"Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone is rightwise king born of all England"
In the days before Camelot, when magic and evil rule England, a sword sheathed in stone appears in a quiet churchyard. Engraved upon it are the words which form your destiny. For you are Arthur. the son and true heir to the High King, Uther Pendragon.
But there is more to asserting your claim than wresting free the sword. The sword in the stone disappears - stolen by the evil King Lot. To win it back, you must develop the kingly qualities of wisdom, chivalry and experience, qualities that will also prove you worthy of the throne. And you must do it all within three days, or Lot will usurp your legacy.
You are assisted by Merlin the Enchanter, who grants you the power to transform yourself into a variety of animals. Now you can explore the kingdom as no one has before: from the sky, from rivers and lakes, from on- and under- the earth. How you use this power, and how you solve the myriad puzzles that confront you, will determ
The NSRT (National Satellite Resource Technology) has sent a team to the Amazon rainforest but there has been no communications with the team for some time. It's now your job to go and find out what happened to them.
Dan is a bush pilot with an urgent need for cash - about all he owns of his plane is the air in the tires! Just before the bank decides to repossess his craft, a friend tells him of rumored fortunes being made. So buckle in and head out into the harsh, remote and baffling Outback in search of huge opals that are apparently just waiting to be picked off the ground. Blue beauties! How hard can that be?
The game has photorealistic settings and uses digitized video animations. It has a standard adventure game inventory using Dan's backpack where appropriate items must be gathered and used in the correct place and manner. It also holds hints - the more you play, the more you can view.
Based on the movie of the same title, in this graphical text adventure you are Buckaroo Banzai, a jack of all trades. You try to thwart the plans of your arch enemy and criminal mastermind Hanoi Xan and those of the Black Lectroids from Planet 10 who want to destroy Earth via a planet-consuming bomb.
Achteon was originally released on a mainframe computer, similar to Zork. And just like Zork it is a fantasy treasure hunt with 400 rooms and 200 objects, and therefore is much bigger than its more famous companion.
Based on the Jules Verne novel, this graphic adventure provides a first-person perspective on the realm of Captain Nemo and his enormous submarine craft, The Nautilus. Players guide three brave explorers -- marine biologist Pierre Aronnax, his assistant Conseil, and the rough-and-tumble seaman Ned Land -- who had boarded the warship Abraham Lincoln and embarked on a mission to hunt down an impossibly enormous "sea monster" reported by several merchant ships.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Enhanced is a modernized version of the classic 1988 point-and-click adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games. This enhanced edition retains the original's quirky humor and imaginative storyline while updating its visuals and gameplay for contemporary audiences.
The game follows Zak McKracken, a tabloid journalist, as he uncovers a global alien conspiracy to reduce human intelligence. Players navigate Zak and his companions through various locations on Earth and beyond, solving puzzles and interacting with a cast of eccentric characters. The enhanced version likely features improved graphics, smoother animations, and potentially updated controls to make the game more accessible to modern players. While maintaining the charm and wit of the original, this version aims to introduce a new generation to the beloved adventure game, showcasing its innovative multi-character gameplay and blend of science fiction and comedy that made it a cult classic in the adventure game genre.
What connects an emergency at a covert military base with a 200 year-old infant and a graveyard where the dead are rumored to live on? How does Margie Poole know so much about weapons? Who is General Barrow really working for?
And just what is the XMZ1A project?
Unravel the shocking secrets of Downforth- the town with the kookiest collection of citizens you're ever likely to meet. As lawman Vic Buckmaster would say, "Welcome to our little community. You ain't leaving."
In Synnergist the player takes the role of Tim Machin, an ambitious young journalist forced by cruel circumstances to work for a trashy tabloid newspaper. Set in the year 2010, the game puts the player on the streets of New Arhus—a city of extremes, crammed with both cutting edge technology and the decaying remnants of a once proud past. Very soon, Tim finds himself on the trail of a sinister force that appears to be connected to the crime and killing...
Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse is an adventure game based on Nickelodeon's TV series Are You Afraid Of The Dark?.
In telling its mystery tale, the game features full motion videos and 3D animation, as well as actors from the actual TV series.
On a distant, isolated space outpost halfway across the galaxy, an unspeakable evil stirs. As Lt. Col. Hericksen, commander of a terraforming team, you must quickly respond to a mysterious distress call. Once you’ve landed, you soon discover that something cruel and vicious lies beneath the outpost’s surface. Something that terrifies even you.
You're on the threshold of a whole new experience, for ahead of you is the extraordinary anthology of the Great Underground Empire. Once you step through the door to Zork, you leave the world of arcade games and trite fantasies behind and enter the dimension of your imagination. Every plot, every puzzle, every personality has been honed and perfected to make your experience uniquely realistic and involving. The Zork saga is text adventuring at its finest. Welcome to the underground. Your greatest challenge lies ahead and downwards.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 marks the return of one of Ubisoftís most beloved games. The prequel will transport players into a profoundly multicultural world, capturing the spirit of the original with unforgettable characters, grandiose decors and intense dramas that play out across a vast universe. Players will rise from lowly pirate to legendary captain at the helm of massive star-faring vessels, adventuring alongside crews of unforgettable characters to fight for freedom and theright to determine their own fate among the stars. Ubisoft Montpellier will be developing the game alongside its community of fans.
Freedom: First Resistance is a third-person action-adventure game set in a future where Earth has been invaded by the alien Catteni race.
Players take on the role of Angel Sanchez, a human resistance leader, and lead a team of rebels against the oppressive alien regime. The game features stealth-based gameplay, puzzle-solving, and strategic use of different team members to overcome challenges and liberate humanity
"James Bond 007: A View to a Kill" is a text adventure based on the James Bond film of the same name. Released in 1985 for DOS, Macintosh and Apple II computers, it was developed by Angelsoft, Inc. and published by Mindscape Inc.
The player must stop Auric Goldfinger from taking the world's gold supply, stop the destruction of Kentucky, deal with Pussy Galore and even a fight with Oddjob.
Not much for old 007 to do actually - it's all in a day's work (or is it adventure)?