Introduction

I have a page of general hints for people are new to playing adventure games. It includes tips for playing the games along with the URL for walkthroughs.

Latest Reviews

• Peter Gabriel's Eve
• Journeyman 3:Legacy of Time
• Acropolis games
• Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
• Zork Grand Inquistor
• Riven Sequel to Myst
• Full Throttle
• Afterlife

Title	Game type	Operating System	Brief Game Description
7th Guest	Brain teasers with video sequences.	DOS, Mac	7th Guest is very pretty, the video sequences are interesting. Some puzzles are good, but they tend to remind you that you are playing a game. Borrow this game from a friend.
11th Hour	Brain teasers with treasure hunt	DOS, Mac	This game may be difficult to install. Game play is disjointed with 3 distinct elements. Not recommended.
Acropolis software	Desktop brain teasers.	Win95	Site with downloadable demo software, nice little time-wasting brain teaser games. Recommended to at least trial
Afterlife	World building simulation game	Win95, MS-DOS	Build your own versions of heaven and hell. Recommended as different from the average world building scenario.
Bad Mojo	Adventure game	IBM-PC	Game with a very different perspective, you are changed into a cockroach and need to solve puzzles as a small insect. Highly recommended.
Betrayal at Krondor	Role Playing game.	IBM-PC	Turn-based multi-character Role-playing game. Just started playing, no conclusions yet.
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars	Graphic adventure game	IBM-PC	Beautiful graphic adventure game. Excellent sound, music, voices and puzzles. Highly recommended for intermediate to advanced adventure game players and lovers of the original Gabriel Knight.
Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror	Graphic adventure game	Windows 95	The worthy sequel to the original Broken Sword game. Highly recommended for intermediate to advanced gamers and fans of the original game.
Buried in Time	Interactive movie	Windows, Mac	Interesting puzzles and good interface to this game. Strongly recommended.
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon	Adventure game	IBM-PC	Game based on Spider Robinson's books, with much of the humour and characters intact. Very difficult puzzles, only highly recommended for the hard-core adventure game player.
The Curse of Monkey Island	Graphic adventure game	Windows-95	Funny graphic adventure game.
The Dame was Loaded	Detective Adventure Game	DOS	Realistic interactive detective game where you must solve the case of the missing man. Recommended.
Discworld	Graphic adventure game.	DOS, Mac	Very difficult, very funny. Worth buying but save yourself frustration and find one of the online hint files to refer to. Highly recommended.
Discworld II	Graphic adventure game.	DOS, Win95	Not as difficult as the first game. Very funny, but the release that I have needs a patch before it runs properly. Highly recommended.
Dragon Lore	Single character role-playing game	DOS	Interesting 3-D graphics. Gameplay is in real time, but not as irritating about it as Lands of Lore. OK.
Dungeon Keeper	Strategy game	DOS, Win95	You are the dungeon master. Funny in an Addam's vein. Well set out. Highly recommended.
Frankenstein Through the Eyes of the Monster	Interactive movie.	Windows, Mac	Excellent interactive movie starring Tim Curry (105k Curry montage) as Frankenstein. It features a simple interface with some difficult puzzles and several mazes. Highly recommended.
Full Throttle	Adventure game	DOS, Win95	Futurist adventure game. Easy puzzles and short game. Recommended for new adventure game players if action sequences are not problem.
Gabriel Knight the Sins of the Father	Graphic adventure game.	DOS, Windows, Mac	The puzzles in this game tend to be very good (a few are not). The atmosphere, character development and plot are great. Highly recommended.
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within	Live Action adventure game.	DOS, Windows, Mac	The puzzles in this game tend to be very good. The atmosphere and plot are great. Highly recommended.
Indiana Jones and his desktop Adventures	Windows Mini-Adventure Game Generator.	Windows 3.1	This game generates a new world each time you begin. There are a large number of puzzles, small quests and objects, so you can play this game many times. Recommended
Jewels of the Oracle	Puzzle solving game.	Windows 3.1, Mac	Very pretty graphics. Puzzles are non-standard brain teasers and the Oracle will give cryptic clues to solution. Recommended if you like brain teasers with an interesting atmosphere..
Lands of Lore	Single character role-plying game.	DOS, Windows 3.1	Real-time combat with limited options. Very linear: get this, do that and until you do, don't come back. Death is much too frequent. Not recommended.
Legends of Valour	Role playing game.	DOS	Very slow start to the game. Persist and it will get better. If you *must* have some rpg to play, you can try this one. Not highly recommended though.
Lighthouse	Adventure game.	Win95	Another graphic adventure game from Sierra. Recommended for experienced adventure gamers, some difficult puzzles and sequences.
LucasArts Archive	Three complete adventure games, one screen saver CD and 2 demo CDs.	Some DOS, some Windows	This one is worth buying if you don't already own the adventure games.
LucasArts Archive Vol III	Three complete adventure games, one world building simulation, one action game, one sampler CD.	Most can be played as Win95 or in MS-DOS.	This one is worth buying if you don't own more than three of the games.
Might and Magic	Role Playing games.	IBM-PC	This series is one of my favourites. Highly recommended.
Monkey Island	Graphic adventure game	DOS	This is an old game, well worth the $12 or so that it currently costs from the local computer software bargain bin.
Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail	Interactive game with videos from the movie	Windows, Mac	This game combines arcade, puzzles, videos and general silliness to provide you with hours of Python type entertainment.
Moraff Software Collection	Simple Desktop puzzle games	Windows95, Windows3.1	A 20 game collection including Mah Jongg (and variations), Jiggler (and variations), and other classic computer games. Highly recommended for those who like Mah Jongg type games.
Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh	Interactive movie	Windows, Mac	Excellent interactive movie starring Malcolm McDowell It features a simple interface with some difficult puzzles. Highly recommended for beginning to intermediate gamers.
Muppets Inside	Muppet mania on CD-ROM	Win95	Muppets are everywhere inside your computer. You must find them and win a number of mini-games to get things to normal again. A must for fans of The Muppet Show
Muppet Treasure Island	Children's adventure	Windows	Game based on the MTI movie. Simple fun puzzles, silly muppet jokes, a very easy adventure game. Includes clips from the movie. Recommended family software, or for Muppet fans
Myst	Virtual world adventure	Windows, Mac	Myst is the first game where I really felt like I had stepped into another world. Excellent graphics, music blends well with the overall effect. Recommended highly for new adventure game players.
The Pandora Directive	Virtual reality interactive movie	DOS, Win95	Second in the series of interactive movies with virtual reality engines. Highly recommended! Beware these are addictive games.
Realms of Arkania:	Role Playing game	DOS	Not yet played.
Rebel Assault	Arcade game.	DOS	Rebel Assault is the first arcade game I've had in a long time that I've played so much. I bought the CD because of the demo version from LucasArts Archive. Recommended.
Return to Zork	Adventure game	DOS	Started to play this. Lost interest not long after finding the other half of town and haven't played for months. Not recommended.
Riven Sequel to Myst	Adventure game	Win95, Macintosh	Myst fans should already have a copy. Beautiful graphics, interesting world, a bit slow in gameplay. Recommended.
Shivers	Adventure game	Windows	Nice graphics, interesting, non-linear game. Recommended.
Take Your Best Shot	Games/screen savers/stuff/	Windows 3.1	Take Pong; add faces, bumpers, and some pretty silly noises when the faces get hit; and you get one of the three arcade games from this CD. Recommended for those with a weird sense of humour.
The Even More Incredible Machine	Puzzle solving game.	Windows	Using the *wide* variety of available pieces, solve each screen challenge. Good time killer, and you can find the passwords to get to new levels if thoroughly stuck. Recommended.
The Dig	Graphic adventure game.	DOS	Puzzles range from easy to fairly complex. A challenge for inexperienced adventurers, it may not last long for experienced ones.
Toonstruck	Graphic adventure game.	DOS (recommended) Win95.	Lovely cartoon world, where being slightly warped may help you along. Highly recommended for beginning adventure game players, a bit of light fluff for experienced gamers.
Ultima7	Role playing game	DOS	So far, I've only found the body of the murder victim in part I and talked to a few people. I'll try again, but top down role playing games generally don't let me feel as involved as those where you walk in the maze (Wizardry, Bard's Tale, Might and Magic).
Under a Killing Moon	Virtual reality interactive movie	DOS	Another interactive movie this one with a virtual reality engine. Highly recommended but check system requirements!
Wizardry	Role playing game	DOS	Classic role playing games. First person, up to 6 characters in a team, with turn-based combat. Recommended.
Xplora1		Windows Mac	This is not a game. It does have some game elements. It has some really cool videos, interviews, and an interesting interface. I have enjoyed being in Peter Gabriel's Secret World quite a bit.
Zork Grand Inquistor	Adventure game	Win95	This game is much like Zork Nemesis, with easier puzzles. Highly recommended for beginning to intermediate adventurers..
Zork Nemesis	Adventure game	Dos Win95	This game combines interesting puzzles, beautiful scenery and wonderful music into one of the best adventure games around. Highly recommended.

Other games I own

• Interplay's 10th anniversary CD
• Lemmings
• Lost Treasures of Infocom II
• The Zork Anthology
• King's Quest V
• Tunnels and Trolls, King's Bounty, Nukewar

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