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(You're) TOAST!, by Gunther Schmidl
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When you had a new Toast-O-Matic Three Thousand installed, you didn't expect it to be a gigantic toaster that's two meters high. How are you supposed to make toast now?
+=3, by Carl de Marcken and David Baggett
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This one-puzzle game was Dave Baggett's response to a discussion (flame war?) in rec.arts.int-fiction and specifically to Russ Bryan's claim that there could be no puzzles which are logical yet unsolvable....
1981, by Anonymous
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(author is Adam Cadre, but game is unsigned)
2604, by Admiral Jota
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69,105 Keys, by David Welbourn
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There's just one room. How hard can it be? Just unlock the door. Oh. There's 69,105 keys.

9:05, by Adam Cadre
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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.

AAS Masters, by Stephen Granade
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Aayela, by Magnus Olsson
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Accuse, by David A. Wheeler
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This is a small puzzle/game where you must determine who murdered someone, with what, and where, by making a series of accusations. The solution, suspect placement, and weapon placement is random each time....
The Acorn Court, by Todd S. Murchison
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A small, one-location game in which you must escape from a court. The game shows Inform's capability of handling multiple equal objects. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

An Act of Murder, by Christopher Huang
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Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods
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Adventureland, by Scott Adams
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Wander through an enchanted realm and try to uncover the 13 lost treasures. There are wild animals and magical beings to reckon with as well as many other perils and mysteries. WARNING! The Z-Code conversion...

Aegis, by Lumin
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"...to hand out justice and mercy in balanced measures, to uphold the law of Greatwater and of its Council, and above all to never tarnish the honor of the Aegis that I hold and swear all this by."
Afflicted, by Doug Egan
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This isn't the safest neighborhood. A young woman was abducted near here only recently. But as a city sanitarian you are obligated to complete your annual inspection of the local dive. [blurb from IF Comp...
Affrontotron, by Joe Mason
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Agency, by Ricardo Signes
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Aggravatron, by Ben Parrish
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Aisle, by Sam Barlow
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"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...

Amishville, by Jacob Amman
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Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
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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...

The Angel Curse, by David Welbourn
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Neither the girl in the wheelchair nor the angel pendant she wears are quite what they seem to be. Written for Speed-IF 19.

Annoyotron, by Ben Parrish
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Another Day, Another Sea Monster, by Dan Schmidt
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Apartment F209, by Ben Parrish
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"A small game in which you try to escape from your dull life in Apartment F209. Contains only a small number of puzzles, but lets you learn the hard way if you missed to solve one." [--blurb from The Z-Files...
Appallatron: Annoyotron 3, by Sean Barrett
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Arrival, or Attack of the B-Movie Clichés, by Stephen Granade
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ASCII and the Argonauts, by J. Robinson Wheeler
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In this wonderfully laconic spoof of the Scott Adams style of adventures, you play as Jason of the Argo, tasked by King Pelias to bring the Golden Fleece to him or die. Surprisingly both entertaining and...

Assignment, by Matthew A. Murray
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Asylum, by cpuguy89
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A simple "Escape the room" style game. It is the first of my games that is actually worth publishing. It is not intended to be difficult, and was created for those who are just getting into interactive...

At the Bottom of the Garden, by Adam Biltcliffe
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In this small charming game, you play as a retired homeowner trying to protect your wife Martha's prize rosebush from an increasing horde of dragons before she and her horticulturally-minded friends arrive...
Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies, by Øyvind Thorsby
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Babel, by Ian Finley
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In this game, you play as an amnesiac inside Babel, an abandoned Arctic facility devoted to biological research. You soon discover that you have the unusual ability to witness scenes from the past by...

Banana Apocalypse and the Rocket Pants of Destiny, by Emily Short
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Basket of Destiny, by John Cater
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Bedtime story, by Marius Müller
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"Daddy, will you tell me a story?" asks your son, Danny. Your wife, Randa, started the story of Prince George and his quest to rescue a princess while you were away for six months. Now it's your turn to...

Burnt Toast, by Josh Giesbrecht
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You wake to the smell of burnt toast - but there's no smoke. The smell is coming from downstairs.
Catseye, by Dave Bernazzani
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Try to get a secret item from your Uncle Xevion's house. Catseye was written to see what could be done with a 10K (10240 byte) Z-Machine file. It uses a custom library called MinForm which reduces the parser...

Centipede, by J. Robinson Wheeler
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Chapter Zero: Welcome to Cicada Creek, by P. F. Sheckarski
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A tornadic storm brews outside an economically faltering town in the Great Plains as a traveling outsider attempts to unravel the town's mysteries. This is Chapter Zero (of 8). Further chapters will be...

Cheating Death, by Adam Biltcliffe
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Chicken and Egg, by Adam Thornton
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"A pastiche of "Spider and Web", which see." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Common Ground, by Stephen Granade
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Conan Kill Everything, by Ian Haberkorn
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In this short one-room game, you play as Conan with a very large sword, and an evil wizard has just summoned a wildcat to attack you. Your goal is obvious: KILL EVERYTHING.

The Count, by Scott Adams
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"It begins when you awake in a large brass bed in a castle somewhere in Transylvania. Who are you, what are you doing here and WHY did the postman deliver a bottle of blood? Converted from original code by...

The Cove, by Kathleen M. Fischer
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The Crescent City at the Edge of Disaster, by Emily Short
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A Speed-IF featuring New Orleans, Emeril, and armed hamsters.

A Day for Fresh Sushi, by Emily Short
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No time for fantasy. Must feed fish.

Dead of Winter, by Gunther Schmidl (as 'Christina Pagniacci')
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In this short story that's part romance and part tragedy, you play as a young woman. A week ago, the Ice Queen stole your boyfriend from your bed, leaving a snowflake in his place. Now, you stand outside her...
Dear Brian, by Choices IF
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Erotic fiction.
December 31, 2002, by Christopher Shelton
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Destiny of the Chihuahua, by Adam Biltcliffe
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Dino Hunt, by Admiral Jota
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In this small game, you play as a kid in a playground. You want to play dinosaurs in the sand box, but you forgot to bring your toy dinosaurs with you.
A Dino's Night Out, by Aris Katsaris
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In this small game, you play as a one-foot-tall velociraptor pet, but you are dissatisfied. Is this really how your life should be? Tonight, while your "owner" Tim and his family sleep, you will explore the...
Diorama, by Anonymous
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You play as a fourth grade boy who made a cool diorama of a Maasai village for school, but the toy cow is missing! Is it hidden in the diorama somewhere? Or did one of your classmates take it?

Ditch Day Drifter, by Michael J. Roberts
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You're an undergraduate at Caltech, and you wake up to find it's Ditch Day, the traditional event when seniors leave the campus for the day, leaving behind puzzles for the underclassmen to solve in order to...

Donkey Kong, by Andrew Plotkin
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The Edifice, by Lucian P. Smith
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"Something new in your everyday hunter-gatherer routine: where did this strange edifice come from? Dare you enter and explore the secrets of this... thing, or do you try to face your enemies? Like you have a...

Eduard the Seminarist, by Heiko Theißen
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It's the evening of May 13th, 1824, in Germany. You play as Eduard, a student at the seminary. You want to sneak out and meet your friends Wilhelm and Scardanelli in Pressel's gazebo before midnight.
EPISODE 2: Revenge of the Mutant Spiders, by Adam Biltcliffe
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Eschew as if you were She, by W. M. Wellman
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In this minimalist work, you can visit each of the four seasons where there are representative items — and She.
Fido and the Dead Body, by David Cornelson
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Fiendish Zoo, by Elizabeth Heller
You're the demon Enzak, and you're in charge of the Fiendish Zoo. Time to get to work!
Fish and Spaceships, by Adam Biltcliffe
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Four in One, by J. Robinson Wheeler
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"Do you realize how behind schedule and over budget this picture is?" "Look, Mr. Thalberg," you say. "All I've gotta do is get the master shot in the can. So, maybe it'll take twenty takes. But when I get...

Fox, Fowl and Feed, by Chris Conroy
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A Freak Accident Leaves Seattle Pantsless III: Endgame, by Admiral Jota
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A Freak Accident Leaves Seattle Pantsless, by Christopher Huang
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Friar Bacon's Secret, by Carl Muckenhoupt
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The mystery begins when Friar Bungay asks you to fetch Friar Bacon. But instead of finding him, you discover strange unnatural objects that must be of demonic origin.

Fugue, by Emily Short
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Published by Up Right Down, in response to the following plot prompt: THE PLOT: In a bistro in Paris a young woman (A) tells her three girlfriends (B, C, and D) about the affair she had with an American...

Fun and Games, by Ian Finley
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Galatea, by Emily Short
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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...

Glass, by Emily Short
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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...

