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1985 · Infocom · Adventure, Text adventure · Open the game page →

Steer by what it is tap once for more of it, twice for none of it

204 games like Wishbringer · 1974 – 2008

  • Why 77Form.81World.44Curated.41Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Magnetic Scrolls · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST +1

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    This was a text adventure made by Magnetic Scrolls published in 1990

    1 list7 h main story

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  • Why 76Form.83World.25Curated.41Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

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

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    Just when a man thinks his luck is running out, things start getting even worse. He gets run over by a bus. Sprayed with cheese sandwich by a supernatural being. Smashed against a tunnel by a speeding train. He gets incinerated, widdled on,

    3 lists

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  • Why 76Form.83World.25Curated.41Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    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 lists

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  • Why 76Form.78World.25Curated.36Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction · Same studio

    Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Windows +1

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureSecond person perspectiveFantasy

    The purpose of the game is to explore and emerge successfully from the Undiscovered Underground. The player begins only with a low-quality Lantern and plastic imitation sword, a parody of the starting items from Zorks I, II and III. Upon en

    1 listSame studio

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  • Why 71Form.68World.25Curated.41Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

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

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFantasyText

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

    1 list

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  • Why 71Form.70World.25Curated.41Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    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 lists

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  • Why 71Form.70World.25Curated.41Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    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 lists

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  • Why 71Form.68World.25Curated.41Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Legacy Computer, MS-DOS

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

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

    1 list

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  • Why 64Form.54World.25Curated.39Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    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 story

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  • Why 64Form.75World.25Curated.24Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

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

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    Medieval Text Adventure game with graphics.

    2 lists

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  • Why 60Form.81World.25Curated.14Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    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 list

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  • Why 59Form.71World.25Curated.18Lists.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 58Form.62World.25Curated.24Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Level 9 Computing · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW +9

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    A text adventure centering around a gnome called Ingrid Bottomlow.

    4 lists

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  • Why 58Form.69World.25Curated.18Lists.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 58Form.79World.25Curated.12Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

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

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    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 lists

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  • Why 57Form.74World.25Curated.14Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Level 9 Computing · Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, BBC Microcomputer System +3

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    Loosely based on the 1983 children's novel of the same name by Terry Jones.

    2 lists

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  • Why 56Form.56World.25Curated.24Lists.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 55Form.68World.25Curated.15Lists.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 54Form.65World.25Curated.14Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

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

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

    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 54Form.64World.25Curated.15Lists.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 51Form.51World.25Curated.20Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    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 lists

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  • Why 50Form.56World.25Curated.14Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

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

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFantasyText

    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 49Form.77World.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 49Form.68World.34Curated.00Lists.00Text adventure · Interactive fiction

    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 list

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  • Why 49Form.57World.25Curated.12Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

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

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureFantasyText

    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 48Form.50World.00Curated.18Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Westwood Studios · MS-DOS

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionTextRole-playing

    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 48Form.82World.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 48Form.55World.25Curated.14Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

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

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

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

    76 rating6 lists

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  • Why 47Form.80World.00Curated.00Lists.00Text adventure · Interactive fiction

    Zyll

    1984

    IBM · MS-DOS

    Text adventureInteractive fictionTextRole-playing

    Zyll is a text adventure game from IBM.

    2 lists

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  • Why 45Form.69World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    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 story

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  • Why 45Form.67World.25Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16 +3

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionFantasyText

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

    3 lists

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  • Why 44Form.71World.00Curated.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 44Form.71World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    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 list

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  • Why 44Form.65World.25Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    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 lists

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  • Why 43Form.70World.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 43Form.70World.00Curated.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.70World.00Curated.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.63World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Violet

    2008

    Browser, Linux, Windows +1

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionTextLGBT themes

    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. A piece of interactive fiction written by Jeremy Freese.

    1 list

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  • Why 42Form.67World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Apple II

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionTextScience fiction

    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 42Form.68World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

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

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureTextScience fiction

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

    1 list

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  • Why 42Form.69World.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 42Form.67World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

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

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionTextThriller

    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 42Form.68World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    Adventure International · Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +14

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureTextPuzzle

    While orbiting an asteroid your space ship malfunctions. In this text adventure you have to find five alien artefacts - and a way home.

    5 lists

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  • Why 42Form.67World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

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

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionTextThriller

    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 42Form.69World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Text adventure

    Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro +4

    AdventureText adventureInteractive fictionTextComedy

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

    4 lists

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  • Why 42Form.68World.00Curated.00Lists.00Adventure · Interactive fiction

    Adventure International · Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +13

    AdventureInteractive fictionText adventureTextPuzzle

    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.

    67 rating5 lists

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  • Why 41Form.58World.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 41Form.67World.00Curated.00Lists.00Text adventure · Interactive fiction

    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 list

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