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| Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods Average member rating:  (97 ratings) |
| Aisle, by Sam Barlow Alder'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... |
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(31 ratings)| Augmented Fourth, by Brian Uri! Alder's rating: Average member rating: (65 ratings)WANTED: Amateur musicians to serve the Royal Court. Must provide own instrument and be inured to copious constructive criticism. Impress your friends! Meet the King! Apply in person at the Castle, located on... |
| Balances, by Graham Nelson Average member rating: (38 ratings)"A homage to Infocom's Enchanter Trilogy, at the same time showing some of the things that Inform is capable of doing." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue] |
| Beyond Zork, by Brian Moriarty Alder'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... |
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(94 ratings)A Change in the Weather, by Andrew Plotkin
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(88 ratings)| Curses, by Graham Nelson Alder'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... |
| Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling Alder'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... |
| For a Change, by Dan Schmidt Alder's rating: Average member rating: (115 ratings)"The sun has gone. It must be brought. You have a rock." [--blurb from Competition '99] |
| Galatea, by Emily Short Alder'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... |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky Alder's rating: 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... |
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(122 ratings)| Infidel, by Michael Berlyn Alder's rating: Average member rating: (61 ratings)Infidel finds you marooned by your followers in the heart of the deadly Egyptian Desert. A soldier of fortune by trade, you've come hither in search of a great lost pyramid and its untold riches. Now, alone,... |
| Knight Orc, by Pete Austin Alder's rating: Average member rating: (20 ratings)Knight Orc casts you as an oppressed orc in a magical world where all is not as it first seems. For generations humans have been persecuting orcs, and now it's time to get your own back. A fantasy adventure... |
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Average member rating: (493 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 |
| Metamorphoses, by Emily Short Alder's rating: Average member rating: (130 ratings)You wake to stillness. The hammering, banging, and shouting that kept you awake half the night are gone. The air is cold, and something smells burnt. Your master's experiments must be finished, but with what... |
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(61 ratings)| Moonmist, by Stu Galley, Jim Lawrence Alder's rating: Average member rating: (48 ratings)More ghosts haunt the misty sea-coast and stone ramparts of Cornwall than anyplace else on earth. One such soul roams Tresyllian Castle: a pale phantom with flaxen hair and a luminous, flowing gown. It seems... |
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(28 ratings)| Photopia, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (559 ratings)"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." |
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky Average member rating: (121 ratings)"Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near your home on the backwater planet of Gallium. Images of exotic... |
| Seastalker, by Stu Galley, Jim Lawrence Alder's rating: Average member rating: (28 ratings)There's something down there in the ocean, something terrifying. And you have to face it - because only you can save the Aquadome, the world's first undersea research station. The alarm sounds and your... |
| Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Alder's rating: Average member rating: (413 ratings)"A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero] |
| Sorcerer, by Steve Meretzky Alder's rating: Average member rating: (67 ratings)Sorcerer, the second of a spellbinding fantasy series in the tradition of Zork, takes you on a magical tour through the darker side of Zorkian enchantment. Your journey begins with a cryptic diary - the last... |
| Spellbreaker, by Dave Lebling Alder's rating: Average member rating: (58 ratings)Spellbreaker, the riveting conclusion to the Enchanter trilogy, explores the mysterious underpinnings of the Zorkian universe. A world founded on sorcery suddenly finds its magic failing, and only you,... |
| Stationfall, by Steve Meretzky Average member rating: (46 ratings)What a trotting krip! Since your incredible heroics in Planetfall, where you risked life and limb to save the planet Resida, things have hardly changed at all. Sure, you were promoted to Lieutenant First... |
Thy Dungeonman 3, by Videlectrix
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(7 ratings)Transfer, by Tod Levi
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(174 ratings)| Wearing the Claw, by Paul O'Brian Alder's rating: Average member rating: (32 ratings)A traditional fantasy quest in which you and your village have been cursed with a slow transformation into various animals. The only way to stop the curse is to retrieve the Pendant of Elinor from the... |
| Wishbringer, by Brian Moriarty Alder's rating: Average member rating: (109 ratings)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... |
| Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling Alder's rating: Average member rating: (218 ratings)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 Alder's rating: Average member rating: (97 ratings)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... |
| Zork III, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank Alder's rating: Average member rating: (77 ratings)An old, oddly youthful man turns toward you slowly. His long, silver hair dances about him as a fresh breeze blows. "You have reached the final test, my friend! You are proved clever and powerful, but this... |
| Zork Zero, by Steve Meretzky Alder's rating: Average member rating: (59 ratings)The Great Underground Empire is in its heyday. Upscale condos crowd the massive caverns. Subterranean highways stretch from Aragain to the Fublio Valley. And no adventurer has yet set foot in the open field... |
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