Group Description
A line of interactive fiction with graphics games by
Brian Howarth, using
Scott Adams' parser.
Trivia
These games perhaps hold the record for greatest number of times published, by different publishers. Over the years Mysterious Adventures have been published by:
- Molimerx
- Acorn Software Products
- Digital Fantasia
- Channel 8 Software
- Paxman Promotions
- Tynesoft
- Adventure International UK
Each publisher had one or more different box styles for the game as well!
Even the numbering order changed from the chronological:
- The Golden Baton
- The Time Machine
- Arrow of Death (Part 1)
- Arrow of Death (Part 2)
- Escape from Pulsar 7
- Circus
- Feasibility Experiment
- The Wizard of Akyrz
- Perseus & Andromeda
- Ten Little Indians
- Waxworks
...to that used by Channel 8:
- The Golden Baton
- Arrow of Death (Part 1)
- Arrow of Death (Part 2)
- Escape from Pulsar 7
- Feasibility Experiment
- The Time Machine
- Circus
- The Wizard of Akyrz
- Perseus & Andromeda
- Ten Little Indians
- Waxworks
There were upcoming titles advertised, but never released:
- Mid-Winter
- After the Fire
- Beyond the Infinite
Game Title | Year | Platform | Publisher | User Score |
10 Computer Hits 2 | 1986 | ZX Spectrum | Beau Jolly | 3.17 |
The Wizard of Akyrz | 1983 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Electron, ZX Spectrum | Channel 8 Software | 4.05 |
Perseus & Andromeda | 1983 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, Dragon 32/64, Electron, Oric, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum | Acorn Software Products, Inc. | 4.65 |
Ten Little Indians | 1983 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, Dragon 32/64, Electron, Oric, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum | Acorn Software Products, Inc. | 4.17 |
Waxworks | 1983 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Electron, ZX Spectrum | Channel 8 Software | 3.64 |
Feasibility Experiment | 1982 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, Dragon 32/64, Electron, Oric, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum | Acorn Software Products, Inc. | ... |
Arrow of Death Part II | 1982 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Electron, Oric, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum | Acorn Software Products, Inc. | 4.69 |
Escape from Pulsar 7 | 1982 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Electron, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum | Adventure International (UK) | 4.33 |
Circus | 1982 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Electron, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum | Adventuresoft UK Ltd. | 3.90 |
The Time Machine | 1981 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Colour Genie, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Electron, Oric, TRS-80, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum | Channel 8 Software | 4.22 |
Arrow of Death: Part I | 1981 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Electron, Oric, TRS-80, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum | Channel 8 Software | 4.59 |
The Golden Baton | 1981 | Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, Colour Genie, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Electron, Oric, TRS-80, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum | Channel 8 Software | 4.33 |
Selected Covers
Selected Screenshots
Game group created by
Martin Smith (78234), additional games added to group by
Patrick Bregger (269615) and
FatherJack (62724)