mechanics, emotions, immediacy
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May 15, 2016
05/16
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CineVisions
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For Windows Johnny Mnemonic is based on William Gibson 's short story and a subsequent movie of the same name. The game's plot bears more similarities to the movie than to the original story. Johnny is a courier in a futuristic society, delivering data implanted in his brain. However, the latest delivery is so big that it can kill him if he doesn't download the data. Unfortunately, the only person who knew the password is dead, and members of the Yakuza are hunting for the data and for its...
Topics: cyberpunk, cdrom, interactive fiction, computer games, william gibson
Nick Montfort presents his experimental narration-centric IF development system, Curveship. Part of the annual IF Summit at PAX East 2011. Sadly, we only have the first 22 minutes of the talk here. The curious can feel free to continue learning about Curveship at curveship.com
Topics: pax, convention, conventions, unofficial, interactive fiction, curveship, demo
Two simple text adventures (Art D's First Batch Adventure and Art D's Next Bath Adventure) made using DOS batch files created by Arthur DiBianca and included as Easter Eggs with Wing Commander: Privateer and its expansion Privateer: Righteous Fire. Also both can be found in CD-ROM edition of Privateer. A third game in the series, Art D's Third Batch Adventure was hidden within the files of Wings of Glory, an ORIGIN Systems game published by Electronic Arts.
Topics: ms-dos, dos, software, game, interactive fiction, origin
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Sep 22, 2019
09/19
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Graham Cluley
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Following an attack on his cargo-ship by an army of homicidal beechwood armchairs Jacaranda Jim is forced to crash land on the strange world of Ibberspleen IV. Rescued from the burning wreckage by the mysteriously smug Alan the Gribbley, Jim has to do battle with manic-depressive deckchair attendants, the Ibberspleen Post Office and a very sinister network of dank caves. What is the secret of the floating sphere? Why has Alan been hypnotized? What would you do with a cucumber, a gin-spitting...
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Jun 10, 2018
06/18
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Robert Wayne Atkins
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The time is several years from now. Technology has advanced at a rapid pace. Electronic equipment is now smaller and lighter weight. The one exception is televisions, which are now bigger and better. There have also been a number of social changes. The government has created a new monetary unit, called a credit. The government claimed this new type of money would solve our nation's inflationary problems. However, this new currency didn't stop inflation at all; it simply got several politicians...
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Sep 9, 2014
09/14
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Merle K. Goodman
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Battune Becomes An Actor. It is 1901 and I am becoming bored with life on the farm. I hear the call of the stage, and determine to become a world renowned actor. The road to success is long and dangerous, and filled with many setbacks. TALK to everyone. They may have something helpful to say. If you need a specific item, and you do not have it, I will tell you what you need or I may just tell you that you need something to do that, but not what. Enjoy your climb to stardom. One final...
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Apr 1, 2013
04/13
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Tony Baechler
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This is the MS-DOS port of an old Commodore 64 game called African Adventure. This was ported to GW-BASIC, then compiled using the excellent PowerBASIC compiler. This was ported in September, 1997 by Tony Baechler with help from Audrey De Lisle.
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Apr 1, 2013
04/13
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Arthur Di Bianca
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An unusual game setup where the game is composed of several different batch files.
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Apr 1, 2013
04/13
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Adam Cadre
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The phone rings. Oh, no — how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, but… This is bad. This is very bad. The phone rings.
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Oct 12, 2013
10/13
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FlaccidWare
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This story takes place in downtown Rhondale Circle. Your objective is to find the secret item and then deposit it in the secret container.
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Nov 18, 2013
11/13
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Conrad Button
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As a Professor of Archeology, you have specialized in the ancient Mayan culture. You recently read an article concerning the possible existence of a lost Mayan temple somewhere near Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula. And you have heard an Indian legend which tells of a Star Temple containing a fabulous treasure of diamonds. You are resolved to find this temple, if it truly exists.
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Oct 10, 2018
10/18
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Paul Panks
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Your parents have left you alone for the weekend (pity them, right?) and they've left you only a few dollars and some food. With nothing else on the agenda for the weekend, you'd like to eat some food, watch some super-fly television and perhaps invite a few of your home boys over for a session of spider weed. You're a drop out junkie, and it's gonna stay that way, yo! You vaguely recall your mother warning you about the 'golden french fry' (what is that, anyway?), and something else very vague...
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Oct 19, 2013
10/13
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High Energy Software
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In Deep Space Drifter, you play the part of the lone space explorer. As the game begins, you are adrift in your trusty spaceship, just having discovered a terrible miscalculation leaving you nearly out of fuel and in the middle of nowhere. Now you'll have to send out a distress call and hope that somebody hears your signal. But, as you'll soon discover, getting rescued could become an adventure in itself...
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Hello, my name is Patrick Farley. I wish to welcome you to this, my first attempt at computerized interactive fiction; an adventure novel entitled, Crime to the Ninth Power. In this game, you'll be introduced to a character named Cliff Diver; a private investigator living and working in San Francisco. I hope you and your friends will enjoy playing this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thank you.
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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May 2, 2015
05/15
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Public Brand Software
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Includes an Adventure clone, Castaway, South America Trek, and Hellfire - Journey to Hell
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Sep 9, 2014
09/14
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Conrad Button
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This educational text adventure provides the student with information concerning the geography and history of the countries on the Asian Continent. Geography can be a very uninteresting subject to some students. However, when their textbooks are supplemented with an educational adventure, these students typically become much more interested in the study of geography. Learning becomes a fun experience with a Button Adventure. We have also found...
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Apr 27, 2013
04/13
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Douglas Associates
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A chance to get away from the pressures of the outside world -- that's all you wanted. After selecting the perfect vacation spot and plotting your escape for weeks, you finally get in your car and drive off.
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
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Apr 11, 2020
04/20
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MindImage Software
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Dopplegänger is a single person, interactive fiction, text adventure. Inter-Planetary Human Simulations has finally developed an android, the "IPHS-3939/41-B" called "IP-39" for short, that is "the ultimate human match." This amazingly humanoid machine is now missing. Was it stolen? Did it escape? Most importantly, where is it now? The player takes the role of Michael Telan, a secret agent working for Argrath Intelligence. It is your task to investigate and...
Topics: DOS games, Vintage computer games, Adventure games, Interactive fiction
