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Rhyme Star
1994
A well drawn game which pits you against various monsters in an Othello-style board game battle, where there are card battles to determine if a square is taken.
The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate
Westwood Studios1993
The land of Kyrandia is disappearing piece by piece and you are the offbeat, young mystic who must voyage to the center of the world to break the curse and save it. Your surreal journey will twist even the sharpest of minds. Traveling through a vast weirdly beautiful terrain, you must concoct potions, cast spells and lure the help of some very bizarre inhabitants to uncover the secrets that doom Kyrandia. Crafty Kyrandian veterans from the first Fables & Fiends adventure, The Legend of Kyrandia, may recognize their favorite land of giant frogs, talking trees and really strange berries. But this isn't just the same old Kyrandia! Challenging puzzles, new characters, and lots of self-conscious wisecracks from our heroine make Hand of Fate more challenging than it's predecessor.
FlixMix
Celeris1993
FlixMix is a jigsaw puzzle game featuring a variety of animated images to reassemble. But there is a catch: the jigsaw puzzle is an animated picture, so each piece is not a static part of a picture but a small part of a large animation you have to assemble. You can set a number of options such as the number of pieces and whether the animation randomly plays back and forth or just in one direction. There are also four different modes of play for single or multi player, in this case more like party play. The animations vary from optical illusions to simple CG. The object of the game is to place all the rectangular pieces into the correct positions. Puzzle pieces can be varied in size to as few as 2x2 to over 10x10, depending on the puzzle. Additional options to increase difficulty include mirrored or flipped pieces, locking correctly placed pieces, blanking placed pieces after a time delay, and occasionally playing the video clip in reverse. There are four game modes in FlixMix. In Single Mingle, the player has unlimited time to solve a single puzzle. In Scramblecade, the player rotates through all the puzzles in a tileset, with the pieces shrinking in size almost each round. The player has a time limit, which can be extended by placing pieces, placing pieces in bonus spaces worth extra time and points, and solving puzzles. In Joint Venture, up to nine players take turns solving a sequence of puzzles with the winner being the one to solve the most puzzles within a time limit. In Mix'n'Match, up to nine players take turns solving the same puzzle in sequence, with the player with the lowest time declared the winner
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol II: The Two Towers
Interplay Productions1992
The gameplay is similar to that of the first game. The game is an RPG wherein the player controls multiple characters from the book. It uses a top-down perspective. The game takes place slightly before its predecessor ends: at the dark forest of Fangorn. The story splits into several journeys of different characters similar to the book, the game also switches between different controllable parties. The ultimate goal is to reach the Two Towers and destroy the One Ring.
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
Interplay Productions1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I is a fantasy role-playing game based on The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of the Lord of the Rings book trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. The events of the game follow those depicted in the book rather closely, though a few characters and occurrences are not present, and many quests have been added. Characters belonging to various races and nations join Frodo on his quest; these include key figures from the book as well as several characters unique to the game. The CD version of the game features cutscenes taken from the animated Lord of the Rings movie by Ralph Bakshi.
Darwin's Dilemma
Inline Design1990
Darwin's Dilemma is a puzzle video game originally for Classic Mac OS. It was developed by André Ouimet and published in 1990 by Inline Design. The goal is to match creatures together. After enough matches the creatures will "evolve" into new ones, and these new creatures must be again matched so they can evolve, and so on.
Phantasie IV: Birth of Heroes
StarCraft1990
Phantasie IV: The Birth of Heroes is the fourth entry in the RPG series Phantasie, and the only one that was released exclusively for Japanese computers. Gameplay-wise and visually, the game is very similar to the previous installments. The player creates a party of adventurers (up to six active combatants, including the series' trademark "random creatures", such as ogres, minotaurs, lizardmen, etc.), which then roams the top-down world-map, descending into dungeons, and fighting randomly appearing enemies in turn-based combat. Battles allow specific commands such as "Thrust", "Parry", "Throw", etc., and - similarly to the third game - placement of the characters in rows on the battle screen.
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
StarCraft1990
Explore the world of Crusaders of Khazan with your party from a top-down perspective, roaming wilderness areas, visiting towns, talking to people, receiving quests, and descending into dungeons. Battles take place on a top-down battle screen, on which characters can move freely and attack enemies in turn-based style.
Phantasie
SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.)1985
The Isle of Gelnor is divided by a chain of mountains into two regions. The west is the traditional domain of human and humanoid beings - with a few renegade Orcs and Lizardmen - dedicated to order and goodness. The east is inhabited by more exotic creatures - dragons, trolls and giants. These regions have been waging war throughout the history of the Great land. Since the Great invasion by the evil sorcerer Nikademus, the isle of Gelnor has been terrorized by his merciless Black Knights. To maintain their reign of terror, the Black Knights travel from town to town, demanding sacrifices and homage. You are an adventurer looking for fame and fortune, as most of them do, and you see your chance here. Those Black Knights deserves your attention no matter the costs.
Ring Quest
1985
Ring Quest is the sequel to 1983's The Quest, both published by Penguin Software (later Polarware). The player, as the bearer of the Ring of Order, must evade the sorceress Lisa, who is possessed by the Ring of Chaos, until you can free her. An early fantasy text adventure by Dallas Snell.
Gemstone Warrior
Paradigm Creators, Inc.1984
You have to find the five pieces of the Gemstone which was stolen and shattered by demons.
Masquerade
1983
You are a detective trying to bring down a crime boss.
The Blade of Blackpoole
Sirius Software1983
A text adeventure written by Tim Wilson and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit platforms.
The Coveted Mirror
1983
After the evil Voar has taken over reign of the once peaceful kingdom of Starbury it is your task to find the missing fifth piece of the Coveted Mirror in order to restore order once again to Starbury.
Expedition Amazon
Penguin Software1983
Expedition Amazon follows four team members on an expedition to navigate the ruins of the Incan civilization.
The Dark Crystal
On-Line Systems1983
Based on the movie of the same name you play the character of Jen, the last of the Gelflings. Your objective is to find the Dark Crystal and its missing shard before the Great Conjunction, the alignment of the world's three suns, takes place.
Ultima III: Exodus
Origin Systems1983
Eons ago Lord British came unto the lands of Sosaria. Since that time it has been united under his rule as the Kingdom of Britannia and has gone through two major crises. A few years ago there were political upheavals among the city states of the kingdom. The ringleader of this political instability was Mondain, the Magician. Under his horrible rule, the people's lives were devastated. A valiant warrior was called forth from another world by Lord British. This warrior overthrew Mondain. Britania survived the first crisis. But peace in the Kingdom of Britannia did not last long. Minax, the Witch, a disciple of Mondain, became very powerful and ruled the world of darkness. Minax had power to sway the time axis of the universe. However, a legendary hero again came to the rescue, overthrew Minax, and brought peace back to the kingdom. Now, the Kingdom is about to face its third crisis. Rumours abound about a fiery island which has emerged in the southwestern seas. Little is known of the evil that dwells there. It is known only as Exodus.
Transylvania
Penguin Software1982
A game with a text interface and optional graphics. Players must locate the missing Princess Sabrina while surviving the hostile land.
Sherwood Forest
1982
You are Robin Hood and have to solve many riddles in order to marry Maid Marion.
Time Zone
On-Line Systems1982
In order to save Earth's future you are given a time machine enabling you to travel into several time periods of the distant past where you meet famous people like Robin Hood, Christopher Columbos or Cleopatra who will help you to change Earth's destiny.
