Pharesm's Wish List

Arthur, by Bob Bates Average member rating: (29 ratings) "Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone, is rightwise king of England." In the days before Camelot, when magic and evil rule England, a sword sheathed in stone appears in a quiet churchyard. Engraved...

The Ascent of the Gothic Tower, by Ryan Veeder Average member rating: (31 ratings) A story of mild and non-debilitating obsession.

Blighted Isle, by Eric Eve Average member rating: (43 ratings) Blockade duty in the Bay of Biscay, vile weather, and an unplanned jaunt over the side of the ship into the tossing waves. But instead of drowning, you end up on an island that has no right to be there - and...

Bureaucracy, by Douglas Adams, The Staff of Infocom Average member rating: (48 ratings) IMPORTANT! Our records show that you do not have a license to operate this software. Normally, you would be required to complete a License Application Form and mail it (with proof of purchase) to our...

Curses, by Graham Nelson Average member rating: (132 ratings) "As "Curses" opens, you're hunting about in the attic of your family home, looking for a tatty old map of Paris (you're going on holiday tomorrow) and generally trying to avoid all the packing. Aunt Jemima...

Dr Horror's House of Terror, by Ade McT Average member rating: (19 ratings) The Grave cannot hold them...Nothing human can stop them...Torn from their tombs to terrify the world, the cravings of their undead blood made them kill...kill...KILL! Feel the chill of the crypt in your...

The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (175 ratings) The Dreamhold is interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next. The Dreamhold is designed for people who have never...

Eric the Unready, by Bob Bates Average member rating: (40 ratings) A tongue-in-cheek graphic text adventure/point and click adventure hybrid. You are a chivalrous knight attempting to save a princess; your quest takes you through a mad-cap Douglas Adams-style world.

For a Change, by Dan Schmidt Average member rating: (116 ratings) "The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock." [--blurb from Competition '99]

The Guild of Thieves, by Rob Steggles Average member rating: (24 ratings) Steal yourself a world of fantasy WHY BUY THIS GAME WHEN YOU CAN STEAL IT ? Except you can't. Not yet. An amateur like you? Come off it! Now, if you were a fully paid-up member of the notorious Guild of...

Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (67 ratings) Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to survive?

Heretic's Hope, by G. C. Baccaris Average member rating: (25 ratings) Eser is the only human left alive. Gods and monsters, blessings and curses, an island ruled by giant insects — and in their midst: a reluctant human priest. Grief-stricken and bound by oath to obey the...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky Average member rating: (185 ratings) Don't Panic! Relax, because everything you need to know about playing The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is contained in the pages of this manual. In this story, you will be Arthur Dent, a rather ordinary...

Hunger Daemon, by Sean M. Shore Average member rating: (65 ratings) It's not the end of the world, and you're to blame. Better get on that. But man, it sure would be nice to get a bite to eat first.

Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin
Average member rating: (123 ratings)

Jigsaw, by Graham Nelson Average member rating: (84 ratings) New Year's Eve, 1999, a quarter to midnight and where else to be but Century Park! Fireworks cascade across the sky, your stomach rumbles uneasily, music and lasers howl across the parkland... Not exactly...

Journey, by Marc Blank Average member rating: (24 ratings) Have you mettle enough to make siege on the Dread Lord himself? ...We shall see. If you've ever been spellbound by a fantasy story, captivated by a role playing game, or enthralled by interactive fiction,...

Junior Arithmancer, by Mike Spivey Average member rating: (54 ratings) A one-to-many-room puzzler.

The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher Average member rating: (77 ratings) January 14th Dear friend. My sojourn in parts foreign is at an ende. I am at lodgings in Southwark not far from the bridge at Stoney Street, come dine with me two days hence to ring in the newe year. I have...

Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon Average member rating: (71 ratings)

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Average member rating: (494 ratings) Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe Grunk just forget. -- IFComp 2007 blurb

The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening, by Ryan Veeder
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

Average member rating: (61 ratings)

The Pawn, by Rob Steggles, Peter Kemp, Hugh Steers, Ken Gordon, and Geoff Quilley Average member rating: (28 ratings) The Pawn is an adventure game set in the magical world of Kerovnia during a period of tremendous social upheaval. Recently, King Erik, the present ruler of the land, has started to lose his hold on the...

Perdition's Flames, by Michael J. Roberts Average member rating: (24 ratings) The afterlife isn't what you expected. Explore a strangely modernized and bureaucratic underworld, replete with strip malls, government offices, and science labs, as well as the occasional lake of molten...

Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (414 ratings) "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

The Shadow in the Cathedral, by Ian Finley and Jon Ingold Average member rating: (31 ratings) When the monks took me, aged six months, into their care, they named me Wren. Maybe because I was small, insignificant, and happy to eat any crumbs they threw my way. But these days I'm Wren, 2nd Assistant...

Skybreak!, by William Dooling Average member rating: (17 ratings) Skybreak! is a science-fantasy role-playing game of galactic proportions: explore distant stars, plunder alien ruins, hunt space pirates, collect beetles, slay gods, make out with sorcerers, and punch cosmic...

Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto Average member rating: (215 ratings) In the beginning was the Word, and it was hungry. ...

Solarium, by Anya Johanna DeNiro Average member rating: (54 ratings) The year is 1954. One year after mutually assured destruction. And I am trying to find you, through memory and alchemy. Not many people know how the nuclear devastation really happened. But we do. We were...

Spellcasting 101 - Sorcerers Get All The Girls, by Steve Meretzky Average member rating: (24 ratings) From MobyGames: Spellcasting 101 is the first in a series of risque adventures from the mind of Steve Meretzky of Leather Goddesses of Phobos fame. This textual liaison pits you as Ernie Eaglebeak, a student...

Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (311 ratings) A vacation in our lovely country! See the ethnic charms of the countryside, the historic grandeur of the capital city. Taste our traditional cuisine; smell the flowers of the Old Tree. And all without...

Stuff of Legend, by Lance Campbell Average member rating: (21 ratings) The only thing worse than being a village idiot is being an unemployed village idiot. Maybe it’s time to change careers. Maybe it’s time to be a knight.

Suspect, by Dave Lebling Average member rating: (23 ratings) You're guilty until proven innocent. You have walked into a hotbed of deceit and trickery. And now they're accusing you of something you couldn't have done. But they have proof that you did it. "You're a...

Tales of the Traveling Swordsman, by Mike Snyder Average member rating: (47 ratings) You are the traveling swordsman; the strong and silent stranger; the wandering vanquisher of villainy. Damsels swoon for you. Good men respect and envy you. Scoundrels learn to fear you. Even so, you are but...

The Temple of Shorgil, by Arthur DiBianca Average member rating: (24 ratings) One day, travel guides will talk about this "masterpiece of the Pirothian architect Kitral" -- but only if you, the first person to visit it in over 1,000 years, can find out what's inside. (Puzzle-oriented...

Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, by S. John Ross Average member rating: (48 ratings) In the cruel kingdoms north of the Viraxian Empire, a barbarian seeks treasure - and vengeance! Having escaped the clutches of the Slaver King, he has vowed to pillage the wealth of the kingdom ... then...

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