Information about Interactive Fiction Games - Part Seven -------------------------------------------------------- Original author Hans Persson unicorn@lysator.liu.se Supplied by The Grue @~Continued from Issue 42 Sim Soft: ******** Napoleon's Sandwiches [TO] Written with The Quill (?). Divided into two parts. Simon and Schuster: ****************** Star Trek - The Kobayashi Adventure (Kobayashi Alternative?) [TO, 1985] For Apple II, Commodore 64. Sirius: ****** Primarily an Apple II company. Gruds in Space [G, 1983] By Chuck Sommerville and Joseph Dudar. For Apple II, Commodore 64. Blade of Blackpool [G] For Apple II. Escape from Rungistan [G] For Apple II. Critical Mass [G] Sir-Tech: ******** The Usurper: The Mines of Qyntarr [TO] Released some time around 1987. Smart Egg Software: ****************** British company. Distributed by Mastertronic and CRL. Rigel's Revenge [1987] By Ron Harris, Nigel Brooks and Said Hassan. Federation [1988] The Quest for the Golden Eggcup By Hervey Lodder, Nigel Brooks, Simon Donstan and Said Hassan. Softoon: ******* Sherwood Forest Southern Software: ***************** Afghan Attack [TO] For Spectrum 48K. Divided into two parts. SophistiChaos Game Design: ************************* All these games are written with TADS. SophistiChaos Game Design can be contacted through Hans Persson (unicorn@lysator.liu.se). The Cyberventure Trilogy ------------------------ Enhanced [TO, December 1993] By Hans Persson and Dominik Zemmler. Shareware ($10) available at ftp.gmd.de. Sensorer (Currently under development.) Icebreaker (Planned.) Spinnaker: ********* They distributed Telarium Corporation. Below the Root Partial map included in the package. Sunshine Press: ************** The Eye of the Star Warrior Published in listing form in the book "Spectrum Adventures". The entire program is carefully explained. Graphics. For Spectrum. Swescot: ******* Den stulna kungaspiran For Spectrum. Written in Swedish. Synapse Software: **************** American company (Richmond, CA), distributed by Br*derbund. Mindwheel [TO, 1985] By William Mataga, Robert Pinsky and Steve Hales. For Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, PC. Came with a book of about 70 pages containing a story outlining what was going on in the game. I have seen this reviewed as a text only game but I'm pretty sure the version I played have graphics. Anybody who knows? Essex [TO, 1985] By Bill Darrah. For Apple II, Commodore 64, PC. Brimstone [1985] By James Paul. Breakers [1985] @~The last four were also available for the ST ... Sue Ronin House of Changes Deadly Summer Telarium Corporation: ******************** American company (One Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, (617)494-1224). Up to 1984, the company was called Trillium. Some of their games are published on the "Windham Classics" label. They are distributed by Spinnaker. As Telarium ----------- Fahrenheit 451 [1984] For Apple II, Commodore 64. Based on the novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury. Rendezvous with Rama [G, 1984-85] By Arthur C. Clarke and Byron Preiss. For Apple II, Commodore 64 (2 disks). Package includes hint booklet and some maps. The game contains two action sequences that can be practiced with a special command. Amazon [1984] By Michael Crichton. For Apple II, Commodore 64. Dragonworld [1984-85] By Byron Preiss and Michael Reaves. Nine Princes in Amber [G, 1985] For Commodore 64. Based on the books "Nine Princes in Amber" and "The Guns of Avalon" by Roger Zelazny. Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder [G, 1985] By Erle Stanley Gardner and Paisano Prod. For Commodore 64. @~All the above except Dragonworld and Rama were also available on @~the ST ... Sue The Scoop [1989] Based on Agatha Christie. Shadowkeep Based on Alan Dean Foster. For Apple II, Commodore 64. Starman Jones Based on Robert A. Heinlein. This might be unpublished. The Grand Adventure Based on Philip Jose Farmer. This might be unpublished. As Windham Classics ------------------- Treasure Island [1984-85] Alice in Wonderland [1984-85] The Wizard of Oz [G, 1985] For Apple II, Commodore 64, PC. Below the Root (Roots?) Topologica Ltd: ************** A number of the games here were originally published by Acornsoft but their authors took the games to Topologica when Acornsoft decided not to publish adventure games and converted them for other computers. This company is still present in Peterborough, Britain, contactable on +44 733 244682 They publish for BBC, Electron, Master, Archimedes, PC, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Spectrum +3 and soon Atari ST. Small here means up to around 150 locations, large means over 400, medium means in between. The Doom trilogy (Science Fiction adventure) ---------------- Countdown Originally written by Acornsoft. Expanded by about 50% when republished by Topologika. Return Last Days of Doom Miscellaneous ------------- Acheton Large adventure in the Colossal Cave style. Originally written for an IBM 370 at Cambridge University, and available on several other 370 compatible sites. Later published by Acornsoft, and later still by Topologika. Acheton predates most published adventures barring Colossal Cave (by which its authors were inspired) and Zork (the original Vax version). Acheton was first written in 1978. Hamil Small adventure with some Mathematical bias. Originally written for an IBM 370 at Cambridge University, and available on several other 370 compatible sites. Later published by Acornsoft, and later still by Topologika. Philosophers' Quest Medium sized game. Originally written for an IBM 370 at Cambridge University, and available on several other 370 compatible sites. Later published by Acornsoft, and later still by Topologika. The Acornsoft version was a cutdown of the original, the Topologika version is the full thing. Monsters of Murdac Small adventure. Originally produced for the IBM 370 system, later converted for Topologika. Avon Small Shakespearian adventure. Originally produced for the IBM 370 system, later converted for Topologika. Hezarin Large adventure in Colossal Cave style. Originally produced for the IBM 370 system, later converted for Topologika. SpySnatcher Whodunnit adventure in MI7 Giant Killer Mathematical adventure for secondary education Castle of Riddles Originally written by Acornsoft. Trillium Corporation: ******************** See Telarium Comporation. Tynesoft: ******** This might be a label under Adventure International. Super Gran: The Adventure [BG, 1985] By Brian Howarth and Mike Woodroffe. For Commodore 64. Lone Survivor By Brian Howarth @~The final section will be next issue - o -