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Zork: The Great Underground Empire
Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games, developed initially in 1977–1979, then released as a trilogy in the 1980s by Infocom for Apple II, Commodore 64, Macintosh, DOS and many other platforms.
Year: 1982Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2020-12-02Tags: fantasyfreewareinteractive fictionpuzzle-solvingtext adventuretext-only
Wonderland
Wonderland is a text adventure developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by Virgin Mastertronic in 1990 for DOS. It was ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, and Acorn 32-Bit the following year.
Year: 1991Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2021-02-21Tags: fantasyinteractive fictionpuzzle-solvingtext adventuretext with still pics
Drachen von Laas
Die Drachen von Laas is a fantasy interactive fiction with graphics created by attic Entertainment and published in 1991 for Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS. The game was designed and ...
Year: 1991Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2021-02-22Tags: amiga original gamefantasyinteractive fictiontext adventuretext with still pics
Frederik Pohl's Gateway
Frederik Pohl's Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics created by Legend Entertainment and published in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is based on the famous Frederik Pohl's sci-fi novels.
Year: 1992Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2020-12-02Tags: freewareinteractive fictionpuzzle-solvingscience fictiontext adventure
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is an interactive fiction written by Bob Bates and released by Infocom for MS-DOS, Apple II, Commodore 64, Macintosh and Amiga in 1988. It...
Year: 1988Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2020-12-02Tags: detectiveinteractive fictionmysterypuzzle-solvingtext adventure
Zork III: The Dungeon Master
Zork III: The Dungeon Master is the third and final chapter of the Zork classic trilogy, and one of the most famous text adventures ever created. Published by Infocom, it was relea...
Year: 1982Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: fantasytext adventure
Fish!
Fish! is a text adventure created by the British game studio Magnetic Scrolls, published in 1988 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS and other platforms by Rainbird. Wri...
Year: 1988Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2021-02-21Tags: comedydetectiveinteractive fictionmysterytext adventure
The Pawn
The Pawn is a text adventure created by Magnetic Scrolls initially for the Sinclair QL and published by Sinclair Research in 1985. The game wasn't very successful and one year late...
Year: 1986Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2021-02-21Tags: fantasyinteractive fictionsinclair qltext adventuretext with still pics
Starcross
Starcross is an interactive fiction/text adventure published by Infocom initially in 1982. The story was written by Dave Lebling, one of the authors of Zork. As many Infocom games...
Year: 1982Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2020-12-02Tags: aliensinteractive fictionmysteryscience fictionspaceshiptext adventure
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Time Bandit
Time Bandit is an action/adventure arcade written originally for the TRS-80 the ported in 1985 to Atari ST and Amiga by MichTron. The gameplay is similar to the popular Gauntlet, t...
Year: 1988Genre: ArcadeUpdated: 2021-02-18Tags: arcadeinteractive fictionmultiplayerscience fictionsplit-screentext adventure
Das Stundenglas
Das Stundenglas (in English, The Hourglass) is text adventure developed by Weltenschmiede and published by Software 2000 for Amiga, Atari ST and DOS in 1990. The game received pos...
Year: 1990Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: fantasyinteractive fictionpuzzle-solvingtext adventuretext with still pics
McMurphy's Mansion
McMurphy's Mansion is a classic text based adventure developed in 1984 by Martin-Art and released as shareware..
Year: 1984Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: interactive fictionpuzzle-solvingtext adventure
Transylvania
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Transylvania is the first chapter of a series of horror graphic adventure games created by Antonio Antiochia and published by Penguin Software. This first game was released in 1982 for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64.
Year: 1986Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2019-08-19Tags: horrorinteractive fictiontext adventuretext with still pics
Another Lifeless Planet and Me With No Beer
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Another Lifeless Planet and Me With No Beer is a rare text-only adventure game released in 1989 and set on a distant planet, with limited ASCII graphics only.
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Year: 1989Genre: AdventureUpdated: 2019-10-22Tags: interactive fictionscience fictiontext adventuretext-only