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Gargoyle Castle is a text adventure for the TRS-80. The player must explore two castles for a total of 10 treasures, and return them to the castle throne room. Treasures include: a huge ruby, a complete Gutenberg bible, a shimmering ring, a crystal bird locked in a cage, a rope bound gargoyle, and more. Most items … Continue reading “Gargoyle Castle”

King George’s daughter Priscilla has been kidnapped by an evil wizard named Harlin, who holds her in his castle. The King offers half of his kingdom to anyone who would venture into the faraway mountain land, enter the castle, defeat Harlin, and bring back the princess. Only one adventurer is brave enough to accept this … Continue reading “Hi-Res Adventure #2: The Wizard and the Princess”

Mystery House is a monochrome interactive fiction adventure game that places the player in a Victorian mansion with seven other people. As the player explores the mansion, he discovers that there is a killer murdering each guest one by one. The objective of the game is to figure out who the murderer is before the murderer … Continue reading “Hi-Res Adventure #1: Mystery House”

In this game, you play an astronaut who is asked by Mission Control to send a rocket up to an asteroid and blow it up before it reaches Earth. The trouble is: you will be unable to find the asteroid without a flight plan. This early adventure game is very short, and, in order to … Continue reading “Hi-Res Adventure #0: Mission Asteroid”

Zork: The Great Underground Empire is a classic text adventure game. The player begins as an “adventurer” standing near a white house in a nice forest, but soon descends into the Great Underground Empire, where most of the game takes place. The player’s quest is to collect the Nineteen Treasures of Zork. As was typical … Continue reading “Zork I: The Great Underground Empire”

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is the sequel to 1991’s The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; (while in the West the titles of the two games differ, the Japanese version adds but a «2»). The player is in control of Link, who has to explore a world (or two) and overcome … Continue reading “Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds”

Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability. The multiple-scenario structure of the previous title returns with an epic new story supervised by IGA (Koji Igarashi) himself. Players take control of Zangetsu, a … Continue reading “Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2”

The hero of the game, an apprentice knight (named Finn by default), lives together with his father’s friend in a village called Isla, located in the Kingdom of Marion. All of a sudden, the neighbor land Bandore Empire attacks the village. Finn manages to escapes and seeks shelter in the royal castle of Marion. But … Continue reading “Beyond the Beyond”

Death Dreadnaught is a science fiction themed text adventure game for the TRS-80. The player has found themselves stranded on a spaceship filled with the gory remains of their former comrades. The player must explore the ship, avoiding the dangerous aliens that lurk about, and escape to safety. To accomplish this, the player must locate batteries, … Continue reading “Death’s Dreadnaught”

Fracas is Stuart Smith’s very first game, using the game system which would later develop into Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and ultimately Adventure Construction Set. Like those games, it is combat-oriented turn-based RPG and one of its main features is the large numbers of characters, both good and bad, that can get involved in the battles at once. You … Continue reading “Fracas”