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 |
| Behind Closed Doors 9 |
Pension Productions  |
2020 |
English |
|
| Beware Collaborators |
Jim Whittle |
? |
English |
Solution, Map, Fixed game |
| Bienvenido a Cuculandia |
Dario Ruellan |
1991 |
Spanish |
|
| Big Sleaze 2.5, The |
Mark James Hardisty |
2018 |
English |
Solution |
| Billete, El |
Gilsoft International |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Black House |
Atlantic Soft |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Blink |
ZXIF |
2003 |
English |
Solution |
| Blood of Bogmole, The |
Compass Software  |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
| Blood of Smeagol, The |
Compass Software  |
? |
English |
|
| Bob Esponja -La Aventura- |
SPECTRAVENTURA |
2010 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| Bog of Brit |
Stormbringer Software |
1990 |
English |
Solution |
| Bounty Hunter, The |
River Software |
1989 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Brian and the Dishonest Politician |
Delbert the Hamster Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Brian: The Novice Barbarian |
Zenobi Software  |
1994 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Bruma en Stratford, Una |
Sequentia Soft  |
2019 |
Spanish |
|
| Bulbo and the Blue Dragon |
Pension Productions  |
2019 |
English |
Solution |
| Bulbo and the Lizard-King |
Zenobi Software  |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Bulbo's Intrepid Adventure |
Zenobi Software  |
2018 |
English |
Solution |
| By Right of Birth |
Adventure Probe Software  |
2002 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
| Caballero de la Perla Negra, El |
Dragonsoft [1]  |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Caballeros de la Mesa Cuadrada |
Iron Chip |
? |
Spanish |
|
| Caldor The Woodcutter |
Delbert the Hamster Software |
1992 |
English |
|
| Calles del Miedo, Las |
Josep Coletas Caubet |
2008 |
Spanish |
Map |
| Calling, The |
Visual Dimensions |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Canasto Rebellion, The |
Trevor Taylor |
1988 |
English |
Solution |
| Cantos de Anubis, Los |
Josep Coletas Caubet |
2005 |
Spanish |
Map |
| Captain Kook |
Silent Corner, The |
1989 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Caputxeta's New Tale |
Hispanis Adventures |
1991 |
Spanish |
|
| Caribe |
Alien Software |
1994 |
Spanish |
|
| Case of Murder, A |
Taskmaster Software |
2022 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Case of the Beheaded Smuggler, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Mental Images |
1988 |
English |
Solution |
| Castle Warlock |
Adventure Probe Software , Adventure Workshop, The , Guild Adventure Software, The  |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Caverna del Dragon de Bronce, La |
DaniSoft |
? |
Spanish |
|
| Cavernas de Fafnir, Las |
Wazertown Works |
1989 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| Caves |
Adventure PD  |
? |
English |
|
| Caves of Skull, The |
Dream World Adventures |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Cell of the Ridges |
Graham Burtenshaw |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Celtic Carnage |
Zenobi Software  |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Challenge of Iythus, The |
Creative Juices |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Challenge, The |
River Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Chameleon Key, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Dream World Adventures |
1994 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Cielo e Infierno |
Dario Ruellan, Gabriela Ruellan |
1992 |
Spanish |
|
| Cimmerjan |
Sindicato del Software |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Citadel, The |
Zenobi Software  |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Civil Service |
Zenobi Software  |
1994 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Civil Service II |
Zenobi Software  |
1995 |
English |
Solution |
| Cloak of Darkness |
Roger Firth |
1999 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Cloud 99 |
Adventure Workshop, The , Marlin Games  |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Codigo Secreto Lucybel: Apocalypse |
Josep Coletas Caubet |
2007 |
Spanish |
|
| Codigo Secreto Lucybel: Cryogenic |
Josep Coletas Caubet |
2005 |
Spanish |
|