Star Blazer
StarCraft1982
Horizontal space shooter. You are a fighter pilot on several hazardous missions. In each level you have to fulfill one mission like bomb the radar, destroy the tank etc. The scenery as buildings and warehouses and airborne objects as jets and rockets can all destroy your jet. Your fighter jet is armed with a limited supply of bullets for an on-board machine gun and with bombs, also with limited supply. Bombs can only be dropped from very low altitude. Furthermore, your jet has a limited amount of fuel which can be refueled by picking up a parachute dropped out of another plane.
Escape from Rungistan
Sirius Software1982
A graphical text-adventure in which the player has to escape from the mid-African nation of Rungistan.
Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress
Origin Systems1982
After obtaining aid from the lords of the realm in Ultima I, your character travels back in time, locates the mad wizard Mondain, slays him, and ends his reign of terror. In Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress, Mondain's protégé, Minax, who studied the mad wizard's teachings and writings, returns to wreak vengeance on the person who slew her teacher and lover -- you. And, instead of waiting for you to return to her native land of Sosaria, she wreaks havoc on your own Earth. Throughout Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress, your quest is quite different in scope from its predecessor. Earth is turned into a half-modern, half-fantasy world by the forces of magic and, as a result, things are much stranger than one might expect. As explained in the introduction, your tasks in the game are to "Battle strange creatures across the face of the Earth, search for clues in careless words spoken at the local pub, traverse deep, dark, deadly dungeons and tall, terrifying towers...and conquer Time itself to battle Minax the Enchantress."
Kabul Spy
1982
A graphical text-adventure written by Tim Wilson in which the player has to find and rescue Professor Paul Eisenstadt who was captured by the KGB and is being held somewhere in northern Afghanistan.
Cranston Manor
On-Line Systems1981
You break into the mansion of the late millionaire Cranston in order to steal sixteen treasures which are said to be hidden within its walls.
Ulysses and the Golden Fleece
On-Line Systems1981
You are Ulysses and your king has given you the task of finding the legendary Golden Fleece and bring it back to him. In order to accomplish your king's wishes you travel through vast lands and meet many people and creatures from ancient Greek mythology.
Alien Typhoon
StarCraft1981
Galaxian clone for the Apple II.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1981
Dungeon crawler RPG in which you set out to save the Sultan's daughter.
Alien Rain
StarCraft1981
A game based on the Alien movie. Alien Rain (also called Apple Galaxian) is a clone of the arcade game Galaxian. It is a shoot-'em-up where a formation of aliens attack your starfighter at the bottom of the screen. The alien peel off from the group, singly or in formation and attack you, the pattern depending on what type of alien it is. Once all aliens are killed, you move to a new level, indicated by a flag at the bottom. The game was released for the Apple II as Alien Rain.
Mission Asteroid
On-Line Systems1980
An asteroid is on collision course with Earth and it's up to the player to prevent the inevitable catastrophe. "Mission Asteroid" is the third text adventure with graphical illustrations by Sierra. But due to its easy difficulty level it was released as number zero in Sierra's Hi-Res Adventure series. The game's parser only understands simple one- or two-word commands.
Voodoo Castle
Adventure International1979
You are Count Cristo and a curse has been put on you. Your have to lift the curse in this text adventure using two word commands.
Mystery Fun House
Adventure International1979
In this text adventure you have to make it through a fun house until the amusement park closes for the day.
Secret Mission
Adventure International1979
This adventure takes place in a nuclear power plant and using two word commands you must prevent a reactor meltdown.
Strange Odyssey
Adventure International1979
While orbiting an asteroid your space ship malfunctions. In this text adventure you have to find five alien artefacts - and a way home.
The Count
Adventure International1979
You are trapped in the castle of a Transylvanian count and only have three days and nights to defeat the count. In order to do so you have to solve puzzles, find secret passageways and most importantly have to be careful not to fall prey to the creatures of the night.
Adventureland
Scott Adams1978
A text based Adventure Game for the TRS-80, later enhanced with visual scenes in various ports. Only allowed 2-Word input and was largely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.
Pirate Adventure
Adventure International1978
Your goal in this text adventure is to find a pirate treasure using two word commands.