The Aching

Great little throwback to a now-archaic style of games that goes the extra mile by being programmed in DOS. Not incredibly long or complex, though the typing-based interaction can be quickly tiring if you find it unintuitive. Lot's of neat little graphical flairs and interesting lore. Don't be afraid to reference the walkthrough in the guides if you get stuck. It's an audio-visual treat regardless.

play this its very good

Scratched that EGA adventure game itch

Looks cool, feels cool. Awesome game

A fun, short text-parser adventure game in a cool dark fantasy setting, with great EGA-style art and some really interesting creature designs. Puzzles are well-designed, too. Hope the proposed follow-ups get made!

Truly legit old-school-inspired adventure game. I think the vaguely-Lovecraftian feel of the game's atmosphere is one of its strongest qualities. The world feels FLESHed out and real, you can honestly believe more of it exists outside the select portion you get to see. Admittedly, it is a pretty small portion. The entire game feels a bit like the first chapter of a longer story. But honestly, it's enjoyable enough that its brevity didn't really bother me that much. It also has an interesting twist on the typical death mechanic, more NPC interaction than most other games of its kind, and maybe most importantly, I managed to beat the whole thing without resorting to cheating, which isn't something I can say about most of the games Aching takes inspiration from.