text adventure
Text Reader 1.2.1
Saves text file to audio file using text-to-speech. more>>
Psychomancer 1.06
Psychomancer - text-based adventure/RPG game more>>
Welcome to Torenheim, the latest of a plethoria of fantasy realms. Magic, known as the Essence, runs as freely as air and water in this world. Warlocks and wytches have dedicated their studies to mastering and controlling the Essence. Psychomancer features Myrlandria, an initiate wytch.
Psychomancer is an adventure/RPG game, somewhat in the same flavor as Sierra On-lines Quest for Glory games. In its current incarnation, it is a text based game, fused with the air of nostalgia of the parser games from 20 years ago.
Select one of the four magical disciplines (Sorcery, Elementalism, Psychomancy, Spirit) to help your sorceress, Myrlandria, escape from the Angwyn Cult temple. Puzzles will result in different solutions, depending on which discipline you decide to follow.
This is just a small sample of what the real game will be like, except the final product will be a full fledged game with graphics, sound, and Sacred Kewpie Dolls. The full version of Psychomancer will be done when it is done, which might take until year 2010.
Enhancements:
- Input text is no longer case sensitive.
- Additional text and descriptions were added.
- Spells can be viewed by typing SPELLS in any room.
- Linux, Digital UNIX, Mac OS X, and Windows versions have been made available, in addition to the version for Mac OS 8 and 9.
- Saving no longer is functional in version 1.06. The Save Feature will be fully implemented in Version 1.1. If you have older save games (Versions 1.00 - 1.05), you can use them to restore old games. The save feature was removed since it is not fully complete and has been removed until a future release of Psychomancer.
Really Simple Text 1.1
Really Simple Text is a simple text editor more>>
It doesnt handle or force you to handle .rtf files that Apples TextEdit uses.
Now you can edit and work with PC .txt or the orignal simple text documents without having to resave them as .rtf.
Enhancements:
- Support for any file type drop (so you can edit anything as text)
- Optimization for 10.4.

CallWave Text Messaging Widget 3.7
Send SMS messages worldwide from your computer. more>>
CallWave Text Messaging Widget 3.7 is the perfect choice for free unlimited Text Messaging to any US mobile number. Integrates with Mac Address Book. Simply type your message in the widget, select a name or phone number and hit send. The widget figures out the carrier.
Enhancements: Adds full integration with Mac Address Book.
Advent Widget 1.1
Advent Widget - The original text adventure game, now in a Widget! more>>
Includes an enhanced UI featuring inventory, exits and scores.
The Tower 3.0.1
The Tower - Text adventure game more>>
You can use the ordinary World Builder game commands: directions, GET/DROP, USE etc. Additional commands will introduce themselves by name.
Enhancements:
- Final b/w release, with updated ReadMe/Manual.
magnetiX 1.3
A text adventure game more>> A text adventure game
Magnetic is an interpreter for the games written between 1985 and 1991 by Magnetic Scrolls, a text adventure producer based in London, England.
Although they only produced seven games they have acquired legendary status for text adventures of as good quality as Infocom accompanied by exceptional graphics.
Enhancements
- updated magnetiX to use magnetic 2.3: Wonderland titlemusic and in-game sound scores are now supported
- (Thank you Stefan, for the quick help with the last "misbehaving" song!)
- other very minor fixes
Inform 6.21
Inform - Inform text adventure compiler for the Terminal more>>
(Inform is a compiler for text adventures that are written in Z-code.)
Canal District 2.0.1
Canal District - Text adventure game more>>
Use the ordinary World Builder game commands: directions, GET/DROP, USE etc. Additional commands will introduce themselves by name.
Commands may have different consequences the second time around, so try everything twicewithin the limits of ordinary common sense.
Double Trouble 1.1.1
Double Trouble - Text adventure game more>>
Use the ordinary World Builder game commands: directions, GET/DROP, USE etc. Additional commands will introduce themselves by name.
Commands may have different consequences the second time around, so try everything twicewithin the limits of ordinary common sense.
Sultan?s Palace 2.1.2
Sultan?s Palace - Text adventure game more>>
Use the ordinary World Builder game commands: directions, GET/DROP, USE etc. Additional commands will introduce themselves by name.
You can explore by keyboard or by mouse.
If you prefer typing read room descriptions to see what directions (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP, DOWN) are available.

Colossal Cave Adventure: 770 point version 1.88
The original adventure game, updated with expansions to the cavern. more>>
The original adventure game, dating back to about 1976. Also known as just Adventure or Advent (for ancient computer systems that only allowed six character names), it is a text-based game. Let your imagination provide the 3-D images.
Arthur! 1.0
Arthur! offers you an attractive game which recalls the days of text adventure games on the Mac SE and Mac IIsi more>>
Arthur! 1.0 offers you an attractive game which recalls the days of text adventure games on the Mac SE and Mac IIsi. These were great fun in their time, and one of the best was Arthur!, the search for Excalibur and eventual showdown with the Evil King Lott.
Now imagine being able to revisit that game in a 3D world where you get to explore, adventure and fight in real-time animation. This is now possible with the EMR Infinity add-on scenario called Arthur!. This scenario won first place in the EMR map making contest, and is now available to the public.
Requirements:
- Marathon Infinity EMR Infinity data files
Andrew Hunter Zoom 1.1.1
Andrew Hunter Zoom is regarded as a new and fascinating Z-Machine, which means that it plays text adventure games written in ZCode. more>>
Andrew Hunter Zoom 1.1.1 is regarded as a new and fascinating Z-Machine, which means that it plays text adventure games written in ZCode.
The original games were written by a company called 'Infocom' in the 80's: these are available on the Infocom Masterpieces CD, published by Activision. Unfortunately, Activision seems to have lost interest in this title - however, there are a few companies that have a stock of this CD. In around 1993, a compiler called 'Inform' was released that allowed ordinary mortals to create their own ZCode adventures. This sparked quite a revival, and there are many games available for download.
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
MacScare-CLI 1.3.3
MacScare-CLI - Run Interactive Fiction (Text Adventures) created with ADRIFT from command-line more>>
This is the command-line tool, for people who prefer that to a Mac GUI for playing text adventures.