Glossary, by Caleb Wilson
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The Golden Baton, by Brian Howarth
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Your mission is to recover the Golden Baton, a priceless artefact that holds within it a kind of life force that maintains the equilibrium between good and evil. Stolen from the Palace of King Ferrenuil, the...

Got Toast?, by Jim Fisher
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You promised your girlfriend Beth a home cooked breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, pancakes, and syrup. But considering you've only got bread and a new toaster in your kitchen, this may be a difficult promise...
The Great Ritual, by Gunther Schmidl
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You play as a young Masai warrior armed with a spear. You have been ordered by the elders to find a stolen herd of cattle and a missing herder. After twelve hours of tracking footprints, you hope you find...
A Gummi Bear's Night Out, by Roger Carbol
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Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian
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Step into the shoes of Mute Lawton, a lone cowboy who must stop an execution set to occur at noon by shooting his way past dangerous cyborgs and mutants in a post-apocalyptic western setting. (From the...

Harrington House, by Gayla Bassham
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Health Inspector, by Joe Mason
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Help! My Vacuum Cleaner Is Broken, by Admiral Jota
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Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin
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A far-future story of discovery.

Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin
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I-0, by Anonymous
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Stranded on Interstate Zero after your car broke down, you are miles away from the last sign of civilization. It's twenty minutes to noon and the temperature is well over 120°F. It's beginning to look like...

In the End, by Joe Mason
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Your best friend has just died, and life drags on miserably. Would death be better than this? [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]
The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Too!, by David Dyte
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Oh no! Somehow, your hairspray shrank you down to tiny size, and you're trapped on the kitchen counter. If only you could reach the phone on the other side of the sink, you could call for help. But instead,...
Inspiration, by David S. Glasser
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The Invisible Argonaut, by Jacqueline A. Lott
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It's Easter, Peeps!, by Sara Brookside
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A one-room game where your goal is to assemble an Easter basket of goodies for your son, Max.
jason finds fleece, by Gunther Schmidl
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In this IF abuse modeled after robot finds kitten, you play as Jason of the Argonauts, looking for the Golden Fleece. Jason is represented as a # symbol which you'll manuever around the screen using your...
John's Fire Witch, by John Baker
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A small, witty text adventure. Its clever puzzles received quite a bit of acclaim on rec.arts.int-fiction upon its release. You've come to visit your old friend John Baker, but he's missing, and a blizzard...
Just another day, by Simply Ryan
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This is a game with no story, no direction, and no instruction. This is a game meant to make a statement in the world.
Kids Shouldn't Have to Save The World, by Marnie Parker
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The Knapsack Problem, by Leonard Richardson
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The Last Laugh, by David Cornelson
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You play as a notoriously handsome hero who's very good at killing dragons, especially the ones from New Jersey. You were just swallowed by a balding, pot-bellied dragon, but luckily, your trusty cigar case...
Life on Beal Street, by Ian Finley
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"This is not a game, but rather an experiment in telling a story using a dynamic and interactive medium. Leave your expectations at the curb side and take a walk down Beal Street." [--blurb from Competition...
Light up, by The Dominant Species
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I love the Lord, but if he doesn't send me a nice woman to me soon, I'm going to be mighty unhappy. I'm sorry. The alcohol is talking again. Let me get a grip. I put my hand on the wheel and put the bottle...
Living Room, by Doug Jones and Anonymous
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The Lobster, by Caleb Wilson
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Lock & Key, by Adam Cadre
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Losing Your Step, by Gunther Schmidl
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The Lurking Horror, by Dave Lebling
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A winter night at the G.U.E. tech campus with most students away on vacation serves as the backdrop for this tale of Lovecraftian horror.

Masters of Toasting, by Leon Lin
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Level Three Repair alert! Biff Backowicz, Master Chef of the Chicago White Toques, needs his toaster repaired on the set of "Monday Night Cookoff". If you can fix it in time, you'll truly be one of the...
Moonglow, by Dave Bernazzani
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A spacecraft has landed in the corn fields nearby. You're the only one around to make contact. Moonglow was written to see what could be done with a 10K (10240 byte) Z-Machine file. It uses a custom library...
Motion, by Abbi Park
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You're flying a rocket up three miles into the air. Since fuel is very expensive, and you're on a budget, you've ordered only the exact amount you'll need for the ascent...
Mr. Remote Mom, by Lenny Pitts
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"Toast, Dad," says your two year-old son Josh. "I want toast." Uh-oh. Only one slice of bread. Better get it right the first time. (Note: Part of the game is played in real time.)
Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret, by Jim Aikin and Eric Eve
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Walking home from school is mostly okay, except for one big problem: Every day you have to pass right by Mrs. Pepper's house. She may not actually be a witch, but she sure acts like one. And now she's stolen...
Murder at the Aero Club, by Penny Wyatt
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In this short game, you play as a detective investigating the murder of an ASAC inspector at the TAF Aero Club, eight hours away from Sydney. Let's hope you can solve the case quickly!
Night of the Walking Dead, by John Olsen
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You are in an old rundown cemetery at the edge of a Louisiana bayou, looking for the grave of your Aunt Bedilia. Can you bring back her locket? Or will you be thwarted by the secrets of the dead?

