General info | Spectrum | C64 | Apple II | BBC | Amstrad | Oric | TRS80 | MSX | C16/VIC20 | Online games
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The Interactive Fiction
Archive - Stephen Granade and David Kinder are doing a tremendous job of
maintaining this site dedicated to all sorts of adventure games.
Adventureland
- an encyclopedia of games released for various machines.
IF-Legends is a page
hosting sites on Level 9, Infocom, Magnetic Scrolls and Adventure International.
The
Creative Adventure Toolkit by Philip Richmond allows everybody to write
their own adventure games.
The 8-bit Adventure World
is a central for adventure games download for all the 8-bit machines.
The Beginner's Guide to Playing IF is a useful resource.
Dorothy Millard,
adventure gamer extraordinaire, has her own solutions page.
Adventure Probe is a fabulous printed magazine dedicated to adventure
games. It is published on a monthly basis and features lots of reviews, hints,
solutions and more for 8-bit computers. Give it a try! Contact: Adventure Probe,
52 Burford Road, Liverpool L16, 6AQ, United Kingdom.
Interest: Massive. Probably has the largest selection of adventure games for any computer. World of Spectrum lists over 1,500 games!
Games
World
of Spectrum - a fabulous site and the only place you'll ever want to
go. Run by Martijn van der Heide. This site has the largest number of adventure
games for any computer anywhere on the net!
The TZX Vault - does a terrific job of preservating Spectrum software, including rare adventure games.
Zenobi - the publisher
of more than 200 text adventures has an informative site here. They sell all
their games on a cd for a mere £5, so if you enjoy Zenobi's adventures, I strongly
urge you to support them in this manner.
Info
World of Spectrum
- Martijn has made an excellent database on Spectrum adventures
Sinclair Lair
has a neat article on The Hobbit's Philip Mitchell.
The Tipshop offers
links to all sorts of Speccy hints and solutions.
B.A.S.E. has info on Spectrum games
in Spanish.
Interest: Massive. Large numbers of quality games that also boast some of the best graphics and sonics of the 8-bit machines. And yes, there are lots of stinkers, too.
Games
Gamebase64 is a massive
project that covers (almost) every games ever released for the C64!
Kim Lemon's outstanding
collection of C64 games, including lots of adventures.
The C64 Treasure site,
run by Mario Cantarero, is mostly of interest to Germans, but also available
in English.
C64games.com links to many remakes of C64 games.
Info
The C64 solutions page
is being handled by Martin Brunner.
COCOS will give you an overview
of all the C64 sites available
Commodore 64 Game Guide
has info on C64 games in general, including a lot of adventure games.
Commodore
Zone has reopened with info on the C64.
Cheats Codes World features
solutions for C64.
Interest: Large. The selection isn't as huge as for, say C64 or Spectrum, but since the games only come on disks, they generally tend to be quite large. In addition, they load a great deal faster than their C64 disk counterparts. Unfortunately, the Apple II emulation scene isn't exactly teeming with life.
Games
Asimov - has a large number of of Apple II adventures.
Info
Interest: Medium. The BBC has a number of unique games, including some excellent offerings from Acornsoft. A lot of them are technically primitive, but worth your while all the same.
Games
The BBC Game Archive
has much information on BBC adventures not found elsewhere.
Info
Acorn Electron World
The BBC Lives -
the largest site for info on the Beeb
8-bit Software - Chris Richardson's
comprehensive BBC site has lots of info and links
Stairway to Hell
features many interviews and Beeb information in general. Worth a visit.
Interest: Medium. Quite a lot of games are available, but few that are not running on C64 or Spectrum as well. Exception: games in French are abundant.
Games
Amstrad CPC - this site has a lot of interesting adventures, including the infamous Philosopher's Quest.
Info
The
Balrog a.k.a. Stu Whyte runs an excellent site about Amstrad adventures,
including a complete list of every Amstrad adventure ever released!
CPC Game
Reviews reviews all sorts of titles, including adventure games.
Interest: Small-medium. The range of games available is fairly small and many of them are quite primitive. There are, however, a number of games for Oric that weren't released in other formats. The emulation scene seems very limited.
Games
Info
Oric adventures are discussed on Jim Groom's site
Greg Hassett, one of the pioneers of the early adventure scene, wrote a number of Scott Adams-like adventures for the TRS-80. Other than that, I really don't know much about this machine. Check www.trs-80.com/ for further info.
Games
MSX Adventure page, run by Renato de Mello, and both available in Portuguese and English.
Info
Again, the MSX Adventure page should help you out here.
VICventures is Stefano Lorenzin's site for both machines.
Infocom's adventures
playable online
iFiction features many
games, including the entire Scott Adams and Brian Howarth range!
The Greedy Dwarf
has been remade as an online game
Zinc is an interpreter for Inform and TADS games. Has inbuilt mapping tools and allows for multiplayer IF!
Malinche Text Adventure Games sells classic-style adventure games in various genres.