News

21-06-2025 (Strident)

The months may be growing warmer (in the Northern Hemisphere at least) and the nights are getting lighter, but there is still plenty of material in this latest update to keep you going if your thoughts do turn to text adventures.

Looking for a summer holiday read? Shaun McClure has just released his latest text adventure book How to Design Adventure Games. You can pick up a copy through sites such as Amazon. If that wasn't enough, Mark Hardisty has released another issue of his The Classic Adventurer magazine featuring interviews with authors such as Geoffrey Larsen (or Larsoft), Richard Hewison, and Steve Maltz.

Mark's magazine also mentions the sad news that Quill adventure system author Graeme Yeandle passed away in January 2025 at the age of 70. Graeme's work on The Quill, which was also incorporated into later systems such as the PAW, SWAN and DAAD, shaped the homegrown adventure scene in the UK and beyond. He produced tools that empowered a whole generation of authors (who might never otherwise have written a game) and the works they created have provided (and continue to provide) thousands of hours of entertainment and joy for lovers of text adventures worldwide. A legacy to be proud of.

Contributors: benkid77, FredB74, Alex, Strident, rkowalski, devwebcl, Exemptus, iamaran, Dorothy, Alastair, nimusi, jgerrie, rpettigrew, Ingerson, FARLANDER, OVL, df, DannieGeeko, Canalboy, Ambat Sasi Nair, J-_-K, auraes

• New Solutions: Abandoned Farmhouse Adventure, Artifiction, Carnival Masks, Cranston Manor, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, Dobrodruzstvi Na Wc, Dragon Hunt, Escape from the SS Borgarís, Exoter, Girl Who Was Death, The, Jewel Thief, Journey into Xanth, A, King's Ransom, KQUEST, Masques du Carnaval, Les, Maze, The, Mrs. Pepper’s Nasty Secret, On a Horse with No Name, Onaar, Skull Cave, TPUG Sample Adventure, Treasure Island
• New Maps: Darkest Road, The, Escape from the SS Borgarís, Fixing Time: A Hack & Makerspace Adventure, Girl Who Was Death, The, Heather's Easter Egg Hunt, Library of Horror, The, Maze, The, Nutca, Prisoner, The, Radiomania, Raid on Lethos, Raiders of the Lost Tomb, Randy Warner and the Aztec Idol, Raven, The, Rebel Planet, Revenge of Chaos, Rhyme Cryme, Seabase Delta, Secret of Little Hodcome, The, Space Detective, Treasure of the Santa Maria, The, Voyage to Atlantis
• New Hints: Blue Raider, Craghaven, Maze, The, Thief's Adventure
• New Clue sheets: Escape from the SS Borgarís
• Updated Solutions: KQUEST, Zeittunnel - Flucht in die Gegenwart
• New Reviews: Village of Lost Souls
• New Games: Alicia a través del espejo, Avontuur, Avventura, L', Black Ninja, Blackjack, Bombscare: We almost lost Armadillo City, Cave Girl Clair, Challenge, The, Chimaera, Crimson Diamond, The, Fat Bear, Firebird Adventure, Fixing Time: A Hack & Makerspace Adventure, Geheimnis der Pyramiden, Das, Great, The, Guardian of Time, The, Hammer to Fall, Haunted House, Haunted House, The, Home party, Iceweb, In Search of the Black Staff, Jenny of the Prairie, KQUEST II, Library of Horror, The, Maze, The, Quest One: The Murder, Quirky Test, Raiders, Rudolph Is Ill, Secret of the Crypt, Tempus Fugit: The Past is Yet Unwritten, Time Crystals of Cythii, The, Tria, Trodonian's Creation, Tumbledown Tower, Witch Hedwig and The Magic Berries Brew

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30-04-2025 (Strident)

Thanks to our users we have had another great month full of new contributions to the site. If you're looking for audio-based inspiration of what to play next then why not check out some of the games our friends at The Retro Adventurers Podcast have been playing recently? Or if you prefer your recommendations to come in text form, you can get plenty of ideas from the list of titles that Jason Dyer is playing through as part of his All the Adventures project.

