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Games with files timestamped Jan 2003
Uncle Zebulon's Will
| Author: | Magnus Olsson | | Genre: | Fantasy | | Released: | 1995 | | Review: | Uncle Zebulon was a crackpot who fancied himself a wizard. Now that he's
dead, you discover that his fancies were true. A pleasant little game set
in a mixed fantasy/modern environment (like much of the Zork
and Unnkulia games), with simple magic-based puzzles.
Rating: ****
Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)
| Competitions/
Awards: | 1st place, TADS, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 1995
| | Related Links: | SPAG review
| | Downloads: | - 1995-08-31 zebulon.zip (67.75 KB)
- TADS executable (version: Release 1, original competition entry)
- 2003-01-16 zeb3src.zip (61.79 KB)
- TADS source code (version: 3.0)
- 2003-01-16 zebulon3.zip (85.02 KB)
- TADS executable (version: 3.0)
- 2000-06-23 zeb.hnt (1.64 KB)
- ROT-13 encoded hints
- 1996-07-26 zebulon.sol (1.62 KB)
- Walkthrough
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La Cueva Oscura
Murder at the Diogenes Club
Part of Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries
De Erfenis
Z-snake
Disappearance!
Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky
Part of Earth and Sky
| Author: | Paul O'Brian | | Genre: | Superhero | | Released: | 2002 | | Review: | This game continues the charming vein of Earth and Sky, this time from the point of view of the brother in the brother-sister pair. This episode is longer than the first one, with relatively easy but well-designed puzzles and a compact, memorable setting. It features entertaining NPC dialogue, and advances the unfolding narrative arc quite nicely. Uses Glulx's multimedia abilities to include comic-book-style sound effects -- a very satisfying touch.
Rating: ****
Reviewed by Emily Short (09 Feb 2003)
| Competitions/
Awards: | 1st place, rec.arts.int-fiction competition 2002
Finalist, Best Game, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Winner, Best Use of Medium, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Finalist, Best Writing, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Finalist, Best Setting, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Finalist, Best Puzzles, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Finalist, Best Individual NPC, Xyzzy Awards 2002
| | Related Links: | SPAG review
SPAC review
| | Downloads: | - 2002-09-25 eas2.blb (822.53 KB)
- Glulx executable (version: 1, original competition entry)
- 2002-09-25 eas2.zip (668.69 KB)
- Glulx executable (version: 1, original competition entry), documentation, hints
- 2002-09-07 eas2hint.html (19.96 KB)
- hints
- 2002-09-25 eas2info.txt (4.01 KB)
- documentation
- 2003-01-12 EAS2.zip (663.44 KB)
- Glulx executable (version: 2)
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Strange Tale
El Anillo Regente
| Author: | José Baltasar García Perez-Schofield | | Genre: | Fantasy>Tolkienesque | | Released: | 2002 | Competitions/
Awards: | Nominados, Originalidad, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
Nominados, Aventura con Mejores PSIs, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
3rd place, Originalidad, I Concurso de aventuras ambientadas en la Tierra Media (I ESDAComp)
6th place, Fidelidad al mundo de Tolkien, I Concurso de aventuras ambientadas en la Tierra Media (I ESDAComp)
5th place, Mejor Aventura, I Concurso de aventuras ambientadas en la Tierra Media (I ESDAComp)
6th place, Literatura, I Concurso de aventuras ambientadas en la Tierra Media (I ESDAComp)
6th place, Interactividad, I Concurso de aventuras ambientadas en la Tierra Media (I ESDAComp)
Nominados, Interactividad, V Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2004)
| | Downloads: | - 2003-01-22 regente.zip (168.54 KB)
- Glulx executable in Spanish (version: 3)
- 2004-10-10 regente.zip (250.48 KB)
- Glulx executable in Spanish (version: 5)
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Cacahuetes, Sal y Aceite
| Author: | José Baltasar García Perez-Schofield | | Released: | 2000 | Competitions/
Awards: | 10th place, Premio a la Aventura con Juego más Limpio, I Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (1999-2000)
4th place, Mejor Nano-Aventura, I Concurso de nano-aventuras en español (I Nanocomp)
4th place, Nano-Aventura Más Rara, I Concurso de nano-aventuras en español (I Nanocomp)
2nd place, Nano-Aventura Más Breve, I Concurso de nano-aventuras en español (I Nanocomp)
3rd place, Nano-Aventura Más Original, I Concurso de nano-aventuras en español (I Nanocomp)
12th place, Premio a la Aventura más Original, I Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (1999-2000)
| | Downloads: | - 2003-01-22 csa.zip (52.39 KB)
- Z-code 5 executable in Spanish (version: 2), Inform source code in Spanish
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Death at Appledore Towers
Part of Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries
De ontsnapping
Religious Computer Game
| Author: | Anonymous | | Genre: | Religious | | Released: | 2002 | | Downloads: | - 2003-01-01 rcg-1.0.tar.gz (11.06 KB)
- C source code (version: 1.0, set up for compilation under Linux using GCC)
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Red Tag Clearance
The Crown vs Dr. Watson
Part of Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries
Zazie
Playera
Frobozz Magic Video Poker
The Island of Infinity
| Author: | Alex Freeman | | Genre: | Science Fiction>Time Travel | | Released: | 2003 | | Review: | Oh dear. Such a large game and such a great title... yet so little substance. Or inspiration. Or talent. Unhappily, The Island of Infinity is not a wonderland of exciting diversity, but a boring, flawed, and repetitive wasteland, only brightened by the occassional pun. It wants to be Myst, but it just isn't. What's wrong, you ask? Well, almost none of the over 200 locations specify where the valid exits are. Over a third of those locations are named "The Open", designating an open area of no particular interest; in fact, very few of the locations are interesting at all. Descriptions of objects and locations are annoyingly brief, uncolorful, and rarely helpful. Likewise, support for synonyms and for alternative command syntaxes is also in short supply. Some objects are missing. Puzzles are lacklustre and mostly of the math geek variety, eg: what's the next number in the Fibonacci series. The code is buggy and untested; for example, several actions that award points can be performed over and over again, gaining you even more points. And much of the story simply doesn't make much sense. When you do get story, it comes out in one gigantic screen-filling paragraph: a severe contrast to the game's usual brevity. The worst flaw, though, is near the end. It's a pure read-author's-mind moment where you are expected to ask a particular type of question. Even if you guess the right question, you probably won't guess the right syntax without disassembling the code. (rot-13 the answer: fnl "jvyy lbh fnl ab")
Rating: *
Reviewed by David Welbourn (09 Feb 2003)
| | Downloads: | - 2003-01-02 infinity.zip (94.24 KB)
- TADS executable (version: 1.1)
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El Entierro
Indiana Cojones contra G. Bush
The Door to Utopia
| Author: | David Whyld | | Genres: | Fantasy>Mythological>Afterlife
Humor | | Released: | 2002 | | Review: | Freshly deceased and on the brink of damnation, you receive one final chance to wander your neighborhood and make amends for enough minor sins to tip the balance. A smallish game, crammed brimful with juvenile quips and occasional gruesomeness. Riddled with minor bugs, but nothing game-stopping. (One puzzle really looks like a game-stopping bug, but it's just an imitation of one.)
Rating: **
Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (17 Mar 2006)
| | Downloads: | - 2003-01-28 DoorToUtopia.zip (15.45 KB)
- Adrift executable
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The Haunted House of Hideous Horror
Lair of the Vampire
Curriculum vitae
Declinación mortal
La gema Karssakis
Insomnio de una noche de verano
Svein 'Lagartija' Skullding
El último aventurero
Vizzly
Los Inmortales
| Author: | Carlos Gómez | | Released: | 2002 | Competitions/
Awards: | Nominados, Argumento, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
Nominados, Calidad Literaria, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
Nominados, Interactividad, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
Nominados, Jugabilidad, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
Nominados, Mejor Puzzle, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
| | Downloads: | - 2003-01-27 n3-age046cinm.zip (414.72 KB)
- Java executable in Spanish (version: 0.4.6c)
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Oh No Not Another Fantasy Adventure
Ligue en Ciutat la Nit
Obituario
| Author: | Santiago Eximeno | | Publisher: | Chryshantemum Adventures | | Released: | 2002 | Competitions/
Awards: | 1st place, Mejor Nano-Aventura, III Concurso de nano-aventuras en español (III Nanocomp)
Nominados, Mejor Aventura, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
Nominados, Argumento, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
Nominados, Calidad Literaria, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
Nominados, Originalidad, III Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (2002)
| | Downloads: | - 2003-01-22 n3-obituario.zip (46.65 KB)
- Z-code executable in Spanish (version: 2)
- 2003-01-22 n3-oder.zip (899.77 KB)
- Glulx executable in Spanish (version: 2, optional graphics, sound, this is the "Deluxe Edition")
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Astral
| Author: | El Clérigo Urbatain | | Genres: | Horror
Horror>Zombie
Surreal | | Released: | 2000 | Competitions/
Awards: | Aventura Breve Más Interactiva, I Concurso de aventuras breves en castellano (I Brevecomp)
2nd place, Premio a la Aventura más Interactiva, I Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (1999-2000)
6th place, Premio a la Aventura con Juego más Limpio, I Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (1999-2000)
9th place, Premio a la Aventura Mejor Escrita, I Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (1999-2000)
6th place, Premio a la Aventura con Mejor PSI, I Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (1999-2000)
9th place, Premio a la Aventura más Original, I Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (1999-2000)
12th place, Premio a la Mejor Aventura, I Premios Hispanos a la Aventura (1999-2000)
| | Downloads: | - 2003-01-29 astral.zip (51.22 KB)
- Visual SINTAC executable in Spanish (version: 1.3)
- 2003-01-29 astral.zip (67.49 KB)
- Visual SINTAC source code in Spanish (version: 1.3)
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La pelotita
Pi
Prueba física
Rogelio-like
Paseo
El Legado
The Princess In The Tower
Scene of the Crime
Yet Another Damn Fantasy Adventure
Lock & Key
| Author: | Adam Cadre | | Genre: | Fantasy | | Released: | 2002 | | Review: | A neat one-big-puzzle game about dungeon design. Basically, the player lays out doors and deathtraps according to various constraints and then watches an Adventurer try to escape. Highly enjoyable, reasonably deep simulation with a well-thought-out user interface and a good sense of humor (including quite a few references to other games.)
Varicella-style gameplay: a repeated fail-and-restart cycle, with each play-through being fairly short.
Contains graphical elements that, although not strictly necessary for winning the game, help enormously in keeping track of what you've put where.
Rating: ****
Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (23 Feb 2002)
| Competitions/
Awards: | Finalist, Best Game, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Winner, Best Individual Puzzle, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Winner, Best Individual NPC, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Winner, Best NPCs, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Finalist, Best Use of Medium, Xyzzy Awards 2002
Finalist, Best Puzzles, Xyzzy Awards 2002
| | Related Links: | SPAG reviews
IF-Review (Gunther Schmidl)
IF-Review (Paul O'Brian)
SPAC review: SPAC review written by Baltasar el Arquero
| | Downloads: | - 2002-02-10 lock-key.blb (263.54 KB)
- Glulx executable (version: 1.12)
- 2002-02-10 win-lock.zip (352.97 KB)
- Glulx executable (version: 1.12, bundled with Windows runtime)
- 2003-01-28 lock.hnt (9.11 KB)
- solution
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The Black River Emerald
Part of Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries
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