Nine-tenths of the Law, by Jack Welch
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You're an anemone-like polyp with waving fronds. He's a chained-up zombie. That shy rabbit... just ran away. Your sessile existence leaves much to be desired. You can't walk. You can't talk. But you must be...

Not Made With Hands, by Emily Short
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The Old Sherwood Cemetary, by Duchess
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One Night in the North Atlantic, by Christopher Huang
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An Open Field, by Chris Daniels
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It is a beautiful day to relax and enjoy your surroundings! And yet, it seems something isn't quite right today. What is so disconcerting?

Pantomime, by Robb Sherwin
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Pantomime takes place on the Martian moon of Phobos, in the year 2044. Mankind has developed colonies on Mars, Titan, Ganymede and installed a life bubble on the closer, larger Martian satellite. Mankind has...

Pantsless in Seattle, by David Cornelson
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Paparazzi, by EV
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You belong to the paparazzi that hunt royal celebrities. Your employer wants you to take dubious snapshots of young princesses, and to find out when and whom they will marry. You haven't been successful in...
A Perfect Day for Candiru, by H. A. Helfgott
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In this very short one-room surreal game, you seem to be a god in a formless void. How unutterably dull. Your only possessions are a cup of coffee and a swiss gold coin. Your only companion is a vague green...

Photopia, by Adam Cadre
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"Will you read me a story?" "Read you a story? What fun would that be? I've got a better idea: let's tell a story together."

Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle, by David Dyte, Steve Bernard, Dan Shiovitz, Iain Merrick, Liza Daly, John Cater, Ola Sverre Bauge, J. Robinson Wheeler, Jon Blask, Dan Schmidt, Stephen Granade, Rob Noyes, and Emily Short
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Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die, by Rob Noyes
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A very short game. Whatever you do, do not pick up the phone booth; well, you can guess from the title what happens if you do. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]
Pick up the pine box and die, by Alan Smithee
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You are a prisoner of Lowell Prison. There's a pine box. And a wide-open gate. What will you do?

Pirate Adventure, by Scott Adams and Alexis Adams
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Only by exploring this strange island will you be able to uncover the clues necessary to lead you to your elusive goal -- recovering the lost treasures of Long John Silver. Converted from original code by...

Pirate's Plunder!, by Tiberius Thingamus
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In this game, it be yer goal to findeth ye olde, cursed treasure on Loot Island and taketh it fer yer own. Not even that evil Captain Hookhead can stoppeth ye once ye put ye mind to it. Know why? If ye...

The Plant, by Michael J. Roberts
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You're on a business trip with your boss, driving down a deserted highway in the middle of nowhere, when the car breaks down. You set off on foot seeking help, but you soon find yourself in the middle of a...

Praser 5, by Andrew Plotkin
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Raising the Flag on Mount Yo Momma, by Juhana Leinonen
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Gus is a smug numbskull who doesn't deserve to have the insult battle championship. You are here to take the title from him with the best yo momma insults there are. You just have to find them first. Raising...

Ralph, by Miron Schmidt
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In this short excourse you play a dog. It doesn't matter what race, though it's probably a male dog (hence the name 'Ralph'). What matters is that you know you have buried a bone last year, which you now...
The Relentless Adventures of Captain Speedo, Episode 16: Let them "heat" cake!, by Gilles Duchesne
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Revenge of the Killer Surf Nazi Robot Babes from Hell, by David Dyte
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Out of the TextFire "12-pack", this is an April's Fool game "demo" that lets you play a cool surf dude who has to save the world from the Killer Surf Nazi Robot Babes from Hell! [--blurb from The Z-Files...
Romeo, Juliet and the Dog, by Ricardo Dague
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Safe, by Benjamin Wochinski
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You awake in a strange dark room after being jumped in an alley. It would be best not to wait for those responsible to return. First game of the author, an escape-style puzzle game created to get some basic...

