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The Oric Adventure Game List
In the following table, you'll find all the text and role-playing adventures that I am aware of for the Oric. The table is composed of five columns as follows:

Title

The name of the program.

Software House

The company which released the program.

Languages

Details which languages the programs were released in where known. This is quite important as unlike many arcade games, a knowledge of the language the game is written in is essential.

Type

A two letter code shows what type of adventure game the program is. There are four categories used:
AA - Arcade Adventure. Still more adventure like than arcade like but using an arcade style interface for moving the character. A good example of this is L'Aigle d'Or.
TG - Traditional text adventure (see TX) but with some graphics thrown in, usually to help illustrate a location.
TX - Traditional text only adventure using commands such as GO NORTH, EAT BREAD and so on.
RP - Role-play. Otherwise known as Dungeons & Dragons or Swords & Sorcery type games. A character or group is created with characters having a group of numbers to represent abilities in different areas. Fighting and character development are usually of more importance than puzzles in this type of adventure game. Good examples of this type of program are Tyrann and The Ring of Darkness.

Notes

The notes contain other information about the game such as a brief description. It is not certain with several games whether they were actually released or not and this staus is indicated here. If you own or have played one of these games (usually marked 'Released?') then please let me know so that its existence can be confirmed! Magazine adverts do not count, as this is not proof that a game was released (remember Imagine with Psyclapse and Bandersnatch?). When the Oric market collapsed (in 1984 in the UK and from about 1985 in France) many complete or almost complete Oric programs were shelved. Thanks to the efforts of groups on both sides of the Channel, several of these games have been made available. Particular mention here should go to OUM (Insect Insanity, originally to be released by Tansoft) and CEO (Willy, Ankhesenemon) for helping some great programs reach the audience they deserved.

