The reader was given choices at the end of each page on how to process. One simple example would be the question if the reader would like to use door one or door two. Depending on the choice a different page would have to be read giving the reader again several choices.

The game character had several attributes like Stamina and Strength as well as items that could be used in certain situations. I liked to play these kind of adventures when no one was around to play D&D.

The Fighting Fantasy Project has 17 gamebooks available that can be played online. The books offer different settings such as fantasy and Gothic horror with several black and white illustrations.

The gamebooks can also be downloaded in MS Word format which means that you can play them offline as well. You have to take care of your characters stats by yourself though.

Unfortunately (or thankfully according the masses) times change. Contemporary adventures, uncomfortably squeezed in a wee little niche market, just don’t have the touch of class of yore. That’s why reliving the old, albeit gloriously remade, days can be so satisfying. Especially when this doesn’t cost a thing.

Here, in this humble post, the one that ghacks was nice enough to host, I’ll present you with what I consider to be the five best freeware adventure remakes:

1. Maniac Mansion Deluxe. Zanny, funny, good-looking, the daddy of Day of the Tentacle and freely downloadable
2. King’s Quest III, the second best Quest of the series, that also got the graphic update treatment. This time by Infamous Adventures.
3. AGD Interactive’s brilliant King’s Quest I and II VGA colored mouse driven remakes of the classic Sierra games. And, yes, I know that’s two games. Don’t be shy. Be cheap. Download them.
4. Space Quest 0: replicated. Not a remake per se, but a beautiful addition to the Space Quest series, that brings the franchise back to its eighties roots. The freeware way.
5. Leisure Suit Larry 2, the point and click remake, that changes nothing but the dated parser interface.
   

This article is Gnome’s contribution to the Ghacks Anniversary Competition. Thank you very much.