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Will ‘o the Wisp is a satirical approach of textual adventure games. In the game the player takes on the role of a poor country boy about to be married to the beautiful Brunhilde. The boy can stay in his shabby shack and watch T.V. or explore the neighboring forest and get inadvertently lost. Since this … Continue reading “Will ‘O the Wisp”
Year: 1980
Platforms: Apple II, Commodore 64, Commodore PET/CBM
Genre: Adventure
Vampire Castle is a text adventure for multiple systems. The player must explore Dracula’s castle, and kill the infamous vampire before midnight comes. The player is armed with a timepiece that allows tracking of time. All commands are via VERB NOUN entry, and there is no save or restore feature. You can read about my experience … Continue reading “Vampire Castle”
Year: 1980
Platforms: Commodore 64, Ohio Scientific, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo
Genre: Adventure
Trek Adventure is a text-adventure game inspired by the Star Trek TV series and subsequent movies. In the game the player starts at the wrecked bridge of the Enterprise after a freak ion storm. It is up to the player to fix the ship again and prevent it from crashing into a planet. The game plays … Continue reading “Trek Adventure”
Year: 1980
Platforms: Commodore 64, Commodore PET/CBM, Ohio Scientific, TRS-80, VIC-20
Genre: Adventure
Time Traveler is a text adventure game. The object of the game is to travel back in time and obtain 14 rings. Each ring is hidden in a different time era and possesses a special power that can help the player on his quest. The player then has to return with all of them to the … Continue reading “Time Traveler”
Year: 1980
Platforms: Apple II, Commodore PET/CBM, TRS-80
Genre: Adventure
Avernum 2 is an overhaul of Exile 2: Crystal Souls. This version uses an improved Nethergate engine and adds new spells, quests, characters, classes, and other things. The conversations have changed from asking about one work to get a response to asking preset questions. The effect is a more natural conversation such as in a … Continue reading “Avernum 2: Crystal Souls”
Year: 2000
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Avadon: The Black Fortress is a role playing game done in standard Spiderweb style; long, sprawling, with plenty of story and loads of maps to explore. The player becomes a warrior of the Midlands Pact, an alliance of 5 nations surrounded on all sides by enemies in the Farlands. The story begins when you arrive … Continue reading “Avadon: The Black Fortress”
Year: 2011
Platforms: Android, Macintosh, Windows, iPad
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Avadon 3: The Warborn is a huge, old-school, indie fantasy role-playing adventure, the conclusion of the epic Avadon trilogy. You are a Hand of Avadon, warrior and spy, judge and executioner, with nearly unlimited power to fight the enemies of your homeland. Your word is Law. However, your lands have been invaded. Barbarians and monsters … Continue reading “Avadon 3: The Warborn”
Year: 2016
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows, iPad
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
You serve Avadon, a member of the Pact. The Pact is a group of kingdoms that banded together against the Farlands to survive. As a servant of Avadon, you will act as warrior and/or spy. Avadon 2: The Corruption is a role playing adventure and successor of Avadon: The Black Fortress. You can select from … Continue reading “Avadon 2: The Corruption”
Year: 2013
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows, iPad
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
You own the last farm in the post-apocalypse wasteland, inherited from your late grandfather’s will mere moments before the surrounding countryside gets vaporized in a nuclear blast. Now as the only source of food for the local town, and constantly under threat from the local mutant wildlife, you do as any self-respecting farmer would: Farm. Marry. … Continue reading “Atomicrops”
Year: 2019
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox One
Genre: Action
Theme: Roguelike
Story Three heroic explorers wander the post-apocalyptic desert on a mission to save their village from despair. They soon find a dark, twisted tower that has risen from the depths of the planet and seemingly holds the key to their survival. In order to ensure their victory, one of them has made a secret pact … Continue reading “Astalon: Tears of the Earth”
Year: 2021
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform