Portcullis by robinjohnson

The city of Portcullis has been taken over by an evil sorcerer (because that's what evil sorcerers do), and a party of adventurers has arrived in town to overthrow him (because that's what adventurers do.) A retro-styled comic adventure, written for the 35th anniversary of Zork and the 40th anniversary of the original Adventure, in tribute to the drily humorous heroic-fantasy games that dominated the early days of interactive fiction.

Also available as a zip file: http://versificator.net/portcullis.zip
or a Windows executable: http://versificator.net/Portcullis.exe

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Review by 9bitAdventures

18 May 2019

pretty fucking awesome-
i like it better than zork even

(5)

Review by meburningslime

15 May 2019

noooo im a caterpillar its sooo cnfusng

(3)

Review by blackknight

02 Dec 2017

Good old-school game.

(4)

Review by GameofChocolate

19 Jun 2017

Super fun, and challenging. Good job!

(5)

Review by kendrafortune

20 Apr 2017

I really enjoyed playing this game - it's tricky without being frustratingly difficult, and it has the feel of the old Zork games. Everything seemed to work without any frustrating issues around the phrasing you need to use to perform actions. It's also funny, especially that the NPCs are so expendable! I just wish the game was a bit longer!