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The Blackwell Legacy is the second commercial adventure game by Dave Gilbert. The premise is based on his 2003 freeware adventure game Bestowers of Eternity. This game uses the same characters; the young writer Rosangela Blackwell and the ghost Joey Mallone, major parts of the storyline, but not the puzzles. Bestowers of Eternity was originally … Continue reading “The Blackwell Legacy”
Year: 2006
Platforms: Android, Linux, Macintosh, Windows, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
The Blackwell Epiphany is the final installment of the Blackwell storyline and continues about a year after the happenings of The Blackwell Deception. In the meantime, Rosa Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey started to work for the police as consultants. Their main job is still to guide lost spooks, ghosts which are unaware that … Continue reading “The Blackwell Epiphany”
Year: 2014
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, Windows, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
The Blackwell Deception is the fifth main game in the series and continues the story of the writer Rosangela Blackwell, following the events in The Blackwell Legacy (2006) and The Blackwell Convergence (2009). She is still accompanied by the family ghost Joey Mallone as they work together to solve the problems of troubled ghosts in … Continue reading “The Blackwell Deception”
Year: 2011
Platforms: Windows, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
The Blackwell Convergence is the fourth game in the Blackwell Legacy series. After the prequel Blackwell Unbound with Lauren Blackwell, this title continues the story of her niece Rosangela Blackwell, following the events in The Blackwell Legacy. Just like the previous games, it is a classic point-and-click adventure title focused on puzzle solving, with fully … Continue reading “The Blackwell Convergence”
Year: 2009
Platforms: Android, Linux, Macintosh, Windows, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
The death of his grandfather, William, brings Samuel Gordon back to Black Mirror, the family’s ancestral home. Although William was considered a kook and his death most likely a suicide, Samuel is investigating the matter. Samuel is convinced that the death was no accident and that the mystery’s answer lies in the research William conducted, … Continue reading “The Black Mirror”
Year: 2003
Platforms: Windows
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
Aimlessly wandering through the Southlands of Quendor, the hero of the game encounters the Implementors, powerful beings who warn him of a terrible danger: the Coconut of Quendor, the very embodiment of Magic, has been stolen by terrifying monsters known as Ur-Grue, said to be the spirits of fallen Implementors. The task is clear, but … Continue reading “Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Commodore 128, DOS, Macintosh
Genre: Adventure
Betrayal in Antara uses an updated version of the game engine from Betrayal at Krondor. However, it does not continue Raymond E. Feist’s Riftwar saga, but instead starts a new tale set in a different fantasy world, known as Ramar. The story begins with William Escobar, the son of the governor of Pianda, sailing home … Continue reading “Betrayal In Antara”
Year: 1997
Platforms: Windows, Windows 3.x
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Based on Raymond E. Feist’s Riftwar saga (and co-written by Feist himself), Betrayal at Krondor is a medieval fantasy-themed role-playing game set in the Riftwar universe. The story begins as Gorath, a moredhel (dark elf) renegade, who intended to warn the people of Krondor of the upcoming moredhel invasion, is attacked by an assassin. Locklear, … Continue reading “Betrayal at Krondor”
Year: 1993
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
In futuristic Australia, there are giant cities owned solely by corporations, separated by a giant wasteland known as The Gap. When Robert Foster’s Gap-dwelling tribe is killed by soldiers from Union City who capture him, everything changes for him. After a narrow escape from the helicopter bringing him there as it inexplicably crashes, Robert and … Continue reading “Beneath A Steel Sky”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Amiga, Amiga CD32, DOS, Macintosh, Windows, iPhone
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
The warriors who have destroyed the evil wizard Mangar receive a letter while celebrating their victory. The letter informs them of a terrible disaster: Mangar’s master, the Mad God Tarjan, has unleashed his wrath upon the town of Skara Brae, completely destroying in. The heroes visit a refugee camp nearby and embark on a quest … Continue reading “The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate”
Year: 1988
Platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, PC-98
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy