The TADS Games Index

This index contains a list of available TADS games. This list is drawn from self knowledge of which are TADS games, and from an examination of the Indexes to see if any games were listed as TADS. Thusly, it's possible that a few have been missed.


General

The TADS Game List 1

Version 3.00 (jan93) by Alan Mead.

The TADS Game List 2

Version 1.1 (25mar96) by Gerry Kevin Wilson and Paul David Doherty.

Game files

This section contains those games which supply the game file. In order to interpret the game, you need the TADS runtime program, available for various platforms from the The TADS Platform List.

+= 3 : A Logical Adventure

Written by Carl de Marcken and Dave Baggett.

A Night at the Museum Forever

Version 1.0 by Chris Angelini for the IF Games '95 contest. Contains game file, description, and a walkthrough.

The Broekn String

A Punk-Rock Adventure version 1.1 by Harel Malka and Ran Kramer. Contains .gam file, TADS runtime for DOS, and a walkthrough.

Colossal Cave Revisited

A remake of Crowther and Woods' original adventure, with complete TADS source code. TADS version 1.0, by David M. Baggett. Also available as a pre-TADS 2.1 gamefile, which works with older (< 2.1) versions of the TADS run-time.

Deep Space Drifter

Written by Michael J. Roberts and Steve McAdams. Shareware, source code comes with registration.

Ditch Day Drifter

Source code of this game in contained in the TADS documentation files; see the TADS Programming Page.

Dungeon

The more or less public domain version of the original MIT Zork ported to TADS by Darin Johnson. Based on the FORTRAN version 3.1A, 1-Feb-94. Includes compiled .GAM file and complete TADS source code.

Enhanced

Release 3/941004, by Hans Persson and Dominik Zemmler. The first (and so far the only) part of the Cyberventure trilogy; a cyberpunk SF adventure.

Frustration

Version 1.02 (960115), by Jim MacBrayne. Contains machine independant .gam file and TADS runtime for DOS.

GC: A Thrashing Parity Bit of the Mind

The 1994 MIT AI Laboratory Olympics text adventure game by Carl de Marcken, David Baggett, and Pearl Tsai. Source code is available from the Source Games Index.

The Golden Fleece

Version 1.00 (960114), by Jim MacBrayne. Contains machine independant .gam file and TADS runtime for DOS.

The Holy Grail

Version 1.01 (960227), by Jim MacBrayne. Contains machine independant .gam file and TADS runtime for DOS.

The Horror of Rylvania playable demo

Version 1.0, by D. A. Leary.

John's Fire Witch

Version 1.01 (4Feb95) by John T Baker II. Includes DOS executable and machine-independant TADS .gam file.

The Legend Lives!

An Unnkulian Universe Unventure by David Baggett.

Lethe Flow Phoenix: A Flight of Fantasy

gamefile with I/O or gamefile without I/O.
Written by Dan Shiovitz, release 2.1, September 1995.
The I/O gamefile uses the TADS 2.2 file I/O features. Use the gamefile without I/O if the first does not work for you. Accompanied by a description file which explains the differences.

The Light: Shelby's Addendum

Quest Adventure #3; version 1.1 / release 19960106 by Colm A. McCarthy.

The Mission

Version 1.02 (960331), by Jim MacBrayne. Contains machine independant .gam file and TADS runtime for DOS.

Modernism

Version 1.0, by Jacob Solomon Weinstein. Includes both "Waiting for Godot" and "No Exit".

The One That Got Away

Version 1.1 (release 2). Written by Leon Lin.

PC University: An Everyday Nightmare

Version 1.0, TADS adventure by Neil DeMause. Contains .gam file and TADS runtime for DOS. There is also MacWesleyan, the Macintosh version, available.

The Pesach Adventure

Written by Avi Gobbler Productions. A simple game for Jewish children about the search for chametz on the night before the Sedar night.

Save Princeton

Version 2.0, by Jacob Solomon Weinstein and Karine Schaefer.

Toonesia

A Mini Text-Adventure Game, version 1.1 by "C. J. T. Spaulding."

Tyler's Great Cube Game

Written by Tyler Bindon and Steven Taschuk. Not really a full adventure, more of a deviuosly fiendish puzzle.

Uncle Zebulon's Will

An Interactive Inheritance, release 1.0 / 950831 by Magnus Olsson for the IF Games Comp '95. Includes game file and description.

Undertow

Version 1.1 05sep95, written by Stephen Granade for the IF Games '95 contest.
Also available is Version 1.0, which includes the TADS gamefile and instructions.

Undo

Version 1.0.1 by Null Dogmas for the IF Games Comp '95.

Unnkulia One-Half: The Salesman Triumphant

Includes a playable demo of Unnkulia Zero: The Search for Amanda. Both games are version 1.0, by D. A. Leary. Also available as a pre-TADS 2.1 gamefile, which will run with older (< 2.1) versions of the TADS runtime.

Unnkulian Underworld: The Unknown Unventure

Version 3.01, by D. A. Leary. Also available as a pre-TADS 2.1 gamefile, which will run with older (< 2.1) versions of the TADS runtime.

Unnkulian Unventure II: The Secret of Acme

Version 3.0, by David M. Baggett. Also available as a pre-TADS 2.1 gamefile, which will run with older (< 2.1) versions of the TADS runtime.

VERITAS: A Harvard Game if Interactive Fiction

Version 1.2, by James T. Reese.

WayStation

Version 1.1, by Stephen Granade. Freeware, with source code and hints available for a nominal fee.

PC-Executables

This sections contains those games which are supplied as PC executables.

Colossal Cave Revisited v1.0

Version 1.0 by David Baggett. TADS remake of Crowther and Woods' classic adventure. Full source-code provided.

The Four Symbols playable demo

Release 1.1, by the Grue!

The Great Archeological Race

Version 1.3, by John LaBonney.

The Horror of Rylvania playable demo

Version 1.0, by D. A. Leary.

John's Fire Witch

Version 1.01 (4Feb95), by John T. Baker II. Includes DOS executable and machine-independant gamefile.

The Legend Lives!

An Unnkulian Universe Unventure, version 1.0 by David Baggett. Requires at 386SX or better CPU.

Lost

A science fiction text adventure, version 2.0.2 shareware by Jeff Hersh.
Author's difficulty rating: Hard.

Lost New York

A time-travel TADS adventure; version 1.0.2f by Neil deMause. The built-in hint system is disabled in this freeware version. Type REGISTER to see how to get the full version. Contains machine independant .gam file and TADS runtime for DOS.

PC University: An Everyday Nightmare

Version 1.0, by Neil deMause. Contains machine independant .GAM file and TADS runtime for DOS.

Unnkulia One-Half: The Salesman Triumphant

Also includes a playable demo of Unnkulia Zero: The Search for Amanda. Both are version 1.0, by D. A. Leary.

Unnkulian Underworld: The Unknown Unventure

Version 3.0, by D. A. Leary.

Unnkulian Unventure II: The Secret of Acme

Version 3.0, by David M. Baggett.


Mac Executables

This section contains those games which are supplied with Mac executables.

Collossal Cave Revisited

A remake of Crowther and Woods' original adventure with a full sentence parser. TADS version by Dave Baggett. Freeware; includes complete source code. Macbinary format. Also available in BinHex format.

Curse of Vengeance

Release 1.3, TADS adventure by Scott C. McNab.

Deep Space Drifer

Written with TADS by Michael J. Roberts and Steve McAdams. Shareware, source code comes with registration.

Enhanced

Release 3/941004, by Hans Persson and Dominik Zemmler. The first (and so far only) part of the Cyberventure trilogy.

The Great Archeological Race

Version 1.3, TADS adventure by John LaBonney.

The Horror of Rylvania playable demo

Version 1.0, written for ADVENTIONS by D. A. Leary. MacBinary format. Also available in BinHex format.

MacWesleyan: An Everyday Nightmare

Version 1.0, TADS adventure by Neil deMause. The DOS version of this game is PC University.

The Legend Lives!

An Unnkulain Universe Unventure, version 1.0 by Dave Baggett. Self-extracting archive in MacBinary format. Also available in BinHex format.

Modernism

Version 1.0, by Jacob Solomon Weinstein. Includes both "Waiting for Godot" and "No Exit".

Save Princeton

Version 1.99 for the Macintosh by Jacob Solomon Weinstein and Karine Schaefer.

Unnkulian One-Half: The Salesman Triumphant

Includes a playable demo of Unnkulia Zero: The Search for Amanda. Both games version 1.0, by D. A. Leary. Also available in BinHex format.

Unnkulian Underworld: The Unknown Unventure

Version 3.01 by D. A. Leary. Also available in BinHex format.

Unnkulian Underworld II: The Secret of Acme

Version 3.0 by David M. Baggett. Also available in BinHex format.


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