Works released in 1983

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Z-code

• Enchanter (Marc Blank and Dave Lebling, publisher: Infocom).
• Infidel (Michael Berlyn and Patricia Fogleman, publisher: Infocom).
• Planetfall (Steve Meretzky, publisher: Infocom).
• Suspended (Michael Berlyn, publisher: Infocom).
• The Witness (Stu Galley, publisher: Infocom).

Other Authoring Systems

Apple II

• The Coveted Mirror (Eagle Berns and Holly Thomason, publisher: Penguin Software).
• Death in the Caribbean (Philip Hess, Bob Hess, Mike Retondo, artist: Barbara P. Lawrence, publisher: MicroLab).
• Dragon's Keep (Mike Macchesney, Rae Lynn Macchesney, Al Lowe, Margaret Lowe, publisher: Sierra).
• La Pierre de Vie (Bigoo). French.
• Ring Quest (Dallas Snell, Joel Ellis Rea, Joe Toller, publisher: Penguin Software).

BASIC

• The Vial of Doom (Roger M. Wilcox). Source code only.

BBC Micro

• The Stolen Lamp (M. C. Lothlorien).
• Twin Kingdom Valley (Trevor Hall, artist: P. M. Skinner). Also released for Commodore systems.

Commodore

• Alvin the Android (Steve Peoples, publisher: CodeWriter).
• The Fabulous Wanda (Alan G. Osborne, publisher: Games Machine).
• The Great Pyramid (John O'Hare).
• Gruds in Space (Joseph A. Dudar and Chuck Sommerville).
• Miser (Mary Jean Winter, publisher: Osbourne/McGraw Hill).
• The Secret of Bastow Manor (Anonymous, publisher: Softgold).
• The Serpent's Star (Scott Shumway, publishers: Brøderbund Software and Ultrasoft).

IBM PC

• Forbidden Quest (Donnel Cox and William Pryor, publisher: Pryority Software). Doesn't depend on MS-DOS.

MS-DOS

• Adventure Castle (Dave Dunfield). Source code only.
• Battlestar (Admiral D. W. Riggle).
• Castle Elsinore (Charles A. Crayne).
• Infiltration to IBM Headquarters (Johnathan Stanley).
• Sleuth (Eric N. Miller).

Spectrum

• Adventure Quest (Mike Austin, Nick Austin, Pete Austin, publisher: Level 9).
• The Feasability Experiment (Brian Howarth, publisher: Adventure International).
• The Golden Apple (Simon Wadsworth, publisher: Artic Computing).
• Greedy Gulch (Mike Farley).
• Heroes of Karn (Ian Gray, artist: Tony Greer, publisher: Interceptor Micros).
• The Hobbit (Veronika Megler and Philip Mitchell, publisher: Melbourne House).
• Lords of Time (Ian Buxton and Sue Gazzard, publisher: Level 9).
• Magic Mountain (Mike Farley, publisher: Phipps Associates).
• Perseus and Andromeda (Brian Howarth, publisher: Adventure International).
• Snowball (Mike Austin, Nick Austin, Pete Austin, Ian Buxton, publisher: Level 9).
• Ten Little Indians (Brian Howarth, publisher: Adventure International).
• Waxworks (Brian Howarth and Cliff J. Ogden, publisher: Adventure International).
• The Wizard of Akyrz (Brian Howarth and Cliff J. Ogden, publisher: Adventure International).

TRS-80

• Beyond the Tesseract (David Lo).
• Galaxy Trek Adventure #1 (Howard Batie). Source code only.
• Germany -- 1942 (Anthony Wood).
• The Paper Chase a.k.a. Collegiate Capers (Chris Skapura).
• Quest for Fire (Anthony Wood). Source code only.
• Time Bandit (Harry Lafnear and Bill Dunlevy, publisher: Computer Shack). TRS-80 Coco only.