Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is a narrative adventure game created by Don’t Nod Montréal. It was published in two parts or “Tapes,” released two months apart in early 2025. We’re invited to “Rewind back to the 90s and live the defining…
Myst was designed by Rand and Robyn Miller, developed by Cyan, and published in 1993 by Brøderbund. The original version was made in HyperCard for the Macintosh. It was later brought to a wide variety of systems including Windows, Sega…
Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder is an FMV murder mystery game. It was created by Shannon Gilligan, who also created the Virtual Murder series, along with Sam Egan, writer and producer for Northern Exposure. It was developed and…
Caper in the Castro is the first LGBTQ game, created by C.M. Ralph and released in 1989. It’s a point-and-click murder mystery made with HyperCard. Ralph also made a straight version of the game called Murder on Main Street, without the…
Who Killed Brett Penance?: The Environmental Surfer is an FMV murder mystery game written and directed by Shannon Gilligan. It was developed and published by Creative Multimedia in 1994. This was originally part of the “Virtual Murder”…
Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill was developed by HeR Interactive and released in 1998 for Windows. This was the first in a long series of games that is still ongoing. Nancy takes a semester off from school to visit her Aunt Eloise in…
Loom™ was published by Lucasfilm Games in 1990 for MS-DOS. It’s the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilm’s™ Brian Moriarty™. Why it’s an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic… stunning, high-resolution,…
Deadline is a murder mystery text adventure game, written by Marc Blank and published by Infocom in 1982. It has a simple premise explained clearly on the package: “A locked door. A dead man. And 12 hours to solve the murder.” You…