Most Popular Adventure Games - Page 696
The Alpine Encounter
1983
The Alpine Encounter
1983
While in Peking, China a priceless Ming vase was stolen, in a military installation in the Rocky Mountains top-secret plans for a new missile were taken. VODOC, a secret organization keen on world domination is behind both crimes. It is up to you, Agent 456, to stop VODOC. You are therefore sent to a ski resort in the Swiss Alps.The Abyssal Zone
1984
Adventure
1983
Adventure
1983
Not to be confused with the Atari 2600 game, this is a text adventure loosely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.Scapeghost
1989
Scapeghost
1989
A departure from Level 9's usual fare.. Police officer Alan Chance was killed in the line of duty, but has now returned as a ghost - and must solve the crime which cost him his life. In the first part, you must befriend ghosts and build up your spetral strength, in the second part, you need to start the process of dealing with the crooks that kiiled you and in the final part, you must escape your exorsism in order for a final confrontation with the crooks, solve the case, rescue your kidnapped partner and clear your name.The Pawn
1986
The Pawn
1986
Acorn Archimedes Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum Atari ST/STE Mac DOS Amiga Apple II Amstrad CPCThe 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 whisky. King Erik is not popular for this decision, as some feel that ale brewers and mineral water bottlers have influenced him. Honest John the trader and Kronos the Magician play a key role in your journey, each offering sub-quests to attempt. The package includes a novella complete with map and decipherable hints, which are accessed by typing 'hint' followed by the code into the computer. Therefore, those with only a pirated copy would struggle to complete the game. Your score and the number of locations visited are both displayed in the title bar. The parser allows whole words to be deleted and unaccepted previous entries to be re-edited.Myth
1989
Myth
1989
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.Mindshadow
1985
Mindshadow
1985
You awake in a hut on a deserted island, with a headache and no memory. The PC version is a PC bootable.The Lurking Horror
1987
The Lurking Horror
1987
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, it was released for several platforms simultaneously thanks to the Z-machine. The original release included versions for DOS, the Apple II, Atari ST, Atari 8-bit family and Commodore 64. Later, it was ported to the Amiga with the addition of sound effects, making it the first title with that feature. The effects would play at appropriate times in the game in an effort to intensify the horror atmosphere. This marked one of the few major additions to the Z-machine with the exception of graphics; traditionally, Infocom had eschewed such changes in favor of expanding the parser capacity and overall size of game files. It was Infocom's 26th game; Infocom rated it as "Standard" in terms of difficulty. Lurking Horror was the only horror game ever released by Infocom.Lancelot
1988
Lancelot
1988
BBC Microcomputer System Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum Atari ST/STE Mac DOS Amiga Amstrad CPC MSXLancelot is a standard text adventure with limited graphics on some platforms game by Level 9 released in 1988. If focuses on Lancelot's quest to find the Holy Grail.Knight Orc
1987
Knight Orc
1987
Knight Orc is a standard text adventure game, with limited graphics on some platforms, by Level 9 released in 1987. It comes with a short novella by Peter McBride ("The Sign of the Orc") explaining the background to the story. After a night of heavy drinking with friends, Grindleguts the orc awakes to find himself strapped to a horse and about to joust with a human knight. His "friends" are nowhere to be seen, and he must somehow escape from his predicament and get even with them. Grindleguts must survive in a world of hostile humans while seeking revenge against his tormentors. After the first chapter, the game switches to science fiction setting where Grindleguts is revelaled to be a malfunctioning non-player character in a futuristic MMORPG. Using his power of transitioning between fantasy and reality, he convinces several other bots to join him, and escapes from the simulated reality facility.Jinxter
1987
Jinxter
1987
Acorn Archimedes Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum Atari ST/STE Mac DOS Amiga Apple II Amstrad CPCJust 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, folded, bent, spindled, mutilated and generally mucked about with. And in return? He gets the leading role in a perplexing, hilarious race against time and chance, set in a jinxed land menaced by the impending death of good fortune. Look on the bright side - it could be your luckiest move yet. Don't expect tiresome trolls, obvious orcs, silly spells and wet, wimpish witches in JINXTER. Infuriating, enchanting, absurd and hilarious by turns, JINXTER will surprise you with every move you make. But don't forget: every silver lining has a cloud.Infidel
1983
Infidel
1983
Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX TRS-80 Color Computer Atari ST/STE Mac DOS Amiga Apple II TRS-80 Amstrad CPCInfidel is an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1983. It was written by Patricia Fogleman and Michael Berlyn and was the first in the "Tales of Adventure" line. Due to Infocom's virtual Z-Machine, it was ported to a wide variety of popular computing systems of the day, including the Apple II and Commodore 64. It is Infocom's tenth game. In 1916, Dr. Ellington came into possession of a 5000-year-old fragment of pottery covered with hieroglyphics. (Conveniently for the text-only game, these runes look strangely like ASCII characters.) After years of painstaking research, Ellington managed to decipher a portion of the text, which indicated the general location of a pyramid that no one had heard of before. He managed to organize a modest expedition to the area in 1920, but found nothing before he died except a small block of limestone bearing the same style of hieroglyphics. According to the partial translation he made, the new fragment spoke of a queen and great riches. When Howard Carter discThe Hound of Shadow
1989
Hollywood Hijinx
1987
Flowers of Crystal
1991
Dream Zone
1988
Dream Zone
1988
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 game is composed out of still screens, and the player can move between them by selecting four directions. The interaction is performed either by typing text commands or by selecting verbs bound to function keys. Among those verbs are traditional "Look", "Talk", as well as the more unorthodox commands such as "Buy" or "Hit".Demon's Tomb: The Awakening
1989
Demon's Tomb: The Awakening is a text adventure set on England on modern times. The game starts with a prologue to the rest of the game, where the player controls the main character's father while he is fighting for his life. After this brief prelude, the story jumps to 16 years-old Richard and his search for his father in Britain's moors. The parser is on par with the one developed by Infocom. It supports chain commands and adverb recognition, and goes beyond by adding support of mouse input and interface customization. These features are enabled on a menu that pops up when right-clicking on the screen. The optional verb menu allows complete sentence construction with the mouse. The interface can be changed to several different ways of displaying text, from a Zorkish traditional full screen output to a scrolling window.Demoniak
1991
Demoniak
1991
Demoniak is an interactive fiction adventure in which the player guides four superheroes in an attempt to stop the evil Demoniak entering our dimension and doing dastardly things by sealing his gateway. The player may 'become' another character at any time and give that character instructions, objects, such as weapons, may be passed from one character to another.Granny's Garden
1983
Granny's Garden
1983
An educational puzzle adventure game, designed to encourage children's reading skills and problem solving.Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4: Summer Memories
Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4: Summer Memories is an adventure game and was to be the fourth installment of the Zettai Zetsumei Toshi series. Initially, the game was planned for release on March 10, 2011, a day before the 2011 Touhoku earthquake and tsunami, but was pushed back to a Spring time frame. Chief producer, Kazuma Kujo said the reason for the delay was because the game could not be completed in time. The game was officially cancelled on March 14, 2011.
