- advent.zip [06-Jan-2011]
- Colossal Cave, the original 350 point version,
compiled for Mac OS X by Troy Fullwood.
- adventure-11.hqx [13-Jan-1993]
- Colossal Cave, 550 point version
based on the Unix C version by Ken Wellsch
Mac version 1.1 by Anthony C. Ard
- Adventure.sit [29-Jan-1999]
- Adventure 2.5.m2, the 430 points version of
Colossal Cave by Donald R. Woods (1995),
ported by Jacob Munkhammar
(C source code is in
games/source/Adventure2.5.tar.gz,
a DOS executable is in
games/pc/advent25.zip,
an executable and source code for the Amiga is in
games/amiga/adv430.lha = games/source/adv430.lha)
- American_Angst.app.zip [14-Feb-2018]
- American Angst, by m3g1dd0.
- babel-31.hqx [03-Mar-2000]
- Babel, release 3.1, by Ian Finley.
(a machine-independent TADS version is in
games/tads/Babel31.gam,
a DOS executable is in games/pc/Babel.exe
and the original competition entry is in
games/competition97/tads/babel/babel.gam)
- ccr.sit.bin [26-Oct-1993]
- Colossal Cave Revisited v1.0
A remake of Crowther and Woods' original adventure
with a full sentence parser, with complete TADS
source. TADS version by Dave Baggett. Freeware.
Macbinary format.
[file is linked to games/source/tads/ccr.sit.bin
and to games/adventions/mac/ccr.sit.bin]
- ccr.sit.hqx [26-Oct-1993]
- Same as above, but BinHex format.
[file is linked to games/source/tads/ccr.sit.hqx
and to games/adventions/mac/ccr.sit.hqx]
- chix.hqx [25-Nov-1999]
- Chicks Dig Jerks, by Robb Sherwin
Release 2 / Serial number 991124
WARNING: This game contains adult language and
situations and is not intended for children.
(a machine independent zcode game file is in
games/zcode/chix.z5,
an MS-DOS version is in games/pc/chix.exe,
and the original competition entry is in
games/competition99/inform/chix/chix.z5)
- crystalcave2.2.sit.hqx [13-Jan-1993]
- Crystal Cave version 2.2. by Kevin O'Gorman
based on and intended as a sequel to Colossal Cave
(source code, though not the same as this version was
compiled with, is in games/source/crystal.tar.gz)
- curse.sea [26-Jun-1994]
- Curse of Vengeance, release 1.3
TADS adventure by Scott C. McNab
- deepspacedrifter1.0.sit.hqx [13-Jan-1993]
- Deep Space Drifter, written with TADS by
Michael J. Roberts and Steve McAdams
(shareware, source code comes with registration)
- DraculasCastle251.sit [01-Oct-2005]
- Dracula's Castle, by Al Staffieri Jr.
"Defeat the evil vampire, find the treasure
hidden on the island, and leave the island with
the treasure."
Mac Classic executable.
- DraculasCastle251_X.sit [01-Oct-2005]
- Dracula's Castle, by Al Staffieri Jr.
Mac Carbon executable (OS 8 to OS X).
- dudley.sit.hqx [13-Jan-1993]
- A Dudley Dilemma version 1.2 by Lane Barrow
(a DOS version is in games/pc/dudley.zip;
source code is in games/source/agt/dudley_s.zip)
- Dungeon-Glk.sit.hqx [19-Oct-1998]
- Dungeon, the more or less public domain version
of the original MIT Zork, version 3.2B.
Andrew Plotkin ported this version to C and
added the Glk interface.
(source code is in
games/source/dungeon-glk.tar.Z)
- Dungeon3.2B_MacOSX.zip [25-Aug-2014]
- Dungeon, the more or less public domain version
of the original MIT Zork, version 3.2B.
Andrew Plotkin ported this version to C and
Pierre Tremblay added the OSX interface.
- Dunjin44.cpt.hqx [18-Aug-1993]
- The Dungeons of Dunjin version 4.4,
by Magnus Olsson. BinHexed Compact Pro archive.
This is not just a port of the MS-DOS game but
makes use of the Mac's user interface.
- Enhanced.sea.hqx [23-Jan-1995]
- Enhanced release 3/941004,
the first (and so far the only) part of the
Cyberventure trilogy; a cyberpunk SF adventure
by Hans Persson and Dominik Zemmler
- forever.sit [11-Mar-2003]
- Elizabeth Hawk's Forever Always: a Romance
Novel Game, written by Iain Merrick.