Contributors: Anonymous, benkid77, Strident, nimusi, J-_-K, OVL, boldir, Exemptus, Canalboy, DannieGeeko, Alastair, redhighlander, jgerrie

• New Solutions: Aardvark's Museum, Castle, Cat and the Canary, The, Environoid, Escape from the Planet of Doom, Fortryllede Telefon, Den, Jewel Thief, Power Curse, Reise Nach Atlantis, Spyplane, Star Wars, Vampire Adventure, Vengador (La Senda del Tigre I)
• New Maps: Aardvark's Museum, Agatha's Folly, Agent, Al-Strad, Bite of the Sorority Vampires, BURG, Castle Adventure, Creature Castle, Dangerous Pyramid, Desert Island, Dunjin, Escape from the Planet of Doom, Golden Sword of Bhakhor, The, Gummiball, James Bond 007 in: A View to a Kill, Larry the Lemming's Urge For Extinction, Lighthouse Mystery, Mafia Contract II: The Sequel, Mansion Quest, Mission X, Pfad im Dschungel, Der, Planet of the Robots, Power Curse, Quest, Return of the Sword, The, Shadow on Glass, A, Spiro Legacy, The, Star Crystal, Star Reporter, Steve Silver Adventure 1, Steve Silver Adventure 2, Survivor, Tag Danach, Der, Trap Springer, Treasure Island, Treasure Island, Vengador (La Senda del Tigre I)
• New Hints: Dunjin, Escape!, Village of Lost Souls
• New Fixed games: Star Wars
• Updated Hints: Fernando Poo: Part 2
• Updated Maps: Fernando Poo: Part 2, Village of Lost Souls
• Updated Solutions: Fernando Poo: Part 2
• New Reviews: Dunjin
• New Games: Andrea Doria Adventure, Bally's Alley, Blacard's Castle Adventure, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, Dracula's Diamonds, Dragonslayer, Enchanted Castle, The, Escape!, Explore, Maiden, Mysterious Mansion, Raiders, Return of the Sword, The, Saboteur: Deep Cover, Snow Day, Troll Hole Adventure, Vampire Adventure

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23-03-2025 (Strident)

As well as all the new contributions regularly being added to the site, there is plenty of other work going on "behind closed doors". If you notice anything about the site not working as expected then please let us know in the forum. In fact, why not pop in for a chat about the games you're currently playing?

Contributors: MugUK, benkid77, Alastair, J-_-K, DannieGeeko, Exemptus, Canalboy, OVL, jgerrie, iamaran, johnssavage, Bieno, Oloturia, sequornico, Denny, Strident, auraes, Kozelek, FARLANDER, Gunness

