Works released in 2009

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ADRIFT

• Apokalupsis (James Webb as "revgiblet"; 31-May).
• The Ascot (Duncan Bowsman; 01-Oct).
• Attack of the Mutaydid Meat Monsters (Duncan Bowsman; 15-Dec).
• Bringing the Rain (Lumin; 15-Dec).
• BSG: Twenty Two (Madquest8; c. 08-Jun).
• Camp Windy Lake v.1.4 (Christopher Cole; 24-May).
• Crashland (!Rocky; 02-Oct).
• Cumberbund (James Webb; 02-Oct).
• The Dangers of Driving at Night (Lumin; 01-Nov).
• Dead Race (Justahack; 31-May).
• Deadly Climax v0.8 (madquest; 23-Jan).
• Dish Duty (Duncan Bowsman; 31-May).
• Donuts (The Dominant Species as "Mr. TDS"; 31-May).
• Dung Beetles Are Aliens! (Duncan Bowsman; 31-May).
• Escape From Camelot (Laura T; 19-Aug).
• ESS Chance: Reactor 1 (Justahack; c. 01-Apr).
• Existence (Abbi Park; 31-May).
• Ghost Town (Finn Rosenløv; 22-Apr).
• Give Me Your Lunch Money (DCBSupafly; 04-Oct).
• The Hangover (Red Conine; 01-Oct).
• Homeless Harry (Burblesnot; c. 01-Apr).
• Igor (Ian Thomson; 17-Nov).
• Last Week Before The Wedding (Raul; 17-Aug).
• The Magician’s Niece (Hensman Int'l; 31-May).
• Melancholy Blood - Act 1 (DannyL7773; 02-Oct).
• The Merlin Bird of Prey (Mark Sarul; 31-May).
• Mr. Fluffykin's Most Harrowing Misadventure (Justahack; c. 01-Apr).
• Newton (Tiberius Thingamus; 13-May).
• Patient 7 (Justahack; 01-Nov).
• Perspectives (Justahack; 15-Dec).
• The Pizza Boy (Gray64; 04-Jan).
• Rock Band: Revenge of Gigantor! (Rob Roy; 01-Dec).
• Sandy's Lost Doll (Sandy; c. 01-Apr).
• Scandal on the Seven Seas v2.0 (Faraday; 31-May).
• Sex is Mental (Rabbi; c. 08-Jun).
• Shadowpeak (Kevin Bailey; v2: 02-Aug).
• Sorority House (JustaHackWriter; 26-Oct).
• Through time (Finn Rosenløv; 31-May).
• Tic-Tac-Toe (Justahack; 02-Nov).
• To End All Wars (Duncan Bowsman; 31-May).
• Top Hat (Duncan Bowsman; 24-Sep).
• Twenty-One! (Rob Roy; 23-Oct).
• Vague (Richard Otter; 31-Mar).
• A View to a Home (Anjan Chakrabarti; 20-Apr).
• Way Out (Rob Roy; 01-Nov).
• Where Am I? (Richarius; 10-Sep).
• Ye Intro for Yon Astounding Castle! of Some Sort (Tiberius Thingamus; 31-May).
• Yon Astounding Castle! of some sort (Tiberius Thingamus; 01-Oct).

Alan

Alan 3

• Room 206 (Byron Alexander Campbell; 29-Jan).
• A Very Hairy Fish-Mess (Byron Alexander Campbell; 29-Jan).

Glulx

Glulx: Inform 6

• Earl Grey (Rob Dubbin and Adam Parrish; 01-Oct).
• The Endling Archive (Kazuki Mishima; 17-Feb).

