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The most popular feelies included games

Game feelies are physical items included with video games, particularly in the era of boxed PC games, that enhance the immersive experience of the game. These items often provide additional context, lore, or simply serve as fun collectibles related to the game's world and storyline. Feelies were particularly popular in the 1980s and 1990s, with adventure games and RPGs often including them to provide a richer experience.

The feelies could be anything from detailed maps of the game world, manuals and guides, letters and diaries, physical artifacts, code wheels and decoders.

For example, the Zork series by Infocom came in boxes including elaborate feelies like maps, coins, and manuals to enhance the adventure. The Ultima games by Origin Systems included items such as cloth maps and magical amulets.

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Enchanter

DOS1983 Infocom
Enchanter is interactive fiction with teeth. As a text adventure, it relies entirely on imagination, yet it manages to feel richer than many graphical games of its era. You play as...
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Ultima 8: Pagan

DOS1994protected Origin Systems
Ultima 8 drops the Avatar into a grim, volcanic world where “fun” is defined as plummeting to your death from badly timed jumps. Yes, the infamous platforming mechanics...
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Corruption

DOS1988 Magnetic Scrolls
In Corruption, you’re a businessman trapped in a web of deceit, murder, and paperwork. It’s an interactive fiction game where every conversation could be a clue—o...
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Zork III: The Dungeon Master

DOS1984 Infocom
The final part of the original trilogy, Zork III ditches treasure-hunting in favor of introspection, moral puzzles, and the looming presence of the Dungeon Master—basically t...
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Bureaucracy

DOSMac OS1987 Infocom
Douglas Adams, the twisted genius behind Hitchhiker’s Guide, brings you the most terrifying adventure of all: paperwork. Bureaucracy turns mundane modern life into a text-bas...
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Ultima 2: Revenge of the Enchantress

DOS1983 Origin Systems
Ultima 2 asks the pressing question: what if you mixed time travel with fantasy and a truly mean sorceress named Minax? The answer is chaos. You’ll bounce between eras—...
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Wishbringer

DOS1985 Infocom
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Suspect

DOS1984 Infocom
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Trinity

DOS1986 Infocom
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The Witness

DOS1983 Infocom
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Ballyhoo

DOS1986 Infocom
Come one, come all, to the saddest circus ever pixelated. In Ballyhoo, you're stuck in a depressing carnival trying to solve a kidnapping while dealing with clowns, carnies, and th...
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Cutthroats

DOS1984 Infocom
In Cutthroats, you’re a diver hired for a treasure-hunting expedition that’s about to go very wrong. This text adventure from Infocom mixes underwater exploration with ...
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Starcross

DOS1982 Infocom
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Hollywood Hijinx

DOS1986 Infocom
Hollywood Hijinx feels like stepping into a puzzle-filled mansion where logic occasionally takes a coffee break. Released in 1986, this text adventure blends humor with brain-teasi...
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Windwalker (Moebius 2)

DOS1989 Origin Systems
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Infidel

DOS1983 Infocom
In Infidel, you play a not-so-noble adventurer whose moral compass is spinning like a broken ceiling fan. As a treasure-hungry explorer poking around an ancient Egyptian tomb, you ...
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Scapeghost

DOS1989 Level 9 Computing
In Scapeghost (1989), you’re not just dead—you’re also on the clock. As police officer Alan Chance, recently murdered and newly spectral, you’ve got one las...
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Stationfall

DOS1987 Infocom
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Border Zone

DOS1987 Infocom
Welcome to Border Zone (1987, DOS), where the Cold War is hot and your only weapon is your brain (and maybe a good map). This text-based espionage thriller from Infocom combines sp...
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Suspended

DOS1983 Infocom
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Seastalker

DOS1984 Infocom
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Jinxter

DOS1988 Magnetic Scrolls
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Spellbreaker

DOS1985 Infocom
The last entry in Infocom’s Enchanter trilogy, Spellbreaker is where the training wheels come off. It’s unforgiving, cryptic, and expects you to understand spellcraft l...