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Adventure is a port of the mainframe text adventure Adventure (also known as Colossal Cave Adventure). It is based on Bob Supnik’s DECUS implementation of Don Woods’ enhanced version with 350 points. During the game, the player visits and explores a cave. The goal is to find treasure by solving puzzles. Interactions with the game are conducted by entering verb-noun commands … Continue reading “Colossal Cave Adventure”
Year: 1977
Platforms: Mainframe
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Puzzle elements
Pokémon LeafGreen takes the player into the world of Kanto on a mission to catch all more than 150 Pokémon for Pokémon researcher Prof. Oak. Pokémon are animal-like creatures with strange powers that inhabit every nook and cranny of the Pokémon world. Try to capture them all using PokéBalls, create your own personal team of Pokémon, … Continue reading “Pokemon LeafGreen Version”
Year: 2004
Platforms: Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Pokémon is back for another round catching and training! You’re the new guy (or girl) in Littleroot Town, and the newest generation of Pokémon trainers. Professor Birch sends you on your way in your journey, with one of your choice of 3 starter Pokémon. There’s Treecko (A grass-type chameleon-like little guy) Torchic (a Fire-type bird) … Continue reading “Pokemon Ruby Version”
Year: 2003
Platforms: Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Pokémon FireRed takes the player into the world of Kanto on a mission to catch all of the 350 pokémon for Pokémon researcher Prof. Oak. Pokémon are animal-looking creatures that pretty much form this and all the other games in the Pokémon Universe. The challenge is to capture them all using pokéballs and an own set … Continue reading “Pokemon FireRed Version”
Year: 2004
Platforms: Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Pokémon Emerald is the fifth Pokémon game of the advanced generation, after its predecessors Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, and LeafGreen. It takes place in the world of Hoenn but can also connect with Kanto-based games FireRed and LeafGreen as well. Like Pikachu and Suicune were for Yellow and Crystal respectively, Rayquaza plays a vital role in this game along with the other Legendaries, Groudon and … Continue reading “Pokemon Emerald Version”
Year: 2005
Platforms: Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Pokémon is back for another round catching and training! You’re the new guy (or girl) in Littleroot Town, and the newest generation of Pokémon trainers. Professor Birch sends you on your way in your journey, with one of your choice of 3 starter Pokémon. There’s Treecko (A grass-type chameleon-like little guy) Torchic (a Fire-type bird) … Continue reading “Pokemon Sapphire Version”
Year: 2003
Platforms: Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi is the sixth entry in the Fire Emblem series, and its first handheld installment. The events of the game take place twenty years after those of Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken. The player takes control of Roy, the son of Eilwood, one of the main protagonists from Rekka no Ken. … Continue reading “Fire Emblem: Binding Blade”
Year: 2002
Platforms: Game Boy Advance, Wii U
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Sassy adventurer Ittle and her reluctant flying fox friend Tippsie are back for their greatest adventure ever! Stranded on yet another island and armed with a magical map, our heroes explore the three-dimensional landscape in search of valuable loot. Can they find the eight scattered pieces of the raft that could be their ticket home? … Continue reading “Little Dew 2+”
Year: 2017
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, Windows
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements
Swords and Sorcery is a Star Trek variant in a fantasy setting and it is also turn based. The game became available on the PLATO network in 1977 and was updated until 1979. Instead of the Enterprise the player controls a hero. The game retains the game world of a 10×10 universe with each quadrant consisting of 10×10 … Continue reading “Swords & Sorcery”
Year: 1977
Platforms: Plato System
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Devil’s Dungeon is an early text-based RPG. Game play features an infinitely deep dungeon, where each level contains 16 rooms which randomly interconnect with each other. Input is via keyboard. The goal is to gather gold from rooms and kill monsters for experience. These can then be used to improve a character’s strength and speed. Each … Continue reading “Devil’s Dungeon”
Year: 1977
Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore PET/CBM, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, VIC-20
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy