Adventure author Tony Collins had self-published games such as Nythyel, Theseus and Miami Mice for Spectrum & Amstrad in the mid-1980s. He also ran another short-lived software label called 50/50 Club Software.
After working with Mark Eltringham’s Recreation Re-Creation Software, Tony returned to the scene and launched his own software label in October 1991, initially concentrating on converting games from other 8-bit formats to the Spectrum & Commodore 64 machines.
Tony, often working as Pegasus Software, produced lots of quick, no-thrills ports of Amstrad titles to the Spectrum & Commodore 64. Initially Philip Reynolds produced conversions to the Amstrad format for him, before Philip went on to set up his own company The Adventure Workshop.
When Recreation Re-Creation went out of business Tony took on a lot of their Amstrad titles, with The Guild (The Guild Adventure Software) initially publishing the disk versions and P.K. Graphics selling the tape editions. Most of The Guild's Amstrad games were passed on to The Adventure Workshop in 1992, when Tony began focusing on the C64 and potential future 16-bit conversions.
The Guild also ran an extensive Public Domain library of C64, Amiga and Spectrum adventures.
The Guild suddenly closed up shop in the autumn of 1993 with the titles in its catalogue being scattered to other homegrown publishing labels. Some were taken on by Adventure Probe. An agreement was made with Jason Mackenzie of Binary Zone PD to sell The Guild's C64 titles under license and use the label's name for their catalogue of PD adventures. Other games, previously distributed by The Guild, ended up being republished by The Adventure Workshop.
Note: Many of the adventures listed here, and on other archive sites, as being published by The Guild were actually originally published elsewhere by their authors or were distributed as Public Domain/Shareware. It wasn't until later, post-1991, that they formed part of The Guild's main catalogue and/or their Public Domain library. In general, any game listed with a pre-1992 date was probably published elsewhere first.
Title |
Publisher |
Year |
Language |
Documents |
I'm Innocent |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1994 |
English |
Solution |
Rouge Midget II |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1994 |
English |
Solution |
After the Party |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Back to the Present |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Because of a Cat |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Billy Barker in Walesville |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Billy Barker Investigates |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Billy Barker's TV Hell |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Chillervilla |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Demons |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Dreamworld |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Julius Bacon and the Three Bears |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
|
Menage, The |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
|
Squeak! |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Trap Springer |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Birthday Surprise |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Cornwall Enigma, The |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
Corya the Warrior-Sage |
Commodore Format, Guild Adventure Software, The |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Dances with Bunny Rabbits |
Adventure Workshop, The , Guild Adventure Software, The , WoW Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Danger! Adventurer at Work! 2 |
Guild Adventure Software, The , WoW Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Fabled Treasure of Koosar, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Guild Adventure Software, The |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Gerbil Riot of '67, The |
Guild Adventure Software, The , WoW Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
I Dare You |
Adventure Workshop, The , Guild Adventure Software, The |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
Night Life |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
Nightmare! |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
Retaliation |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
Solvaldol-X |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
Arlene |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Behind the Lines |
Guild Adventure Software, The , Recreation Re-Creation Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
Danger! Adventurer at Work! |
Commodore Force, Guild Adventure Software, The , WoW Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Darkest Road, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Commodore Format, Guild Adventure Software, The , Zenobi Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
Dungeon of Torgar |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Last Believer, The |
Guild Adventure Software, The , Recreation Re-Creation Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Million Dollar Great Jewel Heist, The |
Atlas Adventure Software , Guild Adventure Software, The |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
My House |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
Orb Quest |
Guild Adventure Software, The , WoW Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Prison Blues |
Guild Adventure Software, The , WoW Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
Rouge Midget |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
Talisman |
Guild Adventure Software, The , Recreation Re-Creation Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Talisman of Lost Souls |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
Thief's Tale, A |
Guild Adventure Software, The , WoW Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Total Reality Delusion |
Guild Adventure Software, The , WoW Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Alien Planet |
Guild Adventure Software, The , Recreation Re-Creation Software |
1990 |
English |
Solution |
Arnold the Adventurer |
Guild Adventure Software, The , Zenobi Software |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Island of Chaos |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Jason of the Argonauts |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Labarinth |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1990 |
English |
Solution |
Magician's Apprentice, A |
Guild Adventure Software, The , WoW Software |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Methyhel |
Guild Adventure Software, The , Zenobi Software |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Revenge of Chaos |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
1990 |
English |
Solution |