Glulx: Inform 7

• Alabaster (John Cater, Rob Dubbin, Eric Eve, Elizabeth Heller, Jayzee, Kazuki Mishima, Sarah Morayati, Mark Musante, Emily Short, Adam Thornton, and Ziv Wities; 05-Jun).
• El Anillo 3 ("Mel Hython"; 23-Apr; Spanish).
• Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; 26-Jan).
• Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; 01-Oct).
• The Equivocal Ingredient (James Dingle; 18-May;).
• A Flustered Duck (Jim Aikin; 31-Mar).
• Grounded in Space (Matt Wigdahl; 01-Oct).
• The King of Shreds and Patches (full version) (Jimmy Maher; 15-Jul).
• Lobos y Aldeanos a.k.a. LyA I7 (translator and porter: Sarganar; Spanish).
• Marvex the Super-Robot versus Bolo! (Roger Carbol; 01-Sep).
• Panne d'essence (Kilian; 20-Dec; French).
• Perdu en forêt (Paparequin; 16-Sep; French).
• The Questionable Substitute (Izner Myletze; 31-Mar).
• Resonance (Matt Scarpino; 01-Oct).
• Rover's Day Out (Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman; 01-Oct).
• Sam Fortune - Private Investigator (Steve Blanding; 17-May).
• Unscientific Fiction (Tom Tervoort; v2: 03-Aug).

TADS

TADS 2

• In Darkness (GoblinBoy; c. 08-Jun).
• My Special Gift (A. Bomire; 19-Dec).
• The Mechano-Menace (A. Bomire; c. 08-Jun).

TADS 3

• Dead Like Ants (C.E.J. Pacian; 23-Mar).
• Lady's Story (aifsecavian2; 09-Oct).
• Love Is as Powerful as Death, Jealousy Is as Cruel as the Grave (Michael Whittington; 31-Oct).
• School Dreams 3: School Dreams Forever (GoblinBoy; 10-May).
• Shelter from the Storm (Eric Eve; 31-May).
• Walker & Silhouette (C.E.J. Pacian; 09-Dec).

Z-code

Z-code: Inform 6

• 69,105 Keys (David Welbourn; 02-Mar).
• Amanda (Francisco J. López; Spanish).
• Artifice (Paul J. Furio; 21-Feb).
• Blasphemy (gwillen; 23-Feb).
• Bunt (Diocletian and Maximian; 31-Mar).
• Bus station (Alex Mitchell; 22-Feb).
• Cacharens dilemma (Johan Ottosson; 19-May; Swedish).
• Chaos (John Barker; 28-Sep).
• Colophon (Akiva Leffert; 23-Feb).
• Condemned (a Delusioned Teenager; 01-Oct).
• Cottage (Viggo Eriksson, Kimmo Eriksson, and Olle E. Johansson). (Translation of Stuga.)
• Eruption (Richard Bos; 01-Oct).
• Frater Evanesco a.k.a. Heavenly Rest (Kevin Jackson-Mead; 08-Mar).
• GATOR-ON, Friend to Wetlands! (Dave Horlick; 01-Oct).
• Gossip (Hugo Labrande; 31-Aug).
• Inheritance (Michael Thomét; 21-Feb).
• Inside Woman (Andy Phillips; 07-May).
• Laura (Michael Thomét; 28-Feb).
• Make It Good (Jon Ingold; 13-Apr).
• Metro Hobo (hvincent zeng; 21-Feb).
• The Nemean Lion (Anonymous).
• Oh My Elder-God (aric; 21-Feb).
• Pan de ajo (Incanus; 06-Oct; Spanish).
• Rolled (Shannon Prickett; 21-Feb).
• Squoufy (SIM54; 24-Mar; French).
• Star Hunter (Chris Kenworthy; 01-Oct).
• Trails (Joshua Frederick; 21-Feb).
• The Whispered World (Daedalic Entertainment; 01-Apr; German).

