Rob's Adventure Game Page Since my second real job, where a co-worker introduced me to the all-text game "Adventure" on a PDP-11, I have been fond of what have come to be known as Adventure Games (Wikipedia). This genre includes text adventures (a.k.a. interactive fiction or IF), and graphic adventures.

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I amassed a fairly extensive collection of adventure games over the years, starting with some Commodore Vic-20 cartridges of Scott Adams games, then Infocom games and others for the Atari ST platform, and later for the PC, with a side trip onto the Palm handheld. As you'll see, I actually installed and played, let alone completed, only a fraction of them. Below is a list of Adventure Games and a few Action Adventure Games in my collection, most for the PC, some for the Atari ST, indexed alphabetically by name.

The icons have the following meanings:

The game made the AdventureGamers.com Top 100 as of Dec 30 2011. Shown in my list as (AG#) Won an award.	New arrival - I purchased or installed it recently (since 2012).	I started this game. I completed this game.	Got good reviews. Got bad reviews. The Waffle - got mixed reviews.	An old PC game. Runs on Windows 7. Runs under Steam. Version for the Atari ST. An online game.
One of my favorites. I did not enjoy this game. Somewhat boring.	Experienced a bug/issue.	Some obscure puzzles. Confusing storyline. Timed elements. Contains maze(s).	I don't have this game. Included for reference, or I may have played it with someone.

Games I've played (with my kids) are in red. Games I have completed are in bold. Games I started but never finished due either to a bug or losing interest are in italics.
I have also highlighted recent arrivals to remind me to play them.

A [Enigma of] The Abbey / Murder in the Abbey 2008 Alcachofa Soft/Crimson Cow (dotemu $3.00) Adventure Collection Volume 1 Dead Reefs Keepsake NiBiRu Return to Mysterious Island (AG53) Secret Files: Tunguska AGON (Ancient Games of Nations) series - website AGON 1 The London Scene (d/l from PlayFirst/Big Fish $4.99) AGON 2 Adventures in Lapland AGON 3 Pirates of Madagascar AGON from Lapland to Madagascar (d/l from PlayFirst/Big Fish $4.99) (not sure if this is 2,3, or both) The Mysterious Codex (1-3) (I don't have this.) AGON 4 The Lost Sword of Toledo (d/l from PlayFirst/Big Fish $4.99) AGON 5 The Tale of the Four Dragons (I don't have this.) Alan Wake's American Nightmare (steam $3.75)	A cont'd Alpha Polaris 2011 Turmoil Games (gg $1.99) Alter Ego (gg free - $1.74 -> 4:3 sale) Amazon (ST) Amber: Journeys Beyond (AG70) 1996 8/19/99 American McGee's Alice Amertis - website (free d/l) on startup, if black screen, press esc Amerzone - Benoit Sokal - 1999 Microids (I installed old disk on Win7 - seems to work OK)	A cont'd Amnesia - The Dark Descent (AG34) (HB5) AnaCapri The Dream A New Beginning - Daedalic 2011 (d/l gamersgate $5.99) Angel Devoid Another Code (aka Trace Memory) (AG60) Cing Nintendo DS 2005 The Arrival	A cont'd Atlantis series Atlantis: The Lost Tales 1997 Atlantis II (aka Beyond Atlantis) 1999 Cryo Interactive (dotemu pack $9.99 - incl 2,3,4) Atlantis III - The New World (aka Beyond Atlantis II) 2001 (d/l gog $3.99) Atlantis Evolution 2004 (dotemu pack $9.99 - incl 2,3,4) Atlantis V: Secrets of Atlantis 2006 (I don't have this.) Aura and Aura 2 (d/l both from dotemu @ $2) Aura: Fate of the Ages 2004 Aura 2: The Sacred Rings 2007 Azrael's Tear
B Bad Day on the Midway (The Residents) Bad Mojo (AG30) 1996 Pulse Entertainment Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok (d/l from gamersgate $2.49) Barrow Hill (d/l from gamersgate $2.50) Bastion (HB5) Below the Root - Windham Classics 1984 80s - one of the earliest graphic advs, based on a childrens' novel an article about its genesis here Beneath a Steel Sky (AG19) 1994 Revolution Software (d/l free from gog)	B cont'd Ben There, Dan That! (purch 2-pack on Steam $4.99) Time Gentlemen, Please! 2009 (purch 2-pack on Steam $4.99) Beyond the Wall of Stars Black Dahlia (AG63) The Black Mirror series The Black Mirror (AG83) 2003 (JA $2.49) The Black Mirror II (downloaded from Amazon/Viva $5) The Black Mirror III (downloaded from Amazon/Viva $5) Blackstone Chronicles (AG43) Legend 1998	B cont'd Blackwell series (d/l bundle counts as 1 in gog $10 for 5 xgvg sale) 1. The Blackwell Legacy 2006 2. Blackwell Unbound 2007 3. Blackwell Convergence 2009 4. The Blackwell Deception 2011 Blade Runner (AG21) 1997 Westwood Studios The Book of Unwritten Tales (AG64) KING Art 2011 (d/l from gog $9.99) Botanicula (Steam Amanita bundle $6.24) Braid (HB5)	B cont'd The Broken Sword series 1. Circle of Blood (a.k.a. Shadow of the Templars) (AG4) 1996 1. Circle of Blood - The Director's Cut (dotemu BS trilogy remastered $9.99 incl 1, 1 Dir cut, 2, 3) 2. The Smoking Mirror 2.5 The Return of the Templars (fan adventure - website) 3. The Sleeping Dragon 4. The Angel of Death (2006) (gog $4.99) 5. The Serpent's Curse (2013) (I don't have this.) Bureau 13 Burn: Cycle
Big Fish Games - Casual / Hidden Object Adventures - [Wikipedia] (NOTE: all games unless othewise marked.) Azada series 1. Azada 2. Azada: Ancient Magic 3. Azada in Libro (collector's ed. d/l from bigfish $6.99) Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome ($6.99) Carol Reed Mystery series - MDNA 1. Remedy 2004 (earned free bigfish) 2. Hope Springs Eternal 2005 3. Time Stand Still 2006 4. East Side Story 2007 5. The Colour of Murder 2008 (bf $6.99 b1g1f Blue Madonna) 6. Black Circle 2009 Carol Reed 1-5 Complete 2010 7. Blue Madonna 2011 (bf free) 8. Amber's Blood 2012 Dark Dimensions: City of Fog ($4.99) Emerald City Confidential ($4.99) Empress of the Deep 2: Song of the Blue Whale (bf free) Enigmatus: The Ghosts of Maple Creek (free w/ club memb. 2/13)	Big Fish Games cont'd Enlightenus series Enlightenus ($3.49) Enlightenus 2: The Timeless Tower ($3.49) Flux Family Secrets series - fractured object puzzles - Skunk Studios [Wikipedia] 1. The Ripple Effect ($4.99) 2. The Rabbit Hole 3. The Book of Oracles Film Fatale: Lights, Camera, Madness! ($0.99 w/ Dorian) Final Cut: Death on the Silver Screen ($3.99) Midnight Mysteries series - MumboJumbo 1. The Edgar Allen Poe Conspiracy 2009 (HOG) 2. Salem Witch Trials 2010 (amazon $1.99) (virus?) 3. Devil on the Mississippi 2011 4. Haunted Houdini Mystery Case Files series [Wikipedia] 1. Huntsville 2005 2. Prime Suspects 2006 3. Ravenhearst 2006 ($2.99) 4. Madame Fate 2007 ($2.99) 5. Return to Ravenhearst 2008 ($4.99) 6. Dire Grove 2009 ($4.99) 7. 13th Skull 2010 ($2.99) 8. Escape from Ravenhearst 2011 (free) 9. Shadow Lake 2012	Big Fish Games cont'd Mystery Trackers series - Elephant Games [Wikipedia] 1. The Void 2010 ($4.99) 2. Raincliff ($2.99) 3. Black Isle (free) 4. Four Aces 2012 (free) Nightmare Adventures series Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison (free) Nightmare Adventures: The Turning Thorn (free) Pahelika series Secret Legends 2009 (gg $3.38) Revelations 2011 (PlayFirst/Big Fish $4.99) Sacra Terra: Angelic Night - Alawar (amazon $1.99) virus?	Big Fish Games cont'd Samantha Swift series - MumboJumbo 1. Hidden Roses of Athena 2008 (amazon $1.99) 2. Golden Touch 2009 (amazon $1.99) 3. Mystery From Atlantis 2009 (amazon $1.99) 4. Fountains of Fate 2010 (amazon $1.99) Shiver series Shiver: Vanishing Hitchhiker - Artogon (bf $6.99 b1g1f w/ Empress2) Poltergeist (bf free) Snark Busters series - Alawar (fragmented object games = FROGs) 1. Welcome to the Club (amazon $1.99) 2. All Revved Up (amazon $1.99) 3. High Society Twisted Lands series - Alawar 1. Shadow Town (bf $3.99) 2. Insomniac (bf $6.99 b1g1f w/ Origin) 3. Origin (bf free)
C Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (AG66) Ceville - 2009 Realmforge Studios/Kalypso Media (d/l Amazon $4.72) (install error) Chronomaster	C cont'd The Chzo Mythos (AGS) [Wikipedia] [website] free d/l 1. 5 Days a Stranger 2. 7 Days a Skeptic 3. Trilby's Notes 4. 6 Days a Sacrifice Circle of Blood (see Broken Sword series) The City of Lost Children Clandestiny	C cont'd Cognition - An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 1 The Hangman (gg $5.00) The Colonel's Bequest (ST) (AG84) Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood (AG42) Connections	C cont'd Corruption (ST) The Crystal Key and Crystal Key 2 The Crystal Key The Crystal Key 2 (d/l from gamersgate $2.48) CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder 2006 The Curse of Monkey Island (see Monkey Island series)
D D The Dame Was Loaded Dark Earth The Dark Eye (AG85) Dark Fall series Dark Fall - The Journal (AG86) Lights Out 6/19/05 Lost Souls (d/l from gamersgate $2.49) Darkness Within series 1. Darkness Within - In Pursuit of Loath Nolder 2007 (d/l gamersgate 1 & 2 in collector's ed. $3.75 2. Darkness Within - The Dark Lineage 2010	D cont'd Day of the Tentacle (AG6) 1993 LucasArts Dead Cyborg - website Dead Reefs (in Adventure Collection Vol. 1) Dear Esther (JA $9.99) Death Gate Deja Vu (ST) Deja Vu 2 (ST) Deponia 2012, Deponia 2 Chaos on Deponia Deponia (d/l gamersgate $5.99) Deponia 2	D cont'd Deus Ex The Dig (AG92) The Discworld series Discworld Discworld II (AG73) (I don't have this.) Discworld Noir (AG27) (I don't have this.) The Drawn series Drawn The Painted Tower (1) (AG76) (Big Fish $2.99) Drawn Dark Flight (2) (purch cd on amazon $9.48) Drawn Trail of Shadows (3) (purch d/l PlayFirst/Big Fish $4.99.)	D cont'd Dream Chronicles (series) - KatGames/ PlayFirst Faye's Journey Dream Chronicles (1) 2007 (purch CD from amazon $10.59) Dream Chronicles 2: The Eternal Maze 2008 (purch d/l PlayFirst/Big Fish $4.99.) Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child 2009 (purch d/l PlayFirst/Big Fish $4.99.) Lyra's Destiny The Book of Air 2010 (d/l purch from Amazon $6.99) The Book of Water 2011 (d/l purch from Amazon $6.99) The Book of Fire 2013 (I don't have this.) Dreamfall The Longest Journey (AG52) (see Longest Journey) The Dream Machine - website (d/l chap 1-3 in IndieRoyale Stuffing Bundle $5.50) Drowned God Dust
E Edna & Harvey series Edna & Harvey: The Breakout - 2011 Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes (gg $3.75) 1893: A World's Fair Mystery The 11th Hour Escape From Monkey Island (#4) (see Monkey Island series) Essex (ST) The Experiment (aka Experience 112) (d/l gamersgate $3.98)	F Fahrenheit 451 (ST) The Fall Trilogy - Kheops Chapter 1: Separation (purch d/l PlayFirst/Big Fish $4.99.) Chapter 2: Reconstruction (I don't have this.) Chapter 3: Revelation (I don't have this.) Faust (aka Seven Games of the Soul) (AG94) The Feeble Files (AG91) (gog $2.99) FISH (ST) Five (5) Days a Stranger (see Chzo Mythos) Flight of the Amazon Queen 1995 (free from dotemu) The Fool's Errand 1989 (website) Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster	F cont'd Freak Show The Freddi Fish Series 1. Freddi Fish And The Case of The Missing Kelp Seeds - Humungous 1994 2. Freddi Fish 2 The Case of The Haunted Schoolhouse - Humungous 1996 (for some reason we have 2 copies) 3. Freddi Fish 3 The Case of The Stolen Conch Shell - Humungous 1998 4. Freddi Fish 4 The Case of The Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch - Humungous 1999 5. Freddi Fish 5 The Case of The Creature of Coral Cove - Humungous/Infogrames 2001 Freddie Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (AG78) Full Throttle (AG38) 1995 Future Wars (ST)	G The Gabriel Knight series Gabriel Knight: (1) Sins of the Fathers (AG16) 1993 (gog $2.40) Gabriel Knight: (2) The Beast Within (AG3) 1995 (gog $2.40) Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (AG32) (dotemu $1.80) Gadget: Past as Future - Synergy Interactive 1993 Gemini Rue (AG79) 2011 (d/l in gog $10 for 5 xgvg sale) Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (AG41) Gold Rush (AG96) Gray Matter - Jane Jensen 2011 (d/l from amazon $6.96) Grim Fandango (AG1) 1998
H Half-Life Half-Life 2 Harvester Heavy Rain (AG26) 2009 Quantic Dream Playstation 3 only Hotel Dusk: Room 215, and sequel Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (AG65) 2007 Cing Nintendo DS Last Window: The Secret of Cape West (sequel to Hotel Dusk) (AG39) Cing Nintendo DS Humble Bundle - website; Wikipedia   Humble Indie Bundle V (HB5) (purch for $9.00)	I ICOM Simulations games 80s Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True 1985 Uninvited 1986 Shadowgate 1987 Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas 1988 I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (AG69) Inca II Indiana Jones (ST) Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (AG11) 1992 Indigo Prophecy (aka Fahrenheit) (AG57) 2005 Quantic Dream ($5.99 under action on gog)	J Jack Orlando A Cinematic Adventure [Director's Cut] 1996 [2000] (d/l from dotemu $2.99) Jewels of the Oracle Jinxter (ST) Jolly Rover - 2010 Brawsome (d/l gamersgate $3.00) The Journey Down (Indie Royale Summer Bundle $5.57)	J cont'd The Journeyman Project series The Journeyman Project Turbo Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time (AG89) Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time (AG46) 1998 (gog $2.99)
K Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World (gg free 4:3) Karma Curse of the 12 Caves Keepsake (in Adventure Collection Vol. 1) King's Quest series (I don't have them all...) - Sierra Online 80s King's Quest (I): Quest for the Crown (ST) (AG75) 1984 King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne 1985 King's Quest III: To Heir is Human 1986 King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella 1988 King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder 1990 Sierra King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (AG13) 1992 King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride 1994 King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity 1998 Koala Lumpur: Journey to the Edge 1997 Broderbund The Kyrandia Series Kyrandia 1: The Legend of Kyrandia: Fables & Fiends 1992 Westwood Studios Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate Kyrandia 3: Malcolm's Revenge	L L.A. Noire (AG33) Rockstar 2011 (purch cd from amazon $10.99) The Labyrinth of Time 1993 The Last Express (AG7) Smoking Car Productions 1997 (have old box, also purch d/l PlayFirst/Big Fish $4.99.) The Leisure Suit Larry series (I don't have them all...) Leisure Suit Larry (ST) Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1) 1987 Sierra Leisure Suit Larry 2 1989 Leisure Suit Larry 3 - Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals 1990 (There is no #4.) Leisure Suit Larry 5 - Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work 1991 Leisure Suit Larry 6 - Shape Up or Slip Out 1994 Leisure Suit Larry 7 - Love for Sail (AG71) Leisure Suit Larry - Magna Cum Laude	L cont'd Lighthouse Lights Out (sequel to Darkfall) Limbo (more of a platform side-scroller) (HB5) Little Wheel website Lone Survivor (HB5) The Longest Journey and sequel - Ragnar Tornquist The Longest Journey (AG2) 2000 Funcom Dreamfall The Longest Journey (sequel) (AG52)	L cont'd Loom (AG61) - have for PC and ST The Lost files series (I don't have either.) The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel (AG22) 1992 Mythos Software The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes 2: The Case of the Rose Tattoo 1996 Mythos Lost in Time Lost Treasures of Infocom I and II (AG50) Louvre: The Messenger 2001 (just adventure $4.99)
M Machinarium (AG17) 2009 Amanita Design (Steam Amanita bundle $6.24) The Magnetic Scrolls Series - Memorial website Corruption 1988 Rainbird FISH 1988 Rainbird The Guild of Thieves 1987 Rainbird Jinxter 1987 Rainbird Myth 1989 Rainbird The Pawn 1985 Rainbird Wonderland 1990 Virgin The Manhole Masterpiece Edition (gog $2.39) Maniac Mansion (ST) (AG72) Mata Hari (gg $1.75) Millennia: Altered Destinies Milo MISSING: Since January (aka In Memoriam) (AG56) Lexis Numerique 2003 website (relies on purpose-built websites and email) Mission Critical 1994 Mixed-Up Mother Goose - Sierra On-Line 1992	M cont'd The Monkey Island Series - LucasArts The Secret of Monkey Island (#1) (AG14) 1990 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (AG8) 1991 The Curse of Monkey Island (AG45) 1997 Escape From Monkey Island (#4) Tales of Monkey Island 1-5 - Telltale (d/l from gog $6.99) 1. Launch of the Screaming Narwhal   2. The Siege of Spinner Cay 3. Lair of the Leviathan 4. The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood 5. Rise of the Pirate God The Mummy The MYST Series MYST (AG18) 1993 Cyan Worlds, Broderbund Riven (AG5) 1997 MYST III: Exile (AG59) MYST IV: Revelation (AG40) MYST V: End of Ages Uru: Ages Beyond MYST The Path of the Shell To D'Ni MYST: Masterpiece Edition 2000 (improved images, sound) (I don't have this.) Real MYST 2000 (real-time 3D) (gog $2.39)	N Her Interactive (Wikipedia) - Nancy Drew series (~30 games) Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor (AG99) The Neverhood (AG35) 1996 The Next Big Thing - Pendulo 2011 (d/l from amazon $7.49, also in Steam pack) Nibiru: Age of Secrets (in Adventure Collection Vol. 1) 9 - The Last Resort 1996 GT Interactive/Tribeca Nine Princes in Amber (ST) No One Lives Forever Noctropolis Normality	O Obsidian (AG62) OO-Topos (ST) The Old Tree - website The Omega Stone - see Riddle of the Sphinx Outcast 1999 action/adv (on gamersgate for $4.99/$3.00 sale)
			Q (Yes, I know it's out of order.) Quest for Glory series Hero's Quest / Quest for Glory: So You Want to be a Hero? Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire (AG81) Quest for Glory III: Wages of War 1992 Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness (AG23) 1993 Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire 1998
P The Pajama Sam Series Pajama Sam in "No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside" - Humungous 1996 Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't So Frightening - Humungous 1998 Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet Pajama Sam 4: Life is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff The Pandora Directive (AG9) (see Tex Murphy series) Panic in the Park The Pawn (ST) Penumbra collection (d/l from gamersgate $5.00 - OK on Win7) Penumbra: Overture (#1) 2007 Penumbra: Black Plague (#2) 2008 (AG87) Penumbra: Requiem 2008 (add-on to Black Plague)	P cont'd Pepper's Adventures in Time (AG67) 1993 Sierra Phantasmagoria & sequel Phantasmagoria Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh (d/l from gog $2.40) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (AG29) Planescape Torment (an RPG, not adv)	P cont'd Police Quest series (I don't have any of these.) Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Angel of Death Police Quest 2: The Vengeance (AG24) 1998 Sierra Police Quest 3: The Kindred Police Quest: Open Season Police Quest: SWAT Police Quest: SWAT 2 Police Quest: SWAT 3 (action game) Police Quest: SWAT 4 (action game) Portal and Portal 2 Portal (AG31) Valve 2007 Portal 2 (AG10) (Steam $4.99) Post Mortem - 2002 (see Still Life series) Primordia (gog $8.99) Prisoner of Ice	P cont'd Professor Layton series (Nintendo DS) - Level5 (I have 1 & 2) 1. Curious Village (AG47) Level-5 2008 Nintendo DS 2. Diabolical Box [aka Pandora's Box] 2009 (DS) 3. Unwound Future 2010 (DS) 4. Last Specter 2011 (DS) 5. Miracle Mask 2012 (3DS) 6. vs. Ace Attorney 2012 (3DS) Process - website Psychonauts (HB5) Putt-Putt Joins the Parade - Humungous Entertainment 1992-1993 Puzzle Agent series - Telltale Games Puzzle Agent - 2010 (steam $2.49) Puzzle Agent 2 - 2011 (d/l in IndieRoyale Stuffing Bundle $5.50)
R RAMA Realms of the Haunting Redjack Resonance (d/l in gog $10 for 5 xgvg sale) Return to Mysterious Island and sequel Return to Mysterious Island (in Adventure Collection Vol. 1) (AG53) Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina's Fate 2009 Kheops Studios	R cont'd Return to Zork (gog $2.40) RHEM series RHEM (2003/4) RHEM 2: The Cave RHEM 3: The Secret Library 2008 RHEM Trilogy (1-3) (JA $2.49) RHEM 4: The Golden Fragments (purchased download from GetGamesGo $2.99) The Riddle of Master Lu (AG95)	R cont'd Riddle of the Sphinx, ROTS 2 The Omega Stone Riddle of the Sphinx The Omega Stone (gg $2.49) Ring Ripper Riven (MYST 2) (see MYST series) Rugrats Adventure Game - Broderbund 1998 Rugrats Mystery Adventures Featuring The Case of the Missing Binky - The Learning Company Mattel 1999	R cont'd Runaway series Runaway: A Road Adventure (#1) (purch. on Steam $5.99 but doesn't work; d/l from amazon $2.49) Runaway: Dream of the Turtle (#2) (Steam Pendulo 5-pack $14.99) Runaway: A Twist of Fate (#3) (AG97) (Steam Pendulo 5-pack $14.99)
S Sam & Max Hit the Road (AG28) 1993 LucasArts Sam & Max episodes by TellTale Games website (I purch. seasons 1-3 on Steam $12.49.) Season 1: Sam & Max Save the World (PC CD) Season 2: Sam & Max Beyond Time & Space (Wii, PC/Steam) (AG49) Season 3: The Devil's Playhouse (Steam) Samorost 2 (AG54) (Steam Amanita bundle $6.24) Sanitarium (AG36) (gog $4.99) Schizm and sequel Schizm: Mysterious Journey (DVD-ROM) 2000 Schizm 2: Chameleon 2004 - aka Mysterious Journey 2 (JA $2.49) Scooby-Doo Mystery of The Fun Park Phantom - SouthPeak Interactive 1999 Scratches (Dir. Cut) 2006 Nucleosys / Got Game Entertainment (gog $4.99) Secret Files series Secret Files: Tunguska (in Adventure Collection Vol. 1) 2006 Deep Silver Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis 2009 (d/l gamersgate $2.50) Secret Files 3: The Archimedes Code - 2012 The Secret of Monkey Island (#1) (see Monkey Island series) Secret of Monkey Island (ST) Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript - Anuman (amazon $1.99) Sentinel; Descendants in Time (aka Realms of Illusion alt box) 2004 Detalion (JA $2.47) [website] The 7th Guest (AG82) 1993 (dotemu $4.99) The 11th Hour (sequel) Shadow Man	S cont'd Shadowgate (ST) Kemco 1989 Shadow of the Comet (AG74) 1993 Infogrames Shadow of Destiny (aka Shadow of Memories) (AG68) Konami Shadows on the Vatican - Act 1: Greed (Bundle in a Box $3.00) Sherlock Holmes series by Frogwares/Focus Home Interactive (note - not the Lost Files series, also not the Consulting Detective FMV series) (Steam bundle $8.74 included 1-5 & c1) 1. Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy 2002 2. Sherlock Holmes: The Secret of the Silver Earring 2004 3. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened 2006 (AG80) (Remastered 2008) 4. Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis (aka versus Arsene Lupin) 2007 5. Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper 2009 6. The Testament of Sherlock Holmes 2012 (I don't have this.) The next are "casual games"... c1. Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet 2008 c2. Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osbourne House 2011 DS (I don't have this.) Shivers & sequel Shivers Shivers 2 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (AG77) Simon the Sorcerer series Simon the Sorcerer (AG44) 1993 AdventureSoft (d/l from gog $2.99) Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe (AG88) 1995 (d/l from gog $2.99) Simon the Sorcerer 3D - 2002 (gog $2.99) (I don't have the rest...) Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens - 2008 Simon the Sorcerer 5: Who'd Ever Want Contact?! - 2009	S cont'd Slender - website Snatcher 1993 Sega CD - Hideo Kojima So Blonde series So Blonde 2008 Wizarbox (gg $5.97) So Blonde: Back to the Island 2010 Wizarbox (DS) The Space Bar (AG98) The Space Quest series I. The Sarien Encounter II. Vohaul's Revenge III. The Pirates of Pestulon (I don't have 1-3.) (4,5,6 gog bundle $3.99) IV. Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (AG48) (gog) V. The Next Mutation (gog) 6. The Spinal Frontier (gog) VII. The Return to Roman Numerals (canceled) Space Quest: Incinerations (fan game) - download Spellcasting series Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls 1990 Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance 1991 Spellcasting 301: Spring Break 1992 SpongeBob Squarepants Employee of the Month - THQ 2002 SPQR The Spy Fox Series 1. Spy Fox in Dry Cereal - Humungous 1997 2. Spy Fox 2: Some Assembly Required - Humungous 1999 3. Spy Fox "Operation Ozone" - Humungous/Infogrames 2001	S cont'd Spycraft (AG90) (gog $2.99) Stacking (AG37) 2011 Doublefine Starship Titanic Star Trek: Judgment Rites (AG58) 1998 Still Life series (Steam $3.74 for both SL1&2) Post Mortem - 2002 Still Life (AG20) - 2005 Microids Still Life 2 - 2009 Stupid Invaders Superbrothers: Sword & Sorcery EP - Capybara Games (HB5) Super Meat Boy (HB5) (not an adv but listed because it came in HB5) The Syberia series by Benoit Sokal Syberia (AG15) 2002 Microids Syberia II (AG55) - Syberia II walkthru System Shock & System Shock 2 (I don't have 2.)
T Tales of Monkey Island episodes (see Monkey Island series) Tass Times in Towntown - 1986 Activision Temujin Tex Murphy series 1. Mean Streets 1989 (gog $2.99 for 1+2) 2. Martian Memorandum 1991 3. Under A Killing Moon (AG25) 1994 (gog $4.99) 4. The Pandora Directive (AG9) 1996 (gog $4.99) 5. Tex Murphy: Overseer 1997 (gog $4.99) Timelapse 9/23/99 Timescape: Journey to Pompei 2000 (just adventure $4.99)	T cont'd Titanic: Adventure Out of Time (AG100) Toonstruck (AG93) 1996 Torin's Passage 1995 To the Moon - 2011 Freebird Games (d/l in gog $10 for 5 xgvg sale) Traitor's Gate 2 (d/l from dotemu $2) Trauma (IG6 $6.33) 2011 The Tulse Luper Journey 2005 - website	U Under A Killing Moon (AG25) 1994 (see Tex Murphy series) Uninvited - 1986 ICOM, Mindscape Unmechanical (d/l in gog $10 for 5 xgvg sale) URU (see MYST series)	V The Void (IG6) Vortex
W Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures 2009 (purch CD Amazon $13.98) What Makes You Tick? - Played free online [W] A Stitch in Time (don't have this - reqs Adobe Air install) The Whispered World (purch. cd from amazon) Willy Beamish (The Adventures of) Woodruff & the Schnibble	X The X-Files Game	Y Yesterday - Who is John Yesterday? (Pendulo 2012) (Steam Pendulo 5-pack $14.99)	Z Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders 1988 Lucasfilm Zork Grand Inquisitor (AG12) 1997 (gog $2.40) 12/28/97 Zork Nemesis (AG51) (gog $2.40)

Corrosion - Cold Winter Waiting (JA sale $11.99) JA shop J.U.L.I.A. - website (best price so far: $13.96 sale at adventureshop) Last Half of Darkness series - website Last Half of Darkness 2000 (Win), 1989,92,93 DOS Shadows of the Servants 2005 Beyond the Spirit's Eye 2007 Tomb of Zojir 2009 Society of the Serpent Moon 2011 The Lost Crown Trilogy - Jonathan Boakes 1. The Lost Crown 2008 (best price so far: $13.99 sale at adventureshop) 2. The Last Crown: Haunting of Hallowed Isle 2013 (not yet released) website 3. The First Crown 2014

Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina's Fate 2009 Kheops Studios Secret Files 3: The Archimedes Code - 2012 Stacking (AG37) 2011 Doublefine Tale of Tales bundle Steam $21.97; FATALE: Exploring Salome - Tale of Tales The Graveyard The Path - 2009 Tale of Tales

Notes on games to try, or not to try (last updated Nov 2012):

1953: KGB Unleashed (gg sale $6.00) 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors - Nintendo DS 2010 Anna Belief and Betrayal Catherine - 2011 - Atlus (console game) Chronicles of Mystery series - The Tree of Life Culpa Innata Dark Secrets (gg $19.99) very bad reviews Dark Star: The Interactive Movie - 2010 Parallax Studio Deadend Cerebral Vortex Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

Delaware St. John series - website Delaware St. John: Vol 1 The Curse of Midnight Manor 2005 Delaware St. John: Vol 2 The Town With No Name 2005 Delaware St. John: Vol 3 The Seacliff Tragedy 2007 Delaware St. John: Vol 4 Asylum of the Lost The Filmmaker The Five Cores 2012 - website Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island 2009 Hector: Badge of Carnage Hotel - 2010 Cateia [Worldspiral] Liath - 1998

Lilly Looking Through - website Lost Horizon Lume - website; on Steam Memento Mori 2009 and sequel Metal Dead Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor (AG99) Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness Outcry 2008 Overclocked - A History of Violence 2007 House of Tales Entertainment GmbH Paradise 2006 White Birds Productions / Ubisoft - Benoit Sokal The Quivering

The Silver Lining 2010 Phoenix Online - free at website Sinkha - see website Hyleyn (2003) (aka Sinkha 2) Sinking Island - A Psychological Thriller 2007 White Birds Productions (amazon $1.99) Slip Space - The Burma Shave Analogy (MYST meets Obsidian) - website $14 d/l at website Three Cards to Midnight - 2009 Big Finish Inc Undercover: Operation Wintersun 2007 Sproing Xiama 2000 Peter Hewitt - website XIII - 2003 Ubisoft

Crowther and Woods released the original Colossal Cave Adventure in 1976/77. Inspired by Colossal Adventure, Zork (which formed the basis of Zork I-III) was released in 1977 (work continued until 1979) and was programmed by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels and Dave Lebling, who were then students at MIT. Read about Zork's development history here. Scott Adams' Adventure International followed with Adventureland, and Pirate Adventure in 1978. (See entry at Mobygames.) Infocom issued Zork I in 1980. Sierra Online issued Mystery House, the first adventure to feature graphics, in 1980.

I and many others reserve a place in our hearts for the (sadly, defunct) company Infocom and its pioneering games that set a gold standard never really equalled since.

• Peter's Infocom Site
• infocom-if.org
• Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe
• Play Infocom Adventures Online
• Gaming After 40 blog post on the Infocom 1987 catalog
• Get Lamp (Jason Scott)

I bought most of the Infocom games in boxes that included various baubles. At the time I had an Atari ST system. I also acquired the Lost Treasure of Infocom I and II boxed sets. The LTOI sets include all games except Leather Goddesses of Phobos, Shogun, Arthur, and Journey.