Retro Games
Text/Graphic Adventures
UNDER CONSTANT CONSTRUCTION!
Retro (and Retro style) games that I've played and completed recently.
This page includes Text Adventures, Point and Click Adventures on PC, Spectrum Games and Older Consoles.
Links are included where available to play on-line.
Purple items are games I'm currently playing.
HIBERNATED 1 - This PLace is death
THE queen's Footsteps
The secret diary of adrian mole 13 3/4
Text Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing
PLAY : *
A 4 part multi choice adventure through the book from the 80s. Managed to score 73% for my efforts!
Two days to the Race
Text Adventure
INFO : IFDB
PLAY : Web version
Part one of the Emilia Vittorini trilogy of games. This game is made up of four short parts. There were at least two cases where I had to "guess the verb", but otherwise quite straight forward.
Spider and Web
Text Adventure
INFO : IFDB
PLAY : Parchment
I've meant to play this one for a long time as it's highly regarded. It has some clever storying telling where you are describing what you did rather than instructing your character what to do. I got stuck failing to find something as I did not look properly (twice in fact! And it was the same thing in different places!).
Anchorhead
Text Adventure
INFO : IFDB
PLAY : Parchment
This is something of an epic with detailed and lengthy descriptive text. I got a fair way by myself before I started worrying that there were dead ends from mistakes and unexpected deaths; I then resorted to a walkthrough as this would take some solving without. There are a few objects and location exits I found to be hidden away a bit too well. There were also a few cases where I knew what to do, but could not guess at the commands to do it. But on the whole this is fair and logical game. It took me a while to play to the end, even with the option to look things up when I felt I needed to and for getting everything done right at the end.
The Cave of Magic: A Troll's Revenge
Text Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing
PLAY : QAOP
Fairly short but fun little little adventure.
Zzzz
Text Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing
PLAY : QAOP
Illogical, guess the verb muddle and mostly had to use walk-through. Backspace and keyboard entry does not work correctly making it even more annoying! Avoid this game!
Behind Closed Doors
Text Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing
PLAY : QAOP
A very short one room, one puzzle game with a classic solution.
Unhallowed
Text Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing
PLAY : QAOP
A good sized modern Spectrum adventure. Not too difficult.
King's Keep
GREGORY LOSES HIS CLOCK
Arcade Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing
PLAY : QAOP
I think I completed this many years ago. Playing it again, the tank part seemed really hard.
TERRORMOLINOS
Text Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing
PLAY : QAOP
An adventure I wanted to play but never did till now. I found it easier than expected.
Pyjamarama
Arcade Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing
PLAY : QAOP
Quite a short game if you know what you need to do.
ERIC THE UNREADY
Text Adventure
INFO : IFDB
PLAY : Internet Archive
Another from the past that it has taken be ages to get around to playing. Enjoyable and not very tricky.
The Beast of Torrack Moor
Text Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing, IFDB
PLAY : QAOP, Parchment, Adventuron (30th Anniversary Edition)
Quite a reasonable size game for a fair bit going on and timed event. Ending could have been better.
Circus
Text Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing, IFDB
PLAY : QAOP
A very early game with very brief descriptions for everything.
EXCALIBUR: SWORD OF KINGS
Text Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing
PLAY : QAOP, Adventuron (Remake)
I played the remake. Fairly straight forward.
SAM MALLARD
THE CASE OF THE MISSING SWAN
THE CASE OF THE MISSING SWAN
Text Adventure (Spectrum)
INFO : Spectrum Computing
PLAY : QAOP
A short but well make modern spectrum game.
A Mind Forever Voyaging
80 Days
Nord and Bert
Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