Z-code: Inform 7

• Arid and Pale (Michael R. Bacon; 27-Apr).
• Assignment One (Rob Maule; 21-Feb).
• Asylum (cpuguy; 03-Aug).
• Awakening (Pete Gardner; 31-Oct).
• Backup (Gregory Weir; 12-Dec).
• The Believable Adventures of an Invisible Man (Hannes Schueller; 01-Oct).
• Beta Tester (Darren Ingram; 01-Oct).
• Blackberry (Tekgo; 28-Feb).
• Breaking and Entering (Dietrich Squinkifer, writing as Deirdra Kiai; 21-Feb).
• The Bryant Collection (Gregory Weir; 01-Apr).
• Byzantine Perspective (Lea; 01-Oct).
• Cacophony (Owen Parish; 25-Jul).
• Champion of Guitars (Bill Meltsner; Jan).
• Checkpoint (George Oliver; 22-Feb).
• Down and Out at the Big Creepy House on the Poison Lake (Shii; 28-Mar).
• Down with the Underpig (R Monty as 'run"monty'; 31-Mar).
• The Duel in the Snow (Utkonos; 01-Oct).
• The Duel That Spanned the Ages (Oliver Ullmann; 01-Oct).
• Epyk (Ivan Mattie; 11-Nov).
• Eric's Bender (uncleozzy; 30-Mar).
• Fantastic Finale IV (Derek Sutcliffe; 15-Sep).
• Finding the Mouse (James Dessart; 14-Aug).
• Game Developers Conference 2009 (Jim Munroe; 05-May).
• Geo Quest (Dan Munroe).
• Gleaming the Verb (Kevin Jackson-Mead; 01-Oct).
• The Grand Quest (Owen Parish; 01-Oct).
• Grocery Shopping (Dietrich Squinkifer, writing as Deirdra Kiai; 01-Mar).
• Heaven-Sent (Michael D. Hilborn; 21-Feb).
• Hello World! (namekuseijin; 22-Feb).
• HTP (Taleslinger; 25-Sep).
• IF Progressive One (The IF Progressive Team; 23-Jun).
• if-month-zero (Fjord Folio; 22-Feb).
• Interface (Ben Vegiard; 01-Oct).
• Intimate Encounters (Purple Dragon; 19-Dec).
• Jeffrey the Homicidal Mimic (Deathalicious; 26-Mar).
• Late Train To Nowhere (Michael D. Hilborn; 06-Mar).
• Let Us Burn Down Science (Mike Martens as "pokermonk"; 31-Mar).
• The Lighthouse (Marius Müller; 31-Oct).
• The Milk of Paradise (Josh Graboff; 31-Mar).
• My Uncle George (Filipe Salgado; 14-Jul).
• The Mysterious Case of the Acrobat and His Peers (Amanda Tien; 11-Jan).
• A Night With Dani and Liz (rip_CPU; 03-Feb).
• No Muse ("fjordfolio"; 09-Mar).
• Not Quite an Anniversary (Michael Martin; 01-Sep).
• Obedience (Rip_CPU; c. 08-Jun).
• Obituary (Drew Mochak and Johnny Rivera; 31-Aug).
• Octopus's Garden (Michael D. Hilborn; 28-Feb).
• the office (William Lovas; 22-Feb).
• painterly (fragment) ("fjordfolio"; 17-Mar).
• Paranoia (cpuguy; 03-Aug).
• Perilkeet (Sarah Morayati; 21-Feb).
• Phantom of the Arcade 2: Shadows, Darkness, and Dread (Susan Arendt and John Moulton; 26-Oct).
• Prosperity of Cheaters (Rip_CPU; c. 08-Jun).
• Reptile (Elevelyn Anole; 01-Sep).
• Rockrider (David Mear as "Lucidium"; 31-Mar).
• Sea Dreams (Michael D. Hilborn; 13-Mar).
• Searching for Anwsers (Lorne P. Benore; 01-Mar).
• Seestraße (Frank Sorge; 15-Mar; German).
• La Seine (Derek Sutcliffe; 23-Mar).
• Selves (J'onn Roger; 31-Aug).
• The Shifting City (The High King; 29-May).
• Smugglers Rest (Vivienne Dunstan; 06-Mar).
• Snowquest (Eric Eve; 01-Oct).
• Spare Some Change (Dietrich Squinkifer, writing as Deirdra Kiai; 07-Mar).
• Spelunker's Quest (Tom Murrin; 01-Oct).
• Stink or Swim (Renee Choba; 05-Jan).
• Teaching her to dance (Taleslinger; 01-Sep).
• Tower (Vivienne Dunstan; 22-Feb).
• Trampelviecher - eine Halloween-Kurzgeschichte (Jens Bojaryn; 29-May; German).
• Up Your Sleeve (chrisamaphone; 02-Mar).
• Vigilante (p0wn3d Games; 11-Nov).
• Winter (chrisamaphone; 21-Feb).
• zork, buried chaos (bloodbath; 01-Oct).

Other Platforms

Commodore 64

• Das Auge Dagons (Eckhard Borkiet; German).

Flash

• Don't Shit Your Pants (Kenny Lee and Teddy Lee; publisher: Decade Studios; 16-Feb).
• Grimbis Quest (remake) (progammerz; 27-Jun).
• Llama Adventure (John Cooney a.k.a. jmtb02; 15-May).

FyreVM

• Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter (Michael Gentry and David A. Cornelson; publisher: Textfyre; 26-Jun).
• Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre; 06-Nov).

iPhone

• White House Escape (publisher: iAdventureGame; 28-Jan).

JACL

• Prison Break (Parham Doustdar; 11-May).

Node-X

There are Node-X interpreters for both MS-Windows and Linux.

• Trap Cave (Emilian Kowalewski; 01-Oct; English and German).

Quest

• As Darkness Falls 2 (CJ592; 30-Oct).
• Barbarian (Tim Hamilton; 23-Nov).
• Beyond Exile (Doug at Paul Flum Games; 23-May).
• BirdBath (J. Dyer; 09-Jul).
• Can't think of one (Disgruntled; 27-Apr).
• Caravan chaos (GAMER!; 02-Jun).
• Do what you want (GAMER!; 14-Apr).
• Dog catcher (AlexH94; 11-Oct).
• Easter Day (Sarah; 05-Feb).
• The Escape (Andy Powell; 07-Nov).
• Exits of the World (Jim Harbis; 19-Oct).
• Fantasy BriceBall, Episode One: the 2002 Revival (Brice Binder; 04-May).
• Firebird Island (matt; 10-Apr).
• Forward and Back (MarcroSoft; 12-Feb).
• the ghost and the subway phantom (magix; 03-Jan).
• A hitmans life (liljamie; 22-Feb).
• Holes the game. (liljamie; 28-Feb).
• International English (Dizziness; 13-May).
• The J. Redd Mine (Tai; 23-Jul).
• the last crusader:the demo (magix; 09-Jan).
• Latrix War Forever! (Seastike12; 12-Oct).
• lostJasmine (chandresh; 09-Oct).
• Magic World! - Tutorial (Marysa; 21-Jul).
• The Maze (Tim Hamilton; 28-Nov).
• Motorbike keyfinder (chandresh; 15-Sep).
• MRT Game (Singapore Version) Trial (Tan Wei Liang; 24-Dec).
• Mystery of Digital Studies (dwight; 02-Dec).
• pure chaos demo (GAMER!; 16-Jun).
• Realm of chaos 1.0 demo (GAMER!; 14-Mar).
• Schools out (Michael; 30-Jan).
• Shipwrecked (Tim Hamilton; 07-Oct).
• The Statue of Riddles (Andrew Trewin; 11-Feb).
• TARDIS Escape (Jim Harbis; 19-Oct).
• This is a work in progress. (quickstep; 29-Jun).
• Water-Venture (cowdude; 08-Oct).
• Where's my cell phone (Rosanna Hostetler; 01-Oct).
• Wizard (Tim Hamilton; 28-Oct).
• The World of Bombs (MarcroSoft; 10-Feb).

T.A.B.

• Realm of Obsidian (Amy Kerns; 31-Mar).

Web browser

• Colossal Cave Afterhours (Digimath; 26-Sep; requires Java installed). Written in Scratch.

Unverified

The following games have been reported as being released in 2009 on other sites, but we haven't been able to confirm that these games exist:

• WWE: Jeff Hardy Adventure! (Drew Rimple). On IFDB.