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Games like Ingrid's Back

1988 · Level 9 Computing · Adventure, Text adventure · Open the game page →

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248 games like Ingrid's Back · 1974 – 2023

  • Why 83Form.46World.25Curated.82Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure · Often paired

    Magnetic Scrolls · Amiga, Amstrad PCW, Atari ST +5

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    Myth is set in Ancient Greece, place of myth and legend. Hence the title. You are are Poseidon, the Sea God. You have to journey to the Underworld to get the Dark Helment of Hades.

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 81Form.73World.25Curated.58Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure · Often paired

    Infocom · Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS +7

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor is an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and released by Infocom in 1987. It was one of the last games in Infocom's Zork series It signified a notable departure from the standard

    4 listsOften paired

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  • Why 81Form.75World.25Curated.58Lists1.00Adventure · Text adventure · Often paired · Also in Text-based games

    Magnetic Scrolls · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC +10

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyFirst person

    The Guild of Thieves is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls first published by Rainbird in 1987. The game also takes place in Kerovnia like the previous game The Pawn. The player's character is "an aspiring member of the infamo

    5 listsOften paired

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  • Why 81Form.75World.25Curated.58Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure · Often paired

    Brian Howarth · Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro +9

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    You fell asleep in the waxworks at a fair and now you have to find your way out.

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 81Form.75World.25Curated.58Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure · Often paired

    Infocom · Amiga, Apple II, MS-DOS +2

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    You're on the threshold of a whole new experience, for ahead of you is the extraordinary anthology of the Great Underground Empire. Once you step through the door to Zork, you leave the world of arcade games and trite fantasies behind and e

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.65World.25Curated.58Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction · Often paired

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +4

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFantasyFirst person

    A text adeventure written by Tim Wilson and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit platforms.

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.63World.25Curated.58Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction · Often paired

    Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 16 +3

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFantasyText

    A text-adventure written by John Rausch and the first installment of the Other Venture series published by Adventure International.

    3 listsOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.49World.25Curated.68Lists1.00Adventure · Text adventure · Often paired · Also in Text-based games

    William Crowther · Apple II, Commodore 64, PDP-10 +4

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    Colossal Cave Adventure is a text adventure game, developed originally in 1976, by Will Crowther for the PDP-10 mainframe. The game was expanded upon in 1977, with help from Don Woods, and other programmers created variations on the game an

    76 rating4 lists0.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.63World.25Curated.58Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction · Often paired

    Digital Fantasia · Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System +5

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFantasyText

    In order for Andromeda to become your, Perseus', wife, you have have to slay the hideous Medusa.

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 78Form.61World.38Curated.58Lists1.00Adventure · Text adventure · Often paired · Also in Text-based games

    Legacy Computer, MS-DOS

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    An interactive fiction game / interactive fiction creation utility pre-dating the release of Colossal Cave Adventure.

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 68Form.71World.25Curated.33Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyFirst person

    Medieval Text Adventure game with graphics.

    2 lists

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  • Why 68Form.57World.25Curated.44Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Spinnaker Software · Apple II, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    An Interactive Fiction game based on the fantasy novel with the same name.

    1 list

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  • Why 66Form.52World.46Curated.39Lists1.00Adventure · Text adventure · Also in Text-based games

    Veronika Megler · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, BBC Microcomputer System +6

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyFirst person

    A ground breaking text-adventure video game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

    76 rating6 listsAlso in Text-based games

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  • Why 64Form.74World.25Curated.17Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure · Same studio

    Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System +3

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyFirst person

    The Price of Magik is the sequel to the previous game; Myglar the Magician. The guardian of the Crystal has become insane and is draining its energy for his own use; he must be defeated before it is exhausted.

    3 listsSame studio

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  • Why 63Form.73World.45Curated.20Lists1.00Adventure · Text adventure · Also in Text-based games

    Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +14

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    A text based Adventure Game for the TRS-80, later enhanced with visual scenes in various ports. Only allowed 2-Word input and was largely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.

    60 rating1 listAlso in Text-based games

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  • Why 61Form.64World.25Curated.26Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System

    AdventureText adventureFantasyText

    Castle of Riddles is a text-adventure game, first released for the BBC Micro in 1982. It was primarily written and designed by Peter Killworth.