(the original entry to the RomanceNovelComp is in
games/mini-comps/rncomp/,
and a machine independent TADS .gam file is in
games/mac/forever.zip)
- fourin1.sit [10-Jul-2000]
- Four in One, an Interactive Marx Brothers Comedy
by J. Robinson Wheeler.
Release Version 1.1.7 20000710.
(the original competition entry is in
games/competition98/tads/fourin1/,
a machine independent TADS .gam file is in
games/tads/fourin1.gam,
an MS-DOS executable is in games/pc/fourin1.zip, and
source code is in games/source/tads/4in1_src.zip)
- fren5-2.hqx [02-Jan-2000]
- The Frenetic Five vs. Mr. Redundancy Man
(The Frenetic Five Epsiode 2), version 1.2,
interactive fiction by Neil deMause
(The machine-independent TADS .gam file is
available as games/tads/fren5-2.zip)
- frenfive.sit.hqx [01-Feb-1998]
- The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang version 1.1,
interactive fiction by Neil deMause
(The machine-independent TADS .gam file is
available as games/tads/frenfive.gam, a Windows
executable in games/pc/frenfive.zip, and
the original competition entry is in
games/competition97/tads/frenfive/frenfive.gam)
- HCMacPkg.sit [02-Dec-2005]
- Adventure in Humongous Cave, David Malmberg's AGT
version of Adventure, ported to Inform by Al Golden.
Release 1 / Serial number 000001
(a machine-independent Z-code game file is in
games/zcode/HugeCave.z8 and a Windows package is in
games/pc/HCWinPkg.zip)
- HuntDark-R4.hqx [20-Nov-1999]
- Hunter, in Darkness.
A Cave Crawl by "Dave Ahl Jr." (Andrew Plotkin)
Release 4 / Serial number 991119
(a machine-independent zcode game file is in
games/zcode/huntdark.z5;
the original competition entry is in
games/competition99/inform/huntdark/huntdark.z5)
- Katana.bin [08-May-2002]
- Katana, version 2.0, by Matt Rohde, in
MacBinary format.
(a machine-independent TADS game file is in
games/tads/katana.gam)
- Katana.hqx [08-May-2002]
- Katana, version 2.0, by Matt Rohde, in
BinHex format.
(a machine-independent TADS game file is in
games/tads/katana.gam)
- LASH-r11.hqx [31-Aug-2000]
- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup,
by Paul O'Brian
Release 11 / Serial number 000806
(a machine independent zcode game file is in
games/zcode/LASH.z8, and an
MS-DOS executable is in games/pc/LASH.zip)
- legend.bin [08-Mar-1995]
- The Legend Lives! v1.0
An Unnkulian Universe Unventure
by Dave Baggett
Self-extracting archive in MacBinary format.
[file is linked to games/adventions/mac/legend.bin]
- legend.hqx [08-Mar-1995]
- Same as above, but in BinHex format.
[file is linked to games/adventions/mac/legend.hqx]
- LostAdv2.0.2.sit.hqx [21-Oct-1993]
- Lost, a science fiction text adventure,
version 2.0.2.
Shareware by Jeffrey Hersh; his rating: hard.
(TADS source code is in
games/source/tads/lost202s.zip,
a compiled game file is in
games/tads/lost202g.zip,
a DOS executable is in games/pc/lost202.zip)
- lostny.egg [16-Aug-1996]
- some Easter eggs from Lost New York (see below)
and what you can win if you find them,
by Neil deMause
[file is linked to games/pc/lostny.egg and to
games/tads/lostny.egg]
- lostny14.sit [29-Apr-1997]
- Lost New York version 1.4,
a time-travel TADS adventure by Neil deMause
The built-in hint system is disabled in this
freeware version; type REGISTER to see how to
get the full version.
Macintosh executable and instructions.
(a machine-independent TADS .gam file is
available as games/tads/lostny14.gam, and a PC
executable is in games/pc/lostny14.zip)
- MacWes10.sit.hqx [28-Feb-1995]
- MacWesleyan: An Everyday Nightmare, version 1.0
TADS adventure by Neil deMause
(PC University, the DOS version, is in
games/pc/pcu10.zip)
- Modernism.sit.hqx [22-Mar-1993]
- Modernism version 1.0, by Jacob Solomon Weinstein
includes both "Waiting for Godot" and "No Exit"
- newcastle.tgz [14-Dec-2015]
- The New Castle, version 9.0. Written by Dan Gahlinger,
based on Castle, written by Barry Wilks on a VAX/VMS
circa 1983.
