Karlok's Played Games

9:05, by Adam Cadre Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (535 ratings) 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.

Aisle, by Sam Barlow Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (322 ratings) "Late Thursday night. You've had a hard day and the last thing you need is this: shopping. Luckily, the place is pretty empty and you're progressing rapidly. On to the next aisle... Aisle started out as a...

All Roads, by Jon Ingold Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (154 ratings) "Wave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed And drunk the milk of paradise." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One]

Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (394 ratings) You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little...

Ballyhoo, by Jeff O'Neill Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (44 ratings) Spangleland! Sawdust and glitter, buffoons and cotton candy! It's a place where your wildest dreams come true! At least, that's what you think... until you get behind the scenes at the big top. Then you...

Beyond Zork, by Brian Moriarty Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (50 ratings) Dread times have befallen the Kingdom of Quendor. The wizards have mysteriously disappeared. The Enchanter's Guild Hall lies in ruins. Villages are abandoned, drunken men mutter strange tales, and vicious...

The Binary, by Bloomengine
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Border Zone, by Marc Blank Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (26 ratings) Where the Iron Curtain divides East and West, the frontier is a no man's land between freedom and captivity, a place where moments lost or precautions not taken exact a toll in men's lives. In Border Zone,...

Bronze, by Emily Short Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (286 ratings) When the seventh day comes and it is time for you to return to the castle in the forest, your sisters cling to your sleeves.

Bureaucracy, by Douglas Adams, The Staff of Infocom Karlok's rating: 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...

Christminster, by Gareth Rees
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Corruption, by Rob Steggles, Hugh Steers Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (21 ratings) In the real world the good guys rarely win. CAN YOU COPE WITH CORRUPTION? The City of London. Deals and chicanery, Porsches and profit, wild animals in handmade suits. And you. Outwardly, you're on the fast...

Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (240 ratings) Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon reduced the British colonizing fleet to one ship. Since then, Atlantis...

Curses, by Graham Nelson Karlok's rating: 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...

The Dreamhold, by Andrew Plotkin Karlok's rating: 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...

Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (109 ratings) In Enchanter, the first of a spellbinding series in the tradition of Zork, you are a novice magician whom Fate has chosen to do singlehanded combat with a dark and fierce power. But worldly weapons will...

Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (54 ratings) The first time I ever saw someone play a text adventure was in fifth grade. One of the sixth-graders didn't go to outdoor ed, and therefore spent the week in my fifth-grade classroom, playing Scott Adams's...

Eric the Unready, by Bob Bates Karlok's rating: 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.

Fail-Safe, by Jon Ingold Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (112 ratings)

Fish!, by John Molloy, Pete Kemp, Phil South, Rob Steggles Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (17 ratings) One nibble and you're hooked. JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GET OUT OF THE WATER: The tide is turning in the teeming metropolis of Fishworld. The oceans and seas are boiling off into space. The Seven...

Foo Foo, by Buster Hudson Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (62 ratings) Someone's been bopping the field mice on the head, and only Good Fairy, Senior Detective can find out who. A parser-driven noir adventure based on the interactive fiction of Ryan Veeder.

Future Boy!, by Kent Tessman, Derek Lo, Dan Langan, and Nate Laguzza Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (10 ratings)

Galatea, by Emily Short Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (335 ratings) Emily Short's description: A conversation with a work of art. "47. Galatea. White Thasos marble. Non-commissioned work by the late Pygmalion of Cyprus. (The artist has since committed suicide.) Originally...

Gateway, by Mike Verdu, Michael Lindner, and Glen Dahlgren Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (36 ratings) In the early twenty-second century, adventurous citizens of Earth can travel to a place called "Gateway": a long-abandoned alien space station, now rediscovered by humans and turned into a jumping-off point...

Glass, by Emily Short Karlok's rating: Average member rating: (106 ratings) The Prince sits awkwardly on the couch, holding his glass slipper and trying to keep it from crushing. Lucinda and Theodora have the ends of the same couch, and they are taking turns seeing who can bend...

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