forgotten gems - an IFDB Poll
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Taleslinger RSS FeedI'm looking for games that don't show up in the IF histories or recommended lists, for what reason whatsover. Old games that maybe weren't boundary-pushing or noteworthy, but still give you a fun play experience. If you ever thought "Hey, everyone mentions Zork but not..." That is the kind of game I'm looking for.
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 | Gourmet, by Aaron A. Reed and Chad Barb
3 votes
"Wickedly funny" [+]"Wickedly funny: A tremendously entertaining farce with some occasionally difficult bits and the most fiendish lobster in history. Doesn't get discussed as much as Aaron's later work, but good stuff." --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --ifwizz... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Karl Ove Hufthammer...
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 | Blighted Isle, by Eric Eve
2 votes
"One of my favorites..." [+]"One of my favorites...: It is strange that this game is so little talked about, compared to Eve's other works." () --Bainespal... "Big, ambitious,..." [+]"Big, ambitious, many-NPC work." () --Emily Short...
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 | Adventurer's Consumer Guide, by Øyvind Thorsby
2 votes
"Solidly fun puzzle game." [+]"Solidly fun puzzle game.: I've put it on a few lists myself, I suppose, but for the most part I don't see people talking about this one as much as I think it deserves. It's thoroughly silly, but the puzzles are inventive and clever and it's a big, rewarding piece." ( - Full review) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Kenneth Hutt...
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 | Worlds Apart, by Suzanne Britton
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --ifwizz...
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 | Guess the Verb!, by Leonard Richardson
1 vote
"A minor IF comedy classic" [+]"A minor IF comedy classic: I don't see this game on the "best of" lists very often, which is a shame, as this is a very clever and often inventive, if somewhat flawed, take on IF conventions and cliches. The puzzle involving the finicky parser is an early highlight." --Molly...
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 | The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --ifwizz...
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 | The Plant, by Michael J. Roberts
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --ifwizz...
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| Christminster, by Gareth Rees
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --ifwizz...
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| The Mulldoon Legacy, by Jon Ingold
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --ifwizz...
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| Halothane, by Ravi Rajkumar
1 vote
"not perfect, but a good story, a lot of fun, and greatly overlooked" [+]"not perfect, but a good story, a lot of fun, and greatly overlooked" () --Alan DeNiro...
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| On Optimism, by Tim Lane
1 vote
"A very good surrealist game." [+]"A very good surrealist game.: I think it just came out in a bad time, when the IF community was tired of surrealism. I think everyone thought it was just another "Blue Chairs" -- but it does have much of the appeal of works like Blue Chairs and So Far, at least to me." () --Bainespal...
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| Bolivia By Night, by Aidan Doyle
1 vote
"A lighthearted..." [+]"A lighthearted romp of a superhero story based on exotic mythology, Excellent use of superpowers in a text adventure." () --Felix Pleșoianu...
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