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Avernum: Escape From the Pit is a remake of Spiderweb Software’s fantasy role-playing game Avernum (which, in turn, is a remake of an even earlier game, Exile: Escape from the Pit). Avernum: Escape From the Pit is in many aspects similar to Spiderweb’s previous game, Avadon: The Black Fortress, and uses some of its art, … Continue reading “Avernum: Escape From the Pit”

The seventh game in Spiderweb’s Avernum series. In this final game of the series, the great underground society of Avernum is in danger again, and it’s up to your team of adventurers to save the whole of society once more. Through a deep roleplaying system, you can explore caves, dungeons, castles, town, and the whole … Continue reading “Avernum VI”

Vial of Doom is an interactive text adventure written by Roger M. Wilcox for the TRS-80. The story is based on a 25 page typewritten short story that Wilcox had written a year earlier. Wilcox admitted that his story was influenced a bit by Michael Moorcock’s multiverse. You can read about my experience with the … Continue reading “Vial of Doom”

All was prosperous and peaceful in the Empire—until recently. Someone tried to assassinate the Empress…but who would dare such a thing, and to what end? The answer to the mystery may lie with the rebel Dorikas, who has fled to the subterranean realm of Avernum. A party of four brave heroes must pursue Dorikas underground, … Continue reading “Avernum V”

Avernum 4 has you in charge of a 4-character party, whose task is to discover why your homeland of Avernum has been undergoing a series of unnatural disasters. The game uses a modified version of the Geneforge engine, meaning that its interface is entirely different from the previous Avernum games. Although the character pictures are the … Continue reading “Avernum IV”

Avernum 3 is the third installment of the Avernum series and is an overhaul of Exile 3: Ruined World. In it, you create a party of 1-4 characters and play as one of the first bands to return to the surface from years of exile in the prison caves of Avernum. Rather than the paradise … Continue reading “Avernum 3: Ruined World”

Galactic Hitchhiker is one of the earliest examples of a British-authored text adventure for home computers. It was first advertised in October 1980. The game parodies or mirrors several elements of A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. You can read about my experience with the game HERE

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”

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”

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”