• New Solutions: Amerika's Agent, Coffee, Eno, Erste Deutsche D&D Adventure, Das, Future Nightmare, Redhawk, Stadt Alzan, Die, Verschwundene Juwelen, Zauberschloss
• New Maps: Adventure Quest, Axe of Kolt, The, Boggit, The, Castle Adventure!, Cavern of the Morlocks, The, Crimson Crown, The, Dungeon Adventure, Eleventh Hour, The, Fetter's Grim, Feuerfaust, Die, Masterclass, Questprobe Featuring the Human Torch and the Thing, Rätsel der 7. Kolonie, Das, Redhawk, Sherwood Forest, Sinbad and the Golden Ship, Soul Hunter, The, Spectre of Castle Coris, The, Spy Trilogy, The, Stadt Alzan, Die, Stadt Alzan, Die, Stadt Alzan, Die, Stonequest, Transylvania, Verlassene Burg, Die, Wheel of Fortune, Whodunit
• New Manuals: Redhawk
• New Clue sheets: Countdown
• Updated Maps: Fetter's Grim
• Updated Solutions: Last Tomb, The, Nel Mondo degli Adeh, Stadt Alzan, Die
• New Reviews: Adventureland, Dungeon Adventure, Lost, Stonequest, Wheel of Fortune
• New Games: 198BREW, A Very Strong Gland, Abandoned Farmhouse Adventure, Absence of Law, Advin Man, All Hands Abandon Ship, Annus Evertens, Artful Deceit, Assembly, Aventura en la Tumba Azteca, Awakened Deeply, Aztec Tomb H, Back To Life... Unfortunately, Bad Beer, Barcarolle in Yellow, Basilica de Sangre, Bat, The, Beat Witch, Breakfast in the Dolomites, Bureau of Strange Happenings, Cavern of the Morlocks, The, Citizen Makane, Creative Cooking, Crown of Pearls, Curse, The, Death on the Stormrider, Dr Ludwig and the Devil, Duck Tales, Duck Tales, Dust, Eat the Eldritch, Escalus Manifold, The, Escape from Desert Island, Focal Shift, Forbidden Lore, Forest, The, Forsaken Denizen, Future Nightmare, Geisterstadt, Gestures Towards Divinity, Hand Me Down, Haunted P, Hawkstone, Hebe, Hildy, Honk!, House that Wept, The, How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title, Iconia, Isla del Diablo, La, James's The Prisoner Adventure, LAKE Adventure, Last Vestiges, Lazy Wizard's Guide, Little Match Girl, The, Magician, The, Milliways: the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Mystika, One King to Loot them All, Planet X, Project Postmortem, REELS!, Ribald Bat Lady Plunder Quest, Sage Sanctum Scramble, Skye's Castle Adventure, Space 1999, Spirit Within Us, The, Starship Landing Party, Staub, The Witch, Thing of Wretchedness, A, To Sea in a Sieve, Tomba Azteca, La, Traffic, Triskelion Affair, The, Twilight World, Under the Cognomen of Edgar Allan Poe, Unter Der Erde, Vambrace of Destiny, The, Vankilapako, VR Gambler, Wabewalker, Warm Reception, A, When the Millennium Made Marvelous Moves, Where Nothing Is Ever Named, Who Iced Mayor McFreeze?, Whodunit

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06-02-2025 (Gunness)

With this first update of the year I'm happy to annouce that we're slowly making various updates to the site. For instance, enhancing the mobile version and making the synopsis (ie. plot) part of the game description more visible. There's more to come so stay tuned.

Contributors: J-_-K, Bieno, Garry, FredB74, benkid77, ahope1, MugUK, boldir, iamaran, popocop, Exemptus, Canalboy, OVL, wesp5, Strident, Gunness, auraes, dave, sijnstra, FARLANDER

