Macintosh Garden - Brian Moriarty

Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor

sshrugg — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:26:39 +0000

Beyond Zork is another one of Infocom's famous Zork text adventures, but provides certain key features that set it apart from the other Zork games. First there is a simple on-screen map, and secondly, the game takes advantage of character statistics and levels to provide RPG combat elements.

Trinity (Infocom)

IIGS_User — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:35:07 +0000

From the creator of Loom, Trinity is an anti-war adventure in the same vein as Alice in Wonderland. An American vacationing in London during the Cold War escapes the destruction of a nuclear attack by entering a door floating in the air. He finds on the other side a fantastic world with more doors that lead to different time periods related to the developing of atomic weapons--and a chance to change history but not in the way one would expect. The tile refers to the Trinity Test which started the Atomic Era.

Loom

Daxeria — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:56:45 +0000

You are a Weaver, who holds the power to reshape reality by casting four-note musical spells.

"Loom is an adventure game that sets itself apart from other titles in the genre through its unique gameplay system: the player character does not carry items around, but rather manipulates objects through the use of spells (called "drafts" in the game). The drafts themselves are woven by playing magical notes on a special instrument called "distaff". All the puzzles in the game are solved by learning and correctly applying these drafts.

Wishbringer

IIGS_User — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:28:21 +0000

In Wishbringer, you're a postal clerk in a small seaside village called Festeron. You deliver a strange envelope to a magic shop, and discover that an old woman's black cat has been kidnapped by "the Evil One." The old woman asks for your help, and when you leave the magic shop, you find yourself trapped in a nightmare world. Your once-quit town is now full of goons, trolls, vultures, fortress-like towers, and assorted wickedness. You become entangled in the struggle between Good and Evil; extraordinary help is found only in unusual places.