    1 list

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  • Why 59Form.61World.45Curated.22Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    Scott Adams · Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +13

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFantasyText

    A text based Adventure Game for the TRS-80, later enhanced with visual scenes in various ports. Only allowed 2-Word input and was largely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.

    60 rating8 lists

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  • Why 59Form.50World.25Curated.33Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    AdventureText adventureFantasyText

    You play Trixie Trinian and muist find out why everybody at St. Brides Boarding School thinks she is living in the 1920s and must restore normality.

    1 list

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  • Why 57Form.52World.25Curated.29Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    Interplay Entertainment · Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS +5

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureCga graphicsFantasy

    Your grandfather has invented a device which makes real everything he can see in his dream. All the strange places and creatures he can dream about really exist in an alternate reality. One of those creatures, named Franklin Snarl, traveled

    4 lists

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  • Why 56Form.61World.25Curated.20Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Adventure Soft · Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, BBC Microcomputer System +3

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyFirst person

    Masters of the Universe: Super Adventure, also known as Masters of the Universe in Terraquake, is an interactive fiction video game developed by Adventure Soft and published by U.S. Gold in 1986. The game is part of the Masters of the Unive

    2 lists

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  • Why 55Form.46World.25Curated.29Lists1.00Adventure · Text adventure · Also in Text-based games

    Spectral Associates · Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer

    AdventureText adventureFantasyTextMagic

    In the Cretan labyrinth of King Minos beneath Knossos you have to find 16 hidden treasures while evading seven mythical monsters.

    2 listsAlso in Text-based games

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  • Why 53Form.54World.25Curated.20Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    Krome Studios Melbourne · Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II +7

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFantasyFirst person

    The Fellowship of the Ring is an interactive fiction (with graphics) game based on the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, describing the efforts of the Hobbits Frodo, Pippin, and Sam and their quest to bring the r

    56 rating3 lists

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  • Why 52Form.40World.53Curated.24Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    Krome Studios Melbourne · Commodore C64/128/MAX, Windows, ZX Spectrum

    AdventureInteractive fictionFantasyFirst personText

    A syntax commanded graphical adventure in which the player tries to rescue a young maiden from the bloodlustrous clatches of a vampire

    1 list

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  • Why 51Form.55World.25Curated.17Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    Adventure Soft · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFantasyFirst person

    Temple of Terror is a video game published by Adventure Soft in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.

    1 list

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  • Why 50Form.47World.00Curated.26Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Westwood Studios · MS-DOS

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFirst personText

    Circuit's Edge is a computer game developed by Westwood Associates and released by Infocom in 1989. It is based on George Alec Effinger's 1987 novel When Gravity Fails. The game is a hybrid interactive fiction/role-playing game; it contains

    1 list

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  • Why 47Form.64World.48Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Apple II

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFirst personText

    Text adventure with some graphics. You are stranded on a strange planet have to find a way back home.

    1 list

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  • Why 46Form.65World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction · Same studio

    Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST +7

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFirst personText

    The second game in Level 9's science fiction trilogy dealing with the colonisation of the planet Eden.

    1 listSame studio

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  • Why 45Form.74World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Sirius Software · Apple II, FM-7, NEC PC-8800 series +3

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionTextAction

    A graphical text-adventure in which the player has to escape from the mid-African nation of Rungistan.

    1 list

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  • Why 44Form.62World.32Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Delta 4 · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    A text adventure based on the Terry Pratchett novel of the same name.

    2 lists

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  • Why 44Form.60World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction · Same studio

    Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari 8-bit +4

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFirst personText

    Set a century after the events of Return to Eden, The Worm in Paradise is the third and concluding game in the Silicon Dreams trilogy.

    4 listsSame studio

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  • Why 44Form.64World.25Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16 +3

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyFirst person

    You are visiting the Twin KIngdom Valley in order to find (and steal) some treasure.

    3 lists

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  • Why 44Form.72World.00Curated.00Lists1.00Text adventure · Interactive fiction · Also in Text-based games

    Zyll

    1984

    IBM · MS-DOS

    Text adventureInteractive fictionTextRole-playing

    Zyll is a text adventure game from IBM.

    2 listsAlso in Text-based games

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  • Why 43Form.69World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Michael S. Gentry · Browser, Linux, Windows +2

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionTextHorror

    Travel to the haunted coastal town of Anchorhead, Massachusetts and uncover the roots of a horrific conspiracy inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Search through musty archives and tomes of esoteric lore; dodge hostile townsfolk; comb

    2 lists

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  • Why 43Form.63World.20Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    Apple II, Commodore PET, TRS-80 +1

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureTextScience fiction

    Inspired by Star Wars this is a text-adventure game written by Lance Micklus.

