The Professional Adventure Writing System (PAWS) aka the Professional Adventure Writer (PAW) was Gilsoft's follow-up to its incredibly popular The Quill authoring system.
The system was created by Tim Gilberts and (original Quill author) Graeme Yeandle and was published in 1987 for Sinclair ZX Spectrum and also CP/M-based machines such as the Amstrad CPC & PCW. A version of the PAWS interpreter was created for the Commodore 64, but was only made available to commercial clients.
Elements of CP/M PAWS formed the basis of further systems created by Tim Gilberts, including SWAN and DAAD. Graeme Yeandle later created a version of PAWS for MS-DOS.
The system was a firm favourite of the independent adventure scene (both in the UK and in Spain), due to its ease of use, and many later systems were inspired by it including WinPAW, ngPAWS, NMP, SINTAC, Paguaglus, and Superglús.
| Title |
Publisher |
Year |
Language |
Documents |
| Prisoner, The |
Commodore Format, Commodore plus |
2014 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Prisoner, The |
Carol Bradbury, Paul Bradbury  |
1984 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Project Nova |
Nebula Designs Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Promotional Prospect, A |
Adventure Workshop, The , Dream World Adventures |
1994 |
English |
|
| Protect and Survive |
Armageddon and Cream , Northern Underground, The |
1989 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Prueba, La |
Alien Software |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Pueblo de la Noche |
Grupo Creators Union |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Puerta, La |
Alberto M. Barragan, Mario M. Cortina |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Quest For the Poorly Snail |
Futuresoft |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Raiders of the Lost Tomb |
Adventure Workshop, The , WoW Software  |
1994 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Rainbow Land |
? |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Rainbow Warriors |
Red Wolf |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Raislin |
3PSOFT |
1991 |
Spanish |
|
| Ramsbottom Smith: The Quest for the Yellow Spheroid |
Zenobi Software  |
2018 |
English |
Solution |
| Ranetech |
Alien Software |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Raven, The |
8th Day Software |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Raven, The |
Bolsoftware Communications |
1988 |
Galician |
|
| Raymond Pringle's Quest for the Fabled Jar of Pickled Cabbage |
Adventure Workshop, The , Delbert the Hamster Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
| Re-Evolucion |
Software Atlantico |
1992 |
Spanish |
|
| Reality Hacker |
Visual Dimensions |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
| Realm of Darkness |
Adventure Workshop, The , River Software |
1986 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Red Alert |
Zenobi Software  |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Resaca |
Alberto Vinuela |
1990 |
Spanish |
Solution |
| Rescate |
Ricardo Oyon Rodriguez  |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Rescate 2019 |
Ricardo Oyon Rodriguez  |
2020 |
Spanish |
|
| Retarded Creatures and Caverns |
Zenobi Software  |
1989 |
English |
Solution |
| Return of the Roach |
Zenobi Software  |
2018 |
English |
Solution |
| Return to the Castle |
Pension Productions  |
2020 |
English |
Solution |
| Revenge of Moriarty, The |
Electric Storm Productions |
2019 |
English |
Solution |
| Revenge of the Space Pirates |
Adventure Workshop, The , FSF Adventures |
1994 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Rhyme Cryme |
Zenobi Software  |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| RJ's Ultimatum |
Adventure Workshop, The  |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
| Rochn, la Era de las Espadas |
SKUAT Soft |
1988 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| Rock |
Alien Software |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Rock, The |
Les Mitchell |
? |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Roco |
Francisco Bretones Castillo |
1990 |
Spanish |
|
| Rolmer en Manhattan |
José Baltasar García Perez-Schofield  |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Room 310: Face to Face |
Daniel Revenga  |
2025 |
English |
Solution |
| Room 310: The Awakening |
Daniel Revenga  |
2024 |
English |
Solution |
| Ruedas de Ezequiel, Las |
Josep Coletas Caubet |
2008 |
Spanish |
Map |
| Run, Bronwynn, Run! |
FSF Adventures |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Rupert the Bear and Jack Frost |
RG Paddler |
2011 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| S.T.I. |
Bug-Byte Software |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| S&S Parapsychologists |
Arkham Software |
1994 |
Spanish |
|
| Sabat of Milton Gordon, The |
Adventure Club, The |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Saint Reeta Connection |
Alien Software |
1994 |
Spanish |
|
| Sam's Un-Excellent Adventure |
Zenobi Software  |
1994 |
English |
Solution |
| Satan |
NCF Soft |
? |
Spanish |
|
| Scarlet Pimpernel, The |
? |
2001 |
English |
|
| Señor del Dragon, El |
Grupo Creators Union |
1990 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |