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Oldorf’s Revenge is an adventure game with RPG elements. Game play consists of typing verb-noun commands to explore a variety of locations. The player can choose from a total of 7 different classes, including: Cleric, Thief, Gladiator, Elf, Strongman, Magician, and Wizard. The player must change between different classes as they explore Oldorf’s cavern, as different … Continue reading “Oldorf’s Revenge”

Year: 1980

Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


In Search of Dr. Livingston is a text adventure game for multiple systems Dr. Livingston is again in the darkest Africa, but no message has been received from him for a great while. His rescue has consumed your thoughts for many weeks. You have gathered books and and maps of the area where he was last … Continue reading “In Search Of Dr. Livingston”

Year: 1980

Platforms: Apple II, TRS-80

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


Medieval Adventure is a 2-player text adventure for the TRS-80. Two players take turns exploring a medieval castle in search of treasures. Each player gets to pick up and manipulate items, and then move to a new location during their turn. Each player has a different starting point in the castle, and the goal is to … Continue reading “Medieval Adventure”

Year: 1981

Platforms: TRS-80

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


In Rescue at Rigel, you take the part of Sudden Smith, a human adventurer teleported down by transporter beam inside a six-floor, sixty-room complex inhabited by an alien race, the Tollah. Scattered throughout the base, which has been hollowed out of an asteroid orbiting Rigel, ten humans are held captive, one in each of ten different … Continue reading “Rescue at Rigel”

Year: 1980

Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET/CBM, DOS, PC Booter, TRS-80, VIC-20

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Real-time strategy


A compilation of Doom I, Doom II, and Doom III. The Union Aerospace Corporation has been experimenting with teleportation technology on Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos. After early successes, something goes wrong. It seems the scientists have opened a gateway straight to Hell. Phobos base is overrun with demonic creatures, and the whole of Deimos … Continue reading “Doom: The Classics Collection”

Year: 2021

Platforms: PlayStation 4

Genre: Action

Theme: Shooter


An extremely hard to find game. It is a fantasy adventure where you can create your own characters, choose from a wide inventory of weapons and armor, and use freeform input combined with making choices to explore a dungeon. Watch out for the Chromatic Dragon! This is a dungeon crawl game – equip your character, … Continue reading “Maces & Magic: Balrog Sampler”

Year: 1980

Platforms: Apple II, TRS-80

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


Fantasyland 2041 A.D. is a fantasy themed RPG. It is the year 2041 AD, and the programmers Patty and John Bell of Crystalware have used the newest advances in robotics and terraforming to create in the Australian Outback six lands filled with rewards and dangers to challenge all those who wish to be adventurers. They created … Continue reading “Fantasyland 2041 A.D.”

Year: 1981

Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: RPG elements


Journey Through Time represents the last of the Joel Mick games. It is an interactive text adventure that was published in 1980. The game involves time travel and has you journeying through time to “collect” or steal a treasure from each time period. You can read about my experience with the game HERE

Year: 1980

Platforms: TRS-80

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


Odyssey #2: Treasure Island is an interactive text adventure from 1980 by Joel Mick & James Taranto and it is the second game in Joel Mick’s Odyssey series. The majority of the game does take place on an island and while there is a pirate, a ship, and treasure, the similarities between itself and Robert … Continue reading “Odyssey #2: Treasure Island”

Year: 1980

Platforms: TRS-80

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


Odyssey #1: Damsel in Distress was an interactive text adventure programmed by Joel Mick & Jeffrey M. Richter and published in 1980. The game is a medieval fantasy adventure where you attempt to rescue a princess held captive within a castle. You can read about my experience with the game HERE

Year: 1980

Platforms: TRS-80

Genre: Adventure

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure