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 |
| T'was a Time of Dread |
Adventure Workshop, The , Zenobi Software  |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
| TAEEK |
Adventure PD  |
? |
English |
|
| Talisman |
Guild Adventure Software, The , Recreation Re-Creation Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Tattoo |
Dream World Adventures |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Tax Returns |
WoW Software , Zenobi Software  |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Taxman Cometh, The |
WoW Software , Zenobi Software  |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Teacher Trouble |
Anthony Collins  |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Tears of the Moon, The |
Zenobi Software  |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Teastrainer |
Paul Jameson |
1988 |
English |
Solution |
| Teenage Emergency |
Zenobi Software  |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Ten Green Bottles |
Zenobi Software  |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Ten Little Adventurers |
Adventure Probe Software  |
1999 |
English |
Solution |
| Terror |
? |
? |
Spanish |
|
| Terror From Sarnath |
Year Zero Software |
1991 |
Spanish |
Solution |
| Test, The |
Amster Productions, Guild Adventure Software, The  |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Tewk |
Gilsoft International |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Theme Park U.K. |
River Software, Zenobi Software  |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Theme Park U.S.A. |
Zenobi Software  |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| There's a Hole in Your Bucket |
Adventure Probe Software  |
1997 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Theseus and the Minotaur |
50/50 Club Software, Commodore Force, Guild Adventure Software, The , Zenobi Software  |
1986 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Things! |
Advanced Adventure Creations |
1991 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| Thirty-Nine Steps, The |
Zenobi Software  |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Thor |
Global Games  |
1989 |
English |
Solution |
| Through the Keyhole |
Charlton Tutorials |
? |
English |
Solution |
| Ticket, The |
Gilsoft International |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Tiempo Mortal |
Alien Software |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Tiempos de Magia |
Grupo Creators Union |
1989 |
Spanish |
Solution |
| Tierras de Oman, Las |
PAC Soft |
1992 |
Spanish |
|
| Time-Line |
Gilsoft International |
1983 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Toddler Trouble |
Zenobi Software  |
1996 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Torre Oscura, La |
Alien Software |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Tower of Barad |
Zakiagatgo |
2005 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Tower of Light |
Caris Software  |
1989 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Transpo '95 |
Adventure Workshop, The , WoW Software  |
1996 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Treasure Island |
River Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Tree Stones, The |
Guild Adventure Software, The  |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
| Trials of Kronos, The |
SDL Adventures |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Tristes Alas del Destino |
Josep Coletas Caubet |
2005 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| Troll's Revenge, A |
8bitAG |
2019 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| TrolleyMania |
Electric Storm Productions |
2018 |
English |
Solution |
| Trouble at Bridgeton |
Adventure Workshop, The , Atlas Adventure Software , Guild Adventure Software, The  |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Trouble With Trolls |
Zenobi Software  |
1996 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Trudnaya Doroga |
Blacksoft |
1989 |
Czech |
|
| TrueFaith |
Elyzium Software |
1993 |
English |
|
| Twin Cops |
Iron Chip |
1991 |
Spanish |
|
| Tyrant |
Tom Powell |
? |
English |
|
| Ultimo Acto |
Josep Coletas Caubet |
2005 |
Spanish |
Map |
| Umbral, El |
Jaime Cristobal Urbicain |
1989 |
Spanish |
Solution |
| Unborn One, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Zenobi Software  |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
| Vedrunien |
Alien Software |
1994 |
Spanish |
|