One Hit Wonders - an IFDB Poll
by deathbytroggles
RSS FeedGood games by authors who apparently retired after their one gem.
| Violet, by Jeremy Freese 5 votes "Besides one room in this year's Cragne Manor, this is it" [+]"Besides one room in this year's Cragne Manor, this is it: One of the most popular games of all time is a one-off." ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Laney Berry... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Robot Marvin... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Lance Campbell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...  Vote for this game | |
| Worlds Apart, by Suzanne Britton 4 votes "Total immersion." [+]"Total immersion.: Exploration of your own and other's inner world through explorarion of the outer world. There was talk of a non-interactive sequel (something called a "book") but I've never read any more news about it." ( - Full review) --Rovarsson... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --deathbytroggles... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Laney Berry... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --aluminumoxynitride... Vote for this game | |
| Finding Martin, by G.K. Wennstrom 4 votes "Made one huge, polished puzzler and then (apparently) quit the scene." [+]"Made one huge, polished puzzler and then (apparently) quit the scene." --J. J. Guest... "Truly Epic" [+]"Truly Epic: A humongous, wonderful game by someone who never returned to the world of IF." --Blake... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --aluminumoxynitride... Vote for this game | |
| Firebird, by Bonnie Montgomery 3 votes "an old classic, from before I was on the scene" [+]"an old classic, from before I was on the scene" --matt w (Matt Weiner)... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| John's Fire Witch, by John Baker 3 votes "Oldie but goodie." [+]"Oldie but goodie." ( ) --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| The Act of Misdirection, by Callico Harrison 2 votes "creepy, mysterious" [+]"creepy, mysterious" --matt w (Matt Weiner)... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| All Things Devours, by half sick of shadows 2 votes "The best..." [+]"The best implementation of time travel mechanics I've seen in IF." ( ) --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) --suchamazingdoge... Vote for this game | |
| The Orion Agenda, by Ryan Weisenberger 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| The Hobbit, by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler 1 vote "Added for Veronika Megler" [+]"Added for Veronika Megler: I felt compelled to add The Hobbit to this list after reading Jimmy Maher’s article on the game, in which Veronika Megler is named as the principle architect. The Hobbit was groundbreaking, and unquestionably a hit; it was also the only IF she ever wrote. " --J. J. Guest... Vote for this game | |
| Parc, by John Rennie 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Augmented Fourth, by Brian Uri! 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Castle Ralf, by Doug Clutter and Steve Vance 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Quondam, by Rod Underwood and Peter Killworth 1 vote "The hardest game ever written" [+]"The hardest game ever written: Rod Underwood's only game and the original mainframe game has been lost. It survives only as a BBC port by Peter Killworth." ( - Full review) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Hezarin, by Alex Shipp and Steve Tinney 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Recluse, by Stephen Gorrell 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| A Runcible Cargo, by Thomas Ferguson 1 vote "One of the best Eamon games" [+]"One of the best Eamon games" ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Photograph: A Portrait of Reflection, by Steve Evans 1 vote "3rd place in the..." [+]"3rd place in the 2002 IFComp, and two XYZZY nominations (Best Player Character and Best Use Of Medium)" --tobiasvl... Vote for this game | |
| Adventure Castle, by Dave Dunfield 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| August, by Matt Fendahleen 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Katrisa... Vote for this game | |