Games like Uncle Mortimer's Secret

Ezekiel Throgmeister, commonly referred to by the villagers as The Alchemist, has left you in charge of his currently-running experiment while he attends to other pressing business. Can you succeed in completing his task? The Alchemist is a large text-only interactive fiction fantasy game, very much in the 'old-school' style. It was written from the ground up for the PC using qBasic64, and has a c…

The 13th Quest (it's the 13th IF game I've written) is a text-only interactive fiction fantasy game, very much in retro style. It was written from the ground up for the PC using qB64, and has a comprehensive and powerful parser.  Included in the game are fairly detailed HELP instructions, and I have also added comprehensive hints, both implicit and explicit, which can be accessed using the command…

When recently you helped your friend Ezekiel Throgmeister little did you realise what that might lead to. Now his colleague Jedediah Strangeblossom wants to involve you in a quest to restore Excalibur to its original owner. Return of The Sword is a text-only interactive fiction fantasy game, very much in the 'old-school' style. It was written from the ground up for the PC using qBasic64, and has …

The Black Tower is a large text-only interactive fiction fantasy game, very much in the 'old-school' style. I originally wrote it in Microsoft BASIC for the Commodore PET in 1983, but although it is pretty dated, with mazes, possibility of sudden death and ability to get into unwinnable situations, I thought the basic concept sound enough to merit re-writing it  for the PC using qBasic64, and this…

You've spent a lifetime travelling and solving problems for others, but on this occasion have you bitten off a little bit more than you can chew? Where will you find that elusive orb? Have Orb, Will Travel is a text-only interactive fiction fantasy game, very much in the 'old-school' style. It was written from the ground up for the PC using qBasic64, and has a comprehensive and powerful parser.  I…

Somewhere, Somewhen is a large text-only interactive fiction fantasy game (with some humour)  written from the ground up for the PC using qBasic64.  It is uploaded as a zip file, and all contents of this file (with the exception of Read Me.txt) must be present in the game folder for the game to run. It can be run from Windows or in a DOS window. After unzipping, double click on the file "Somewhere…

100%Game Brain Score

humor, atmosphere

story, graphics

100% User Score Based on 62 reviews

Thaumistry: In Charm's Way is an all-new comedy text adventure from award-winning Infocom and Legend Entertainment author Bob Bates.

89%Game Brain Score

atmosphere, graphics

story, gameplay

93% User Score Based on 46 reviews

Alchemy, puzzles, and a crashed starship. Old-style interactive fiction — a classic text adventure. No graphics! No dialogue trees! No point-and-click! You type your commands, and read what happens next.

58%Game Brain Score

story, graphics

grinding, stability

74% User Score Based on 336 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace. There is also a deeper, more adventurous path in which you can complete complex puzzles to restore life changing events of the patient's histo…

52%Game Brain Score

graphics, music

story, gameplay

71% User Score Based on 24 reviews

"The Far Kingdom: Elements" is a mixture between Match3 and hidden object game. Find the essential elements and stop the evil enchantress Morgana by helping princess Arianna to remove the curse from her kingdom!