The Professional Adventure Writing System (PAWS) aka the Professional Adventure Writer (PAW) was Gilsoft's follow-up to its incredibly popular The Quill authoring system.
The system was created by Tim Gilberts and (original Quill author) Graeme Yeandle and was published in 1987 for Sinclair ZX Spectrum and also CP/M-based machines such as the Amstrad CPC & PCW. A version of the PAWS interpreter was created for the Commodore 64, but was only made available to commercial clients.
Elements of CP/M PAWS formed the basis of further systems created by Tim Gilberts, including SWAN and DAAD. Graeme Yeandle later created a version of PAWS for MS-DOS.
The system was a firm favourite of the independent adventure scene (both in the UK and in Spain), due to its ease of use, and many later systems were inspired by it including WinPAW, ngPAWS, NMP, SINTAC, Paguaglus, and Superglús.
Title |
Publisher |
Year |
Language |
Documents |
Jason |
SOS |
1992 |
Spanish |
Solution |
Jester Quest |
Nebula Designs Software |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Jester's Jaunt |
Zenobi Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
Jesus Gil, Heroe Nacional |
3PSOFT |
1990 |
Spanish |
|
Jewel of Scotland |
? |
? |
English |
Solution |
Johnnie Verso |
Wazertown Works |
1991 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
Johny Vayna |
Pedro Amador Lopez |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
Journey One Spring, A |
Isolated House |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Joya de Urklya, La |
Jose Luis Carrasco |
? |
Spanish |
|
Juanito 3 |
3PSOFT |
? |
Spanish |
|
Juanito en Busca de Su Baloncito |
3PSOFT |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
Keops, el Misterio |
Oscar Soft |
1990 |
Spanish |
|
Khangrin Plans, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Zenobi Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
Kidnapped |
Zenobi Software |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Kilburn Encounter |
SCP Hackers |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
King Quest V |
ALEAsoft |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
Knight Life |
Jonathan Scott , Stephen Boyd |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Knights Abode |
Adventure Workshop, The |
1993 |
English |
|
Kobyashi Ag'Kwo |
Zenobi Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
Krazy Kartoonist Kaper, The |
FSF Adventures |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
Labour Pains |
Zenobi Software |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Larry the Lemming's Urge For Extinction |
Adventure Workshop, The , Delbert the Hamster Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
Last Believer, The |
Guild Adventure Software, The , Recreation Re-Creation Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Last Warrior, The |
Iron Chip |
1991 |
Spanish |
|
Legacy For Alaric, A |
Zenobi Software |
1989 |
English |
Solution |
Leopold the Minstrel |
Adventure Workshop, The , Zenobi Software |
1994 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Leotrope |
Graham Burtenshaw |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Libro de Krown, El |
Jose Antonio Fernandez Seguido |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
Libro Negro, El |
Year Zero Software |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
Licensed to Chip |
Futuresoft |
? |
English |
|
Lider |
? |
? |
Spanish |
|
Life of a Lone Electron, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Delbert the Hamster Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Life of Crime, A |
G. Palin |
? |
English |
Solution, Map |
Limehouse Mystery, The |
Global Games |
1989 |
English |
Solution |
Little Mouse Adventure |
Vladislav Bauer |
2019 |
English |
Solution |
Lobos |
PAC Soft |
1992 |
Spanish |
|
Locked In! |
Simon D. Allan |
2022 |
English |
Fixed game |
Long Journey Home, The |
Sharon Harwood |
1994 |
English |
|
Look at All the Pretty Lights |
Chris Ridings |
1992 |
English |
|
Look for the Piramid's Treasure |
Adventure Writer |
1992 |
Spanish |
|
Loose Ends |
Zenobi Software |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Lost Children, The |
Adventure Probe Software , Adventure Workshop, The |
1997 |
English |
Solution |
Lost City, The |
Sinclair User |
1989 |
English |
Solution |
Lost Dragon, The |
Tartan Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Lost in the Amazon |
Adventure Workshop, The , WoW Software |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
Lost Legacy of Xim, The |
Skyslip Software |
1988 |
English |
|
Lost Planet, The |
8bitAG |
2019 |
English |
|
Lost Temple of Inca |
Sword Software |
1989 |
English |
Solution, Map, Fixed game |
Lost Tomb of Ananka, The |
Compass Software |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Lost Twilight, The |
Zenobi Software |
1990 |
English |
Solution |