![]() ![]() - a wonderful on-line store that sells nothing but gamebooks.Demian's site features a comprehensive database of gamebooks, reviews, gallery, and many more. Demian's Gamebook Web Page - the best gamebooks site on the Internet, bar none.If you don't have any RPG die (6-sided typically), feel free to use this handy RPG Dice Roller or the D&D Dice Roller. Many gamebooks, especially "solo RPG" adventures such as the Fighting Fantasy series, require you to roll dice to determine combat outcomes. Hyperlinks have been added in most books for your convenience, so you can jump to page X or box X by just clicking on "Go to X" passages. ![]() You can either print it out or play it on-line in Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4.0 or higher required). ![]() Since there is a very small chance that these books will see the light of day again, especially since many copyright holders (such Byron Preiss) no longer exists and all these books have been out of print for over a decade, I have decided to scan and compile these gamebooks from my own collection into PDF format, so that old-timers can relive the old days, and younger visitors will have a chance to experience first-hand this primitive-but-fun form of interactive entertainment that was popular long before the rise of computer games.Īll books have been scanned and compiled in Adobe PDF format. This page showcases some of the best gamebook and solo adventure/RPG series ever made, including some rare gamebook comics. They were posted by Sarinee in the copy of the partial backup of gamebooks she made available in 2009.Īs a child, I grew up with a lot of "Choose Your Own Adventure" gamebooks popular in late 1970s and early 1980s. Note: Some of these gamebooks were planned for addition but never made it to HotU. To prevent this content from vanishing from off the face of the internet, we decided to host a copy of the collection here on Abandonia. A few of you may even remember that it had a section devoted to the low-tech predecessors of interactive fiction games: the gamebooks.Īfter HotU's demise, numerous revival projects came into existence - but so far, the gamebook collection is missing from every one of them. Some of you may remember the massive Abandonware site known as the Home of the Underdogs. ![]()
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