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
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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
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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
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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]
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][invisi-clues
][maps
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Zork 2
:
The Wizard of Frobozz
[Small, 81k]
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][solution
][invisi-clues
][maps
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Zork 3
:
The Dungeon Master
[Small, 81k]
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][invisi-clues
][maps
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