Savoir-Faire, by Emily Short
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The beautiful life is always damned, they say. As for you, you've overexpended yourself: fifteen years of prominence, champagne, carriage rides in the Tuileries, having your name whispered behind...

Secret Agent, by John Cater
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Shade, by Andrew Plotkin
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"A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

Snowman Sextet Part I: But For A Single Flake, by Roger Carbol
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Snowman Sextet Part II, by Jessica Knoch
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Somewhere, by Kazuki Mishima
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"Somewhere" is a short, very bare "interactive poem" written partly as a learning exercise in Inform 7.

The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin
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A new, experimental game that has no puzzles but uses only words that change your focus on things, thereby adapting the story. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

SpeedIF6 - A Top Hat for Eddie, by David Cornelson
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Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
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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...

Spitting Crumbs, by Duncan Cross
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A surreal game where you made a slice of toast with butter and "jam". Expect explosions.

Suveh Nux, by David Fisher
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An entry in the 2007 One Room Game Competition. You play a magician's servant who gets trapped in your master's vault; you'll need to learn some of his tricks if you want to get out.

This Is The Toaster, by Anonymous
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A bizarre game involving creatures that live on a toaster. Uses Nate Cull's Reactive Agent Planner to manipulate the NPCs, and one part of the game is presented entirely in future tense.
Titanic: Leo's Revenge, by Volker Lanz
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Toasterama, by Doug Jones
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The good news: your ex-girlfriend, Kelly, moved out and took most of your possessions with her. The bad news: she left you with that demonic appliance, the Toasterama, and you want to eat some toast.
Tommy the Toaster, by Coala
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A near puzzleless one-room game where you make toast. Featuring Tommy the Toaster and Brad the Bread.
Tooth Ow Zunden Won!, by Duncan Cross
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Trapped in a One-Room Dilly, by Laura Knauth
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A one-room game. It's nicely appointed, but... [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]
Triumphant Return of the Evil Sea Grape, by Adam Biltcliffe
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Uncle Zebulon's Will, by Magnus Olsson
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Your eccentric Uncle Zebulon considered himself a wizard, and was rumoured to be very wealthy. But when he died, he only left you one single object in his will... Winner in the TADS division of the First...
The Unfortunate Training of Frank Lee, Monkey Butler to Be, by Josh Giesbrecht
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Varkana, by Maryam Gousheh-Forgeot
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Varkana is the name of a region in a world with a timeless, mildy fantasy/sci-fi setting (some technological and magical elements are present at this moment, but not prevalent), with the city-state of Arg...

Violet, by Jeremy Freese
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Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it's already noon. [blurb from IF Comp 2008]

Voodoo Castle, by Alexis Adams and Scott Adams
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The Count has fallen victim to a fiendish curse placed on him by his enemies. There he lies, with you his only possible hope. Will you pull off a rescue, or is he really down for the Count?! [--blurb from...

When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Firetruck, by Rob Noyes
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Why did the Dino cross the Road?, by Richard Bos
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Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty
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It's an ordinary day in your ordinary little town, and you've been performing your ordinary mail clerk's duties in an altogether ordinary way. But there's something quite extraordinary in today's mail. It's...

Worlds Apart, by Suzanne Britton
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For over 20 years, I dreamed about an alternate universe I called the Higher World. For three of those years, I poured almost all of my creative energy into a novel-length story set in that universe. Worlds...

Yellow Dog Running, by Sam Kabo Ashwell
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You are a Chef!, by Dan Shiovitz
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Zegrothenus, by Poster
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You are the rather famous, but altogether lazy, wizard Zegrothenus. The Council has imprisoned you in your own lair as a last-ditch effort to cure you of procrastination. Can you create a new potion before...

Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling
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Many strange tales have been told of the fabulous treasure, exotic creatures, and diabolical puzzles in the Great Underground Empire. As an aspiring adventurer, you will undoubtedly want to locate these...

Zork II, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank
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The Wizard appears, floating nonchalantly in the air beside you. He grins sideways at you. The Wizard incants "Fantasize," but nothing happens. He shakes his wand. Nothing happens. With a slightly...

Zugzwang, by Magnus Olsson
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Out of the TextFire "12-pack", this is an April's Fool game "demo" in which you get to play a pawn in a chess game - at the very end. Incorporates a very nifty variation on the status line to show the...

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