• New Solutions: Abenteuer Im Weltraum, Última Tumba, La, Última Tumba, La, Babysitter, The, Barry Basic and the Witch's Cave, Bonnie, The Bonnie Dog, Bronx, Cargo Breach, Casa, La, Darrera Tomba, La, Darrera Tomba, La, Death's Gateway, Dog Star Adventure, Escape from the Troll's Cave, Excalibur, Final Frog, Fireboat, First Encounter, Hangman's Gulch, Hired to Kill, Huntman, Iowa Jack and the Crystals of Chaos, Island Adventure, Last Tomb, The, Last Tomb, The, Let's Compute Adventure, Memory Lane, Minimal Game, Mysterious Cave, Samurai and the Kappa, The, Schloss, Sire Fire, Terror Tower, Terrors of Trantoss, The, Transporter
• New Maps: Última Tumba, La, Última Tumba, La, Auf den Spuren des Buddha zu Bodnath, Babysitter, The, Barry Basic and the Witch's Cave, Bonnie, The Bonnie Dog, Brian the Bold, Cargo Breach, Castle Thade, Cave, Cohan's Land, Commando, Cornucopia, Cranston Manor, Day After, The, Day Out, Dr. Bakterius's Geheimnisvolles Labor, Dragon George and the Man, Egyptian Pyramid, Escape from the Troll's Cave, Father of Darkness, Fireboat, First Encounter, FORK: The Great Underground Dining Room, Geisterjaeger, Giants, Gift, Das, Goldseeker, Hölle von P19, Die, Hangman's Gulch, Herr der Ringe, Der, Hexagonal Museum, The, Hired to Kill, Hoehle, Huntman, In Der Wüste, Insel des Grauens, Insel des Grauens, Die, Keeper, The, Lange Ruckkehr, Die, Legende im Eis, Marie Celeste, Memory Lane, Midsummer Day's Dream, A, Minimal Game, Murder, Mysterious Cave, Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina, Operation Hawaii, Operation Thunderstorm, Operation Turtle, Orbit of Doom, Per Anhalter Durch die Galaxis, Pirate Gold, Planetenreise, Prospector, The, Proteus, Reise Nach Atlantis, Rifts of Time, The, Ring of Dreams, The, Rings of Merlin, The, Samurai and the Kappa, The, Schloss, Schloss Dracula, Ship, The, Slaughter Caves, The, Sleepin' Again, Soap Land, Solvaldol-X, Song of Taliesin, The, Survival, Terror Tower, Terrors of Trantoss, The, Theatre of Death, The, Todes-Insel, Trail, Transporter, Unfreiwillige Erbe, Das, Will o' the Wisp, Witch Hunt, Zauberland, Zauberland II
• New Hints: Babysitter, The, Crystal Cave, Escape from the Troll's Cave, Hangman's Gulch
• New Fixed games: Excalibur
• Updated Maps: Hired to Kill
• Updated Solutions: Adventure, Artefact, The, Eridan Rescue
• New Reviews: Cranston Manor, Crystal Cave, Tower of Barad, Whembly Castle
• New Games: Abandoned House Down the Lane, The, Admirer, An, Aesthetic Deletions, Aldelfo el elfo, Última Tumba, La, Aventuras de Mireia y el Gato Risón, Las, Babysitter, The, Bonnie, The Bonnie Dog, Candy Striper of St Asterix, The, Cargo Breach, Case at KAXL, The, Cauchemard House, Daga Oscura, La, Dark and Deep, Dark Dagger, The, Darrera Tomba, La, Dastardly, Day in the Life, A, Death's Gateway, Echoes of Atlantis, Eclipsia, El Virulé, segunda parte: Padre, Entre líneas de fuego, Entre les lignes de feu, Entre-d’œufs coquilles, Erinia, Escape, Escape, Escape Espacial I, Escape from the SS Borgarís, Escape from the Troll's Cave, Escape Infinity Nexus, Family Legacy, The, Farila y los duendes del frio, FIA: The Vacuum Cleaner, Fireboat, FORK: The Great Underground Dining Room, Ghost Hunt, Ghost Ship, Ghost Ship, Gorgul, Hangman's Gulch, Have Orb, Will Travel, Hotel, Interpol, Jungle Island, Last Tomb, The, Last-Minute Magic, Late Night at the Mall, Like a Sky Full of Locusts, Little Match Girl in the Court of Maal Dweb, The, Man from DEFRA, The, Mars, 2049 AD, Minimal Game, Museum of Paranormal Phenomena, Mysterious Cave, N A M, Niño de Vorónezh, El, Nick Neat-Trick-Treat, No More, Not Another Sad Meal, Nutca, Puzzled Soul, A, Quest for the Staff of the First Moon, The, Rettung zum Mars, Samurai and the Kappa, The, Semi Intelligent Design, Sex Adventure, Shangri-La, Snowy's Quest, Stone Cage, The, Strange Adventure, Terrific Weekend Adventure, A, Thornfell Manor: 1984, TimeTrap, Train to Piccadilly, A, Transporter, Treasure Island, Turn Right, Virulé, El, Whispering Silence, Within a Wreath of Dewdrops, Your Little Haunting, Zombie Eye: Campfire Tales