Great treasure hunt games - an IFDB Poll
by Molly
RSS FeedGood treasure hunting games in the vein of Zork and Adventure, although they may not necessarily be set in caves.
| Hollywood Hijinx, by Dave Anderson, Liz Cyr-Jones 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Nomad... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Lance Campbell... "One of my first..." [+]"One of my first Infocom games and the first I finished by myself. Varied and creative puzzles!" --rmartins...  Vote for this game | |
| Sugarlawn, by Mike Spivey 4 votes "Collect antique memorabilia while dressed in a chicken suit" [+]"Collect antique memorabilia while dressed in a chicken suit" ( - Full review) --mg51... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game | |
| Zork II, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 4 votes "My favorite of the trilogy." [+]"My favorite of the trilogy.: A scavenger hunt and then things get a little dark." ( ) --Puddin Tame... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Drew Cook... Vote for this game | |
| Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Lance Campbell... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Drew Cook... Vote for this game | |
| The Adventurers' Museum, by Lee Chapel 3 votes "Great cave-map, a joy to explore." [+]"Great cave-map, a joy to explore." ( - Full review) --Rovarsson... "Find the museum's..." [+]"Find the museum's 20 stolen treasures." --David Welbourn... (No comment) [+](No comment) --baf... Vote for this game | |
| You've Got a Stew Going!, by Ryan Veeder 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --CharlietheSpiffy... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| Recluse, by Stephen Gorrell 2 votes "Great Puzzle Fest With Strong Writing And Clever Planning" [+]"Great Puzzle Fest With Strong Writing And Clever Planning: Hard but fair old school game in which you attempt to enter a secluded mansion and deliver a package to the recluse of the title. Clever puzzles and evocative descriptions; good parser with a twist ending." ( - Full review) --Canalboy... "The classic Manor setting, with a great sense of continuity between indoor and outdoor space. Some brilliant puzzles." [+]"The classic Manor setting, with a great sense of continuity between indoor and outdoor space. Some brilliant puzzles." ( - Full review) --Rovarsson... Vote for this game | |
| Mini-Zork, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 1 vote "Great if you haven't played Zork I and you want something slightly less overwhelming" [+]"Great if you haven't played Zork I and you want something slightly less overwhelming" ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Castle Blackstar, by Mark Sheppard, Andrew Cummins, Geoff Richardson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Zork, by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... Vote for this game | |
| VR Gambler, by Robert DeFord 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Acheton, by Jon Thackray, David Seal, and Jonathan Partington 1 vote "The Earliest And Largest Of The Phoenix Games" [+]"The Earliest And Largest Of The Phoenix Games: Very large and very tough treasure hunt in a traditional sense. All treasures have the old school exclamation mark after them. Seven mazes and a whole host of fiendish puzzles." ( - Full review) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| The Phantom's Revenge, by Dian Crayne 1 vote "Excellent treasure hunt cum gothic epic" [+]"Excellent treasure hunt cum gothic epic" ( - Full review) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Adventure 200, by C. J. Coombs 1 vote "Surprisingly detailed 16K game originally written for the Spectrum." [+]"Surprisingly detailed 16K game originally written for the Spectrum.: 220 location treasure hunt packed into 16K. Sophisticated puzzles and easy to make unwinnable. If you love mazes try this one. The women of Catherine de Medici's court would have had trouble compressing themselves as much as the author managed with the code here." ( - Full review) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods 1 vote "The first" [+]"The first" ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Fyleet, by Jonathan Partington 1 vote "First And Hardest Of A Loose Underground Trilogy " [+]"First And Hardest Of A Loose Underground Trilogy : Another excruciatingly difficult treasure hunt from Dr. Partington. And any game that anagrammatises Marcel Proust as Carmel Sprout has to be worth a play." ( - Full review) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Valley of the Minotaur, by Nicolas van Dyk 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Xervosh... Vote for this game | |
| Adventure Castle, by Dave Dunfield 1 vote "A large, traditional and difficult treasure hunt in a crepuscular castle." [+]"A large, traditional and difficult treasure hunt in a crepuscular castle.: An extremely well written and difficult but fair treasure hunt. It contains all of the traditional tropes and is one of the best examples of its kind. The microwave generation would not tarry here." ( ) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Ghost Town, by Scott Adams 1 vote "A traditional..." [+]"A traditional treasure hunt in an Old West setting, and one of my two favourite Scott Adams games." --J. J. Guest... Vote for this game | |
| The Lost Kingdom of Zkul, by Jon Malone and Allan Black 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Zork III, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Ghalev... Vote for this game | |
| Warp, by Rob Lucke and Bill Frolik 1 vote "Enormous treasure hunt" [+]"Enormous treasure hunt" --Denk... Vote for this game | |