Title: Software House: Languages: Type: Notes:
Ace In The Hole Kayde/Wild Electronics? English   Released?
Adventure Quest Level 9 English TX  
Aigle d'Or, Le Loriciels French AA Set in a castle.
Ankhesenamon Club Europe Oric French AA Set in an Egyptian museum.
Antre de la Peur ERE Informatique French    
Arcane Quest Add On/Wild Electronics? English   Released?
Arrow of Death Part 1 Channel 8 English TG Find parts of a magical arrow.
Arrow of Death Part 2 Channel 8 English TG Use the arrow from part 1 to slay an evil tyrant.
Arsene Lapin Infogrames French    
Balrog Castle Sigma English    
Black Orc Castle Sigma English    
Buccaneer FGC English TG Explore the world by ship. A simple adventure for younger players.
Captains Log Chymesoft English TX Science fiction adventure.
Castle, The Bug Byte English TX Recover items from the castle for a wizard. Never officially released, but program has now been found.
Cave Quest Tevward Microtech English    
Caverns of Hellville Oric Users Group English TX 106 location adventure - find the four mystc rods.
Circus Channel 8 English TG Escape from a sinister bigtop.
Citadelle Loriciels French    
Colossal Adventure Level 9 English TX Based on the original mainframe adventure by Crowther & Woods.
Coworth Park Horrors       See Pallida Mors.
Crowley's House Oric User Group English TX Discover the secret and treasure in Aleistair Crowley's old home.
Death House Tomorrows World English   Released?
Death Satellite A & F English    
Dernier Metro, Le Micro Programmes 5 French TG Set in the Paris Metro.
Detective Story Innelec French    
Diabolical Tower, The No Mans Land English, French AA Unusual adventure set in a 60 floor tower.
Diamant de Kheops, Le Sprites French    
Diamant de L'Ile Maudite, Le Loriciels French    
Dracula Mr Micro English    
Dreadnought Disaster Apocalypse English   Released?
Dungeon Adventure Level 9 English TX  
Dungeons of Intrigue ASL English    
Durendal Cobrasoft French    
Enchanted English TX Requires SEDORIC.
Encounter Severn Software English TX Detective mystery.
Enigmatus Athena      
Escape From Pulsar 7 Channel 8 English TG Escape from your spacecraft which has been taken over by a fearsome alien.
Fantasy Quest IJK English TX Find the Eye of Morpheus and Borgan's treasure.
Feasibility Experiment Channel 8 English TX  
Fer D'Amnukor, Le Norsoft French RP Role playing adventure. Follow up to Tyrann. RECOMMENDED.
Fishy Business Salamander Software English TX Final part of the Dan Diamond Trilogy. Very rare - only 100 copies made.
Flute Inca, La   French    
Franklins Tomb Salamander Software English TX Part one of the Dan Diamond trilogy.
Golden Baton, The Channel 8 English TG Find the Golden Baton to restore peace to your lands.
Grail Severn software English RP Basic swords and sorcery adventure. Find the grail.
Grandad Mirage Software English TX  
Hareraiser (Prelude) Haresoft English TG Odd puzzle/adventure. The first person to solve both parts could win a real golden hare.
Hareraiser (Finale) Haresoft English TG See above.
Haunt, The Mirage English TX Modern day text adventure set in a house.
Hells Temple Kenema English, French RP Search a temple for treasure and to defeat the evil Morrigan.
Hobbit, The Melbourne House/Tansoft English TG Classic adventure based on the Tolkein book, which, despite breaking new ground, was ultimately disappointing.
Horror Atoll Add On? English   Released?
House of Death Tansoft English TX Text adventure set in a house where horror movies used to be made.
Indiana Smith HGC English TX  
Island of Death Ocean English TG Survive being shipwrecked on an island. Unusual mix of adventure with arcade elements.
Kilburn Encounter Tansoft English TX Really weird adventure set in London and strongly inspired by Monty Python.
Krystal Worlds Mirage English TX Multipart text adventure.
Krystal Worlds 2 OUM English TX Follow up to Krystal Worlds.
Land of Illusion Tansoft English TG Release your village from a curse.
Last Warrior, The FGC English, French TG Complete a quest in an underground complex. Superb graphics (as one has come to expect from French software).
Leopard Lord Kayde English TX Traditional text adventure. Defeat Fordel, the Leopard Lord.
Lille et Jacky Micropuce French    
Locus No Mans Land French    
Lords of Time Level 9 English TX  
Lost in Space Salamander Software English TX Part two of the Dan Diamond Trilogy.
Manoir du Dr Genius, Le Loriciels French    
Masque d'Or No Mans Land French    
Meurtre a Grande Vitesse Cobrasoft French    
Mines of Saturn Mikro Gen English   Released?
Mission Impossible Free Game Blot French    
Moria Severn Software English RP Very similar in play to Grail, also from Severn Software.
Mystere de Kikekankoi Loriciels French    
Mystery Towers Quark Data English TG Search a castle for a fabulous diamond.
Oric Adventure Tevward Microtech English   Same as one of the other Tevward adventure programs?
Pallida Mors Oric Users Group English TX Explore a mysterious mansion. Sometimes (mistakenly) referred to as Coworth Park Horrors.
Perseus & Andromeda Channel 8 English TG Adventure set in the time of Greek fables.
Pits, The Touchstone English    
Psycho 2 LA Software English   Never actually seen this program. What happened to Psycho 1?
Psycho 3 LA Software English   See above.
Quest J. Wolstencroft English    
Rendezvous de la Terreur ERE Informatique French    
Retour du Dr. Genius Loriciels French   Save humanity in this follow up to Manoir du Dr. Genius.
Return to Earth Mikro Gen English   Released?
Ring of Darkness Wintersoft English RP Roam a fantasy land with your carefully created character.
Robinson Crusoe Club Europe Oric French    
Roundsby Incident, The Add On English   Released?
Rune Lord Modular Concepts Peripherals English RP Create a character then send him into a dungeon. Later modules were to be released.
Sausages Mirage English TX  
Secret de Kaipour, Le   French   180K text adventure.
Snowball Level 9 English TX Text adventure set on a massive starship. Thousands of locations.
Swamp, The Kayde English TX Never seen a copy, but it is believed that this program WAS released.
Teknis Gasoline Software French    
Ten Little Indians Channel 8 English TG  
Terror From The Deep Kayde English   Released?
Tevrog's Kingdom Tevward Microtech English    
Tevrog's Kingdom 2 Cable Software English   Part of a compilation cassette. The other program on the tape was Quest for Power (a Wumpus style game).
Time Machine, The Channel 8 English TG Fix a time machine in order to save Dr Potter.
Tour du Monde en 80 Jours Norsoft French    
Tresor de Tarakanda, Le Micro Programmes 5 French    
Tresor du Pirate, Le   French    
Tyrann No Mans Land English, French RP RECOMMENDED. Take six characters on a quest deep underground.
Valley, The ASP English RP Search for treasures in a valley kingdom.
Vamporic   French    
Velnors Lair Quicksilva English TX Search Velnors underground domain.
Waxworks Channel 8 English TG Escape from a deadly waxworks where the exhibits come to life.
Waydor IMS English, French TG Traditional fantasy style adventure.
White Barrows, The ASP English RP Search for a chalice in an underground complex.
Wizard Of Akyrz, The Channel 8 English TG  
Zodiac A & F English   NOT the same as the program of the same name from Tansoft!
Zodiac Tansoft English TX Recover all the items of the zodiac.

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