    1 list

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  • Why 43Form.63World.26Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    Apple II, MS-DOS, macOS

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureTextMystery

    A text adventure in which the player discovers on a world-wide journey who has stolen the peculiar inheritance, the painting Parrish's 'Earthly Delights', that was left by the recently died uncle.

    2 lists

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  • Why 43Form.53World.56Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    This is a text adventure game in which the player follows the story of "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen.

    1 list

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  • Why 42Form.61World.25Curated.00Lists1.00Text adventure · Interactive fiction · Also in Text-based games

    Curses

    1993

    Graham Nelson · Windows, Z-machine, macOS

    Text adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    In the course of searching the attic for an old tourist map of Paris, Victor Meldrew steps into a surreal adventure to uncover a centuries-old curse that has been placed on his family.

    1 listAlso in Text-based games

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  • Why 41Form.64World.03Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Peter Killworth · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW +2

    AdventureText adventureText

    Countdown to Doom is a text-adventure, designed and written by Peter Killworth, originally for the BBC Micro. It is the first in Killworth's "Doom" trilogy.

    4 lists

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  • Why 41Form.64World.00Curated.00Lists1.00Adventure · Text adventure · Also in Text-based games

    HAUNT

    1979

    PDP-10, DECSYSTEM-20

    AdventureText adventureText

    Haunt is a text adventure game created by John E. Laird while he was a student at Carnegie Mellon University. The purpose of the game is to find treasure in a haunted house and then escape the house.

    1 listAlso in Text-based games

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  • Why 41Form.59World.25Curated.00Lists1.00Adventure · Text adventure · Also in Text-based games

    Gargoyle Games · ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    Axil the Able stood in three inches of stagnant water and surveyed one of the most dismal dungeons he had ever been thrown into... 30 seconds earlier, he was sitting in front of the ox-roast in that famed haunt of the Occult. The Golden Thu

    3 listsAlso in Text-based games

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  • Why 40Form.63World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureTextScience fiction

    Educational adventure in which the player travels through the human body in minitaturized form.

    1 list

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  • Why 40Form.62World.00Curated.00Lists1.00Adventure · Text adventure · Also in Text-based games

    Jigsaw

    1995

    Graham Nelson · Windows, Z-machine, macOS

    AdventureText adventureTextPuzzleScience fiction

    New Year’s Eve, 1999, a quarter to midnight and where else to be but Century Park! Fireworks cascade across the sky, your stomach rumbles uneasily, music and lasers howl across the parkland… Not exactly your ideal party (especially as that

    1 list19 h main storyAlso in Text-based games

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  • Why 40Form.62World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionTextScience fiction

    Rigel's Revenge is a text adventure published in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum home computers by Mastertronic on their "Bulldog" label. It was written by British studio Smart Egg Software using a heavily modified v

    2 lists

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  • Why 40Form.64World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFirst personText

    Seabase Delta is a text adventure game by Firebird released in 1986 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum home computers. It is the sequel to Subsunk.

    2 lists

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  • Why 40Form.64World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFirst personText

    As reporter Ed Lines, you are on board HMS Sea Lion when it is attacked and sunk. Now you must send the Subsunk message..

    2 lists

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  • Why 40Form.62World.00Curated.00Lists1.00Adventure · Text adventure · Also in Text-based games

    Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro +4

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionTextComedy

    Take your family on a holiday vacation they will never forget.

    4 listsAlso in Text-based games

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  • Why 39Form.52World.25Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Byron Preiss · Apple II, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    You have recieved word from a messenger that the Last Dragon has been kidnapped. You hold the scroll in your hand and read that you must travel with a special companion named Hawkwind. Only with him and yourself can you save the Last Dragon

    1 list

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  • Why 39Form.60World.00Curated.00Lists1.00Text adventure · Interactive fiction · Also in Text-based games

    Dunnet

    1983

    Linux, macOS

    Text adventureInteractive fictionTextFreewareAbstract

    There is a game that is hidden inside of every modern Apple Computer as well as most Linux machines. A classic text based adventure in the spirit of Colossal Cave and Zork.

    1 listAlso in Text-based games

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