Maddog Williams: Dungeons of Duridian - Free Adventure Game

[wilco64256]

This is one from way back in the early days, it's text-based but quite thoroughly enjoyable.  And totally free.  Looks like the team had plans in place for a sequel but it just never came together.

http://www.gamecrafters.com/gamecrafters/maddog/index.html

[Baggins]

Ahh yes, Maddog Williams! one of my favorite indie sierraesque adventure games (up there with the Hugo trilogy). It is very King's Quest/Quest for Glory like (there is some monster combat). I think it might have been somewhat of a parody on those series even (although as a standalone story the universe is relatively serious).

The ending is a bit bizarre hinting at a kind of[spoiler] more space quest style sequel[/spoiler].

Actually it was just a couple of  years ago that the designers have mentioned an interest to go back and make the sequel. So who knows? Maybe someday.

http://www.gamecrafters.com/gamecrafters/WhatsNew.html#3-21-2004

http://www.gamecrafters.com/gamecrafters/maddog2/maddog2.html

[wilco64256]

The guys who made this game actually only live a few miles from me - I should probably just go by and ask what they're up to these days.  It's been some time since I played this game so memory could be a bit fuzzy but I remember liking it quite a lot (better than the Hugo games, though those ones are pretty good as well).