(an MS-DOS version is in games/pc/newcastle.zip, and
a Linux version is in games/linux/newcastle.tgz)
- Parade.comment.txt [03-Aug-1997]
- solution to Everybody Loves a Parade, a commentary
on the genesis and development of the game, and
some programming tips for TADS beginners,
by Cody Sandifer
[file is linked to games/pc/parade.txt, to
games/tads/Parade.comment.txt, and to
solutions/Parade.comment.txt]
- Parade.sit.hqx [04-Oct-1999]
- Everybody Loves a Parade, by Cody Sandifer
release 2.3
(a machine-independent TADS game file is in
games/tads/Parade.gam, a DOS executable is
in games/pc/paradeDOS.zip, and a Windows
executable is in games/pc/paradeWin95.zip)
- PolyAventuresMacIntel32Bits_1.16.14.zip [18-Mar-2018]
- Intel 32-bit version of PolyAventures to play 16
games whose sources are found on If-archive:
AdventureCastle, BattlesStar, BeyondTesseract,
BeyondTitanic, CaveAdventure, Chimaera,
CrystalCave, Dinkum, Dungeon, DungeonsOfThuria,
Island, MysteryMansion, Napoleon, SoftPorn,
SuperNova and World. Need 10.4 or up.
MacOS interface by Pierre Tremblay.
- PolyAventuresMacIntel64Bits_1.16.14.zip [18-Mar-2018]
- Intel 64-bit version of PolyAventures to play 16
games whose sources are found on IF Archive:
AdventureCastle, BattlesStar, BeyondTesseract,
BeyondTitanic, CaveAdventure, Chimaera,
CrystalCave, Dinkum, Dungeon, DungeonsOfThuria,
Island, MysteryMansion, Napoleon, SoftPorn,
SuperNova and World. Need 10.6 or up.
MacOS interface by Pierre Tremblay.
- race13.sit [26-Jun-1994]
- The Great Archeological Race! version 1.3
TADS adventure by John LaBonney
- rylvania.sea.bin [01-Nov-1993]
- The Horror of Rylvania
by D. A. Leary for ADVENTIONS
Playable DEMO v1.0, Macbinary format.
[file is linked to
games/adventions/mac/rylvania.sea.bin]
- rylvania.sea.hqx [01-Nov-1993]
- Same as above, but BinHex format.
[file is linked to
games/adventions/mac/rylvania.sea.hqx]
- Satyr.app152.sit.hqx [26-Aug-2000]
- Outside Satyricon Version 1.52,
an illustrated text adventure by Ben Sharvy
(Crunchy Pickle Software).
- saveprinceton20.hqx [21-Mar-1995]
- Save Princeton version 2.0 for the Macintosh
by Jacob Solomon Weinstein and Karine Schaefer
- Shade-R3.hqx [28-Nov-2000]
- Shade, a brief story by "Ampe R. Sand"
(aka Andrew Plotkin).
Release 3 / Serial number 001127
(a machine independent zcode version is in
games/zcode/shade.z5,
and the original competition entry is in
games/competition2000/inform/shade/shade.z5)
- Shelby.sit.bin [05-Sep-1996]
- The Light: Shelby's Addendum. Quest Adventure #3,
version 2.1, release 19960901, by Colm A. McCarthy.
Macintosh package by Neil K. Guy (tela design).
Macbinary format.
(a PC executable of this game is in
games/pc/shelbypc.zip; a system-independent TADS
.gam file is in games/tads/shelby.zip)
- Shelby.sit.hqx [05-Sep-1996]
- Same as above, but BinHex format.
- SmallW3.sit [29-Nov-1998]
- Small World release 3, a Miniature Text Adventure
by Andrew D. Pontious
(a machine-independent TADS game file is in
games/tads/SmallW3.gam;
the original competition entry is in
games/competition96/smallwld/smallwld.gam)
- sos.sit [28-Jul-1993]
- Son of Stagefright - A Pleasant Day at the Theater
in Three Paranatural Acts; by Mike McCauley.
This game won the 3rd Annual AGT Game Writing
Contest.
(a DOS executable is in games/pc/sos.zip,
source code is in games/source/agt/sos-src.zip)
- Sunset_Over_Savannah.hqx [07-Oct-1998]
- Sunset Over Savannah, An Existential Vacation,
by Ivan Cockrum. Version 1.0.4, 8/2/98.
