Caves of Olympus
1982Apple II
Text adventure with some graphics. You are stranded on a strange planet have to find a way back home.
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308 games like Mission Asteroid · 1978 – 2023
Rigel's Revenge
1987Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
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
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The Prisoner
1980David Mullich · Apple II
Text-based adventure game inspired by the cult classic British television show about a former spy who is abducted and sent to a resort-themed "prison" where his captors attempt to get him to reveal why he resigned from his classified job.
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Cyborg
1982Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3
A science fiction text adventure game in which an artificial intelligence is electronically merged with your body as the result of a scientific experiment. Your mission is to find a source of energy to keep you alive. The game uses a text p
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Strange Odyssey
1981Adventure International · Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +14
While orbiting an asteroid your space ship malfunctions. In this text adventure you have to find five alien artefacts - and a way home.
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Mindfighter
1988Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW +5
Mindfighter is a text adventure game developed by British studio Abstract Concepts and published by Activision in 1988 for the Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari ST, MS-DOS, and the ZX Spectrum computers.
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Breakers
1986Apple II, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +2
Somewhere in Hong Kong, two martial artists face each other in a vast courtyard. The challenger is a stout man in brown skin. The ground has been tainted with blood. However, his crescent blade hasn't touched his opponent yet. It was a one-
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Dream Zone
1987Naughty Dog · Amiga, Apple IIGS, Atari ST +2
Dream Zone is a first-person adventure game. A mad scientist's elixir has turned the protagonist's dreams into reality; while in this dream state, he must fight to stay alive, leave that forsaken place, and return to the real world. The gam
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Lords of Time
1983Level 9 Computing · Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari 8-bit +7
You are a time traveller and have to find nine objects from different time periods in order to prevent the Time Lords to alter human history.
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Oo-topos
1981Sentient Software Inc. · Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, MS-DOS +2
After having crashlanded on the planet of Oo-Topos and taken prisoner your goal is to break out of captivity, repair your ship and get away from the hostile planet.
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Oo-Topos
1986Penguin Software · Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST +4
After having crashlanded on the planet of Oo-Topos and taken prisoner your goal is to break out of captivity, repair your ship and get away from the hostile planet.
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Apple II, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +2
An adventure game based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke.
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Fahrenheit 451
1984Apple II, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +6
The time is not too long from now. The place is New York City. Yet it is a setting few of us would ever recognize. For this is a world where simply owning a book is dangerously illegal. Where Firemen come not to save houses, but to burn th
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Kayleth
1986Adventure Soft · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro +4
Kayleth is a first person adventure video game for the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum that was developed and published by Adventure Soft. The game has cyberpunk, sci fi and photo adventure elements.
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Eureka!
1984Ian Livingstone · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
You have to solve a series of text adventures set in different periods of time (prehistoric times, ancient Rome, Arthurian Britain, WWII and the Cold War) to find various pieces of a talisman.
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Fantasia Diamond
1984Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System +1
Fantasia Diamond is a text adventure game by Kim Topley and published by Hewson Consultants. It was released in 1984 for the Amstrad CPC, Acorn Electron, ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro home computers. Unusually for Hewson, it was not released on
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Lords of Karma
1980Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET +2
Without any clue as to why and how you find yourself in the middle of the central square of the mythical city of Golconda and try to find out how to fulfill your destiny.
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The Quest
1983Penguin Software · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +5
You have to help the strong but not very intelligent Gorn to rid the kingdom of Balema of a dragon.
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Creature Venture
1980Apple II
An adventure game developed by Microcabin in 1982. It is also known as Takara Building Adventure.
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Apple II, FM-7, PC-8800 Series +2
After the evil Voar has taken over reign of the once peaceful kingdom of Starbury it is your task to find the missing fifth piece of the Coveted Mirror in order to restore order once again to Starbury.
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Heroes of Karn
1983Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
You have to rescue four legendary heroes who were put under a spell.
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Pimania
1982Automata UK · BBC Microcomputer System, Dragon 32/64, Sinclair ZX81 +2
In what is possibly the most baffling text adventure ever devised, navigate a surreal landscape with the aid of the Pi-Man in an attempt to discover the (real world) location of a golden sundial. Originally published in 1982.
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Wolfman
1988Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Wolfman is a text adventure video game released by CRL in 1988 for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum home computers.
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Apple II
After having reclaimed the High One's lost orb and having become the Lord Lapour in "Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure" you have to face a new meance. The technically more advanced race of the Atlanteans wants to subdue all of the other race
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Apple II, Commodore PET, TRS-80 +1
Inspired by Star Wars this is a text-adventure game written by Lance Micklus.
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1000 Days of Syria is a hypertext-based historical fiction game centered on the first 1000 days of the Syrian Civil War.
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Apple II
Educational adventure in which the player travels through the human body in minitaturized form.
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Infocom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW +7
The Lurking Horror is an interactive fiction game released by Infocom in 1987. The game was written by Dave Lebling and inspired by the horror fiction writings of H. P. Lovecraft (including his Cthulhu Mythos). Like most of Infocom's games,
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Bugsy
1986Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
Bugsy, also known as The King of Chicago, is a 1986 graphic adventure game for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum developed by St. Bride's School and published by CRL Group exclusively in Europe. Its protagonist, Bugsy Maroon, i
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Return to Eden
1984Level 9 Computing · Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System +3
The second game in Level 9's science fiction trilogy dealing with the colonisation of the planet Eden.
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Return to Eden
1984Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST +7
The second game in Level 9's science fiction trilogy dealing with the colonisation of the planet Eden.
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Terra Cresta
1985Nichibutsu · Arcade, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +4
Terra Cresta is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up. The player controls a ship, initially with limited firepower. Numbered pods appear containing further parts of the ship that will increase firepower. These additional parts combine with t
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Voodoo Castle
1980Adventure International · Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +13
You are Count Cristo and a curse has been put on you. Your have to lift the curse in this text adventure using two word commands.
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Artic Software · Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Sinclair ZX81 +1
You are marooned on a strange planet and have to repair your space ship in order to get back home.
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Adventureland
1978Scott Adams · Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +13
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.
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Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +4
A text adeventure written by Tim Wilson and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit platforms.
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Castle of Terror
2023Krome Studios Melbourne · Commodore C64/128/MAX, Windows, ZX Spectrum
A syntax commanded graphical adventure in which the player tries to rescue a young maiden from the bloodlustrous clatches of a vampire
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Infocom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW +11
The year is 1936, and suddenly the protagonist is abducted by the Leather Goddesses for the final testing in the plan which will enslave every man and woman on earth. These Leather Goddesses of Phobos are just finishing up their plans for t
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Terrormolinos
1985Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro +4
Take your family on a holiday vacation they will never forget.
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Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 16 +3
A text-adventure written by John Rausch and the first installment of the Other Venture series published by Adventure International.
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Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Windows +1
In this unique hybrid action RPG from 1987, take on the role of Doc the Destroyer, outcast and heretic in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, as he battles to save the dwellers of a life-saving dome from extinction. Make decisions in a branching
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Earthly Delights
1983Apple II, MS-DOS, macOS
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.
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Murder off Miami
1986Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Murder off Miami is a 1987 whodunnit adventure video game based on the book of the same name by British thriller novelist Dennis Wheatley. Players take the role of Detective Officer Kettering, who is inspecting the supposed suicide of a Bri
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Digital Fantasia · Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System +5
In order for Andromeda to become your, Perseus', wife, you have have to slay the hideous Medusa.
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Seabase Delta
1986Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
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.
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Seas of Blood
1985Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Adaption of the Fighting Fantasy gamebook of the same name.
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Subsunk
1985Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
As reporter Ed Lines, you are on board HMS Sea Lion when it is attacked and sunk. Now you must send the Subsunk message..
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The Pawn
1985Magnetic Scrolls · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC +10
The aim of this interactive fiction with graphics is to escape from the land of Kerovnia, where strange occurrences are routine. The Roobikyoub dwarves have been banished from the kingdom, which is not good as they produce high-quality whis
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