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Mystery Mansion is a text-based adventure game for the TRS-80. The player must explore a large puzzle-filled mansion to recover the 3 million dollar treasure of J. B. Hoggs, the eccentric millionaire. During their adventure, the player must brave snake pits, poison rats, and overcome a number of other puzzles. All commands are via VERB NOUN … Continue reading “Mystery Mansion”
Year: 1980
Platforms: TRS-80
Genre: Adventure
Mad Scientist is a text adventure for multiple systems. You must sneak into the Mad Scientist’s house to rescue the fiend’s beautiful daughter. Monsters will pop up at inopportune to to bar your path and try to kill you, so it is imperative that you find some way of defending yourself. The player must search the … Continue reading “Mad Scientist”
Year: 1980
Platforms: TRS-80
Genre: Adventure
World’s Edge is a text adventure game for the TRS-80. Smog problems have reached critical proportions. The people of Earth desperately need 2.2 kg of APC-80 to absorb all of this air pollution. Spectrographic analysis indicates that this mineral is only available on Planet AW-8, orbiting Alpha Centauri. Inhabitants of AW-8 will try to prevent you … Continue reading “World’s Edge”
Year: 1980
Platforms: TRS-80
Genre: Adventure
Halls of Death is an adventure game where you play the role of one of many explorers who have entered the caverns and rooms over many floors, searching for the treasure within, the only difference hopefully is that you make it out alive. The screen is split into five different parts with two parts text, one … Continue reading “Halls of Death”
Year: 1982
Platforms: Commodore 64
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Devil’s Palace is a text adventure for the TRS-80. The player has arrived just outside of the Devil’s palace, surrounded by a moat of red hot lava. The player must infiltrate the palace and recover a number of treasures including the Devil’s crown, wand, and scepter. The player will face numerous dangers, including the dog Cerebrus, … Continue reading “Devil’s Palace”
Year: 1980
Platforms: TRS-80
Genre: Adventure
Escape from Vulcan’s Isle is a fantasy-themed adventure game with light RPG elements. A navigator of great renown, you are swept up in a tropical storm, and shipwrecked upon an uncharted volcanic isle. Exploring a nearby cave, you discover the diary of Alcemnon, a sailor who perished years before. The pages speak of magical artifacts and … Continue reading “Forgotten Island a.k.a. Escape from Vulcan’s Isle”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Graphic adventure, RPG elements
King Arthur’s Heir is a black and white fantasy-themed adventure game with light RPG elements. After accomplishing many great feats of chivalry, you have risen to become the right hand of King Arthur of the Britons. He has declared you his heir over his own relative Mordred. To prove yourself worthy, you must locate the Scroll … Continue reading “Quest For Power (King Arthur’s Heir)”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
The Sword of Zedek is a text-based roleplaying game for multiple systems. The player must gather armies and special equipment to overcome the forces of Ra, The Master of Evil. The player has a must explore a grid above and under ground, and has a total of 55 turns to approach Ra in his throne room … Continue reading “The Sword of Zedek”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Apple II, Commodore PET/CBM, TRS-80
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Phantom Brave is a strategy RPG which takes place in the world of Ivoire. Ivoire consists of vast seas and numerous islands; it used to be a peaceful place, but an ancient (and powerful) force is now threatening life in the various lands. The character you control in the game is Marona, a 13 year old … Continue reading “Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle”
Year: 2004
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Soul Nomad & the World Eaters is a strategy/RPG hybrid and takes place in Prodesta, a place where war has has ravaged the land for thousands of years. The story is centered around Gig, the Master of Death, an evil god, who formerly tried to destroy the world with beings he controlled called the World Eaters. … Continue reading “Soul Nomad & the World Eaters”
Year: 2007
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy