Interactive Fiction: Fantasy and Magic

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Curses : An Interactive Diversion
by Graham Nelson (1993) [Large, 253k]
As "Curses" opens, you're hunting about in the attic of your family home, looking for a tatty old map of Paris (you're going on holiday tomorrow) and generally trying to avoid all the packing. Aunt Jemima is potting daisies and sulking; the attics are full of endless distractions and secrets; Greek myths, horoscopes, sixth-century politics, a less than altogether helpful demon, a mysterious bomb plot, photography, ritual, poetry and a dream or two all get in your way; and somehow you keep being reminded of your family through the ages, and all its Curses...
...could it be that even you are Cursed?
Release 16 / Serial number 951024
[z-code ][solution 1 ][solution 2 ][walkthrough ]


Balances : an Interactive Short Story
by Graham Nelson (1996) [Small, 74k]
A note from the author: Designed as an Inform example game with the idea of including as many tricky and difficult (to code, not to play) puzzles as possible: this is a pastiche of Infocom's "Enchanter" trilogy. It makes room for a few scenarios given in the 1980s manuals as examples of play, but which never cropped up in the real games, such as the "urbzig" spell ("turn a dangerous object into a harmless one"). Other puzzles are my own. Despite the unoriginality of milieu, people do seem to enjoy it.
Release 5/ Serial number 961216

[z-code ][walkthrough ]


SpiritWrak : an Interactive Fantasy Adventure
by Daniel S. Yu (1996) [Large, 254k]
You are standing in a monastery chapel. All around you, fellow Brothers of the Order are standing, chanting. The eerie droning voices seem to reverberate into the air. At the front of the chapel, Brother Joseph stands in deep concentration, holding the Rod of the Ancients.
Very similar to the Infocom 'Enchanter' series.
Release 3 / Serial number 960606
[z-code ][hints ][solution ]


The following adventures are the original Infocom games, made available for free by Activision as a promotion of their game 'Zork: Grand Inquisitor'. Enjoy these adventure classics!

Zork 1 : The Great Underground Empire
[Small, 75k]
[z-code ][solution ][invisi-clues ][maps ]

Zork 2 : The Wizard of Frobozz
[Small, 81k]
[z-code ][solution ][invisi-clues ][maps ]

Zork 3 : The Dungeon Master
[Small, 81k]
[z-code ][solution ][invisi-clues ][maps ]

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