(a machine-independent TADS version is in
games/tads/savannah.gam,
a Windows version is in
games/pc/savvanah.zip,
and the original competition entry is in
games/competition97/tads/savannah/savannah.gam)
- TAG_Advent_Qork.tgz [12-May-2015]
- Text Adventure Games 1.0, by Steve Lidie.
Contains versions of Adventure and Qork (a
modified Zork) from DECUS FORTRAN sources.
- TheDreamSelf_Mac.zip [16-Nov-2017]
- The Dream Self, by Florencia Minuzzi.
(a Windows version is in
games/pc/TheDreamSelf_Win.zip,
and the original competition entry is in
games/competition2017/The Dream Self/)
- Transylvania.sit [01-Dec-1997]
- Transylvania, by Antonio Antiochia
for 16-bit Macintoshes only.
See games/appleII/penguin/Index for copyright.
- underoos.sit [24-Aug-1996]
- The Underoos that ate New York!
by Gerry Kevin Wilson
(a machine-independent TADS .gam file is in
games/tads/underoos.gam, a DOS executable is in
games/pc/underoos.zip)
- unnk1v301.sit.bin [26-Oct-1993]
- Unnkulian Underworld: The Unknown Unventure
version 3.0.1 by D. A. Leary
[file is linked to
games/adventions/mac/unnk1v301.sit.bin]
- unnk1v301.sit.hqx [26-Oct-1993]
- Same as above, but BinHex format.
[file is linked to
games/adventions/mac/unnk1v301.sit.hqx]
- unnk2v30.sit.bin [26-Oct-1993]
- Unnkulian Underworld II: The Secret of Acme
version 3.0 by David M. Baggett
[file is linked to
games/adventions/mac/unnk2v30.sit.bin]
- unnk2v30.sit.hqx [26-Oct-1993]
- Same as above, but BinHex format.
[file is linked to
games/adventions/mac/unnk2v30.sit.hqx]
- unnkhz10.sit.bin [26-Oct-1993]
- Unnkulia One-Half: The Salesman Triumphant
Includes a playable demo of Unnkulia Zero!
both games version 1.0, by D. A. Leary
[file is linked to
games/adventions/mac/unnkhz10.sit.bin]
- unnkhz10.sit.hqx [26-Oct-1993]
- Same as above, but BinHex format.
[file is linked to
games/adventions/mac/unnkhz10.sit.hqx]
- veritas20.sea.hqx [11-Sep-1996]
- VERITAS: A Harvard Game of Interactive Fiction,
version 2.0, by James T. Reese
(see games/tads/ for a machine-independent
TADS .gam file)
- World1.07_OSX.sit [20-Dec-2001]
- World version 1.07, by J. Doug McDonald,
ported to Macintosh OS X (command line only) by
Thomas Magle Brodersen.
This version includes the ability to save and
restore the game, which was missing from the
earlier Mac OS 9 Classic port.
- World107.sit [14-Apr-2000]
- World version 1.07, by J. Doug McDonald,
ported to the Macintosh by Thomas Magle Brodersen.
This version can save the game to file world.sav,
but it cannot restore.
(Source code to the DOS/Unix version is in
games/source/worldsrc.zip;
a DOS executable is in
games/pc/world107.zip;
an Archimedes port is in
games/archimedes/world.spk;
an Amiga port is in
games/amiga/World_1.07.lha)
- worlds-apart-21.hqx [07-Aug-2000]
- Worlds Apart, an Interactive Fugue,
Version 2.1, written by Suzanne Britton.
(a machine independent TADS game file is in
games/tads/worlds.zip, and a Windows version is in
games/pc/worlds.exe)
- zero.sit.hqx [29-Aug-1998]
- Zero Sum Game, an Exercise in Fantastic Futility,
Release 2, by Cody Sandifer.
(a machine independent TADS .gam file is in
games/tads/zero.gam,
a DOS version is in games/pc/zeroDOS.zip,
a Windows version is in games/pc/zeroWin95.zip,
and the original competition entry is in
games/competition97/tads/zero/zero.gam)
- zork-27m.hqx [13-Jan-1993]
- Dungeon, the more or less public domain version
of the original MIT Zork.
Macintosh version 2.7M (1.1) by Anthony C. Ard,
based on the Unix C version 2.7A