Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood is the second and final game in the Conquests series from Christy Marx. It was released by Sierra On-Line in 1991 for MS-DOS, with Amiga and Mac versions following a year later. This…
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…
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail was designed by Christy Marx—creator of Jem and the Holograms—along with her late husband, Peter Ledger. It was released by Sierra On-Line in 1990 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game…
Maupiti Island is a point-and-click detective mystery game, and a sequel to Mortville Manor. It was originally released for Amiga in 1990, then for DOS and Atari ST in 1991, along with updated artwork. It has beautiful graphics, a unique…
Murder Club, also known as J.B. Harold Murder Club, is a detective mystery game from Rika Suzuki. Early in her career she co-founded Riverhill Soft, where she created 黒猫荘相続殺人事件 (“The Black Cat Manor Inheritance Murder Case”) and other…
The Secret of Donkey Island, or Tajemství Oslího ostrova, is a Czech adventure game created by two high school students, Jarek Kolář and Petr Vlček. The game was made on school computers using a game engine they created themselves. It…
Manhunter: New York was developed by Evryware and published by Sierra On-Line in 1988. Manhunter was initially released for MS-DOS, Apple II, and Apple IIgs, with versions for Macintosh, Amiga, and Atari ST following a year later in…
Two complete playthroughs of The Colonel’s Bequest were not enough to satisfy me. I was determined to obtain the elusive Super Sleuth ranking, and I decided to do it as fast as I could. I started with spending some time carefully…