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 |
| Codigo Secreto Lucybel: Evilution |
Josep Coletas Caubet |
2007 |
Spanish |
|
| Colon 1492 |
Imperial Soft |
1992 |
Spanish |
|
| Como la Vida Misma (O Parecido) |
Burga's Adventure |
1990 |
Spanish |
|
| Conman the Barbaric |
Elven Adventurers |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Corazon del Angel, El |
Year Zero Software |
1990 |
Spanish |
|
| Cornilius |
Bismilla |
1987 |
English |
|
| Corrupt |
G.LL. Software |
1990 |
Spanish |
|
| Corya the Warrior-Sage |
Commodore Format, Guild Adventure Software, The  |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Cosmos |
Futuresoft |
1989 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Crack City |
Zenobi Software  |
1989 |
English |
Solution |
| Crawling Horror, The |
Year Zero Software |
1990 |
Spanish |
|
| Cruzado, El |
Nuevo Software Espanol |
1987 |
Spanish |
|
| Crystal Quest |
Chris Chadwick |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Cuando Llega la Noche |
Hispanis Adventures |
1991 |
Spanish |
|
| Cuban Mission |
Bolsoftware Communications |
1990 |
Galician |
|
| Cuban Mission |
Bolsoftware Communications |
1990 |
Spanish |
|
| Cuervo de la Tormenta, El |
Josep Coletas Caubet |
2004 |
Spanish |
Map |
| Cultos Sin Nombre |
Videofex |
1994 |
Spanish |
|
| Cup, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , River Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Curse of Nimue |
Zenobi Software  |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Curse of Sregor, The |
Creative Juices |
1989 |
English |
|
| Curse of the Serpent's Eye |
Adventure Workshop, The , Dream World Adventures |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
| D-37 |
Beja Soft |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Daemon |
Delta 3 Software |
1990 |
English |
Solution |
| Dark Corridor |
Alien Software |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Dark Gladiator, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , FSF Adventures |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
| Dark Hospital, The |
Isaac Sánchez González  |
2017 |
Spanish |
|
| Dark House |
Arkham Software |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Dark Storm |
Global Games  |
1989 |
English |
Solution |
| Dark Tower, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , River Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Darkest Road, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Commodore Format, Guild Adventure Software, The , Zenobi Software  |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Davy Jones Locker |
River Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Dawn Patrol |
EMAP Business & Computer Publications, Sinclair User |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Day in the Life of a Tupperware Salesman, A |
Adventure Workshop, The , WoW Software  |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
| Dead End |
Adventure Workshop, The , Interactive Technology  |
1990 |
English |
Solution |
| Deadly Silence |
Elven Adventurers |
1991 |
English |
Map, Hints |
| Death Bringer |
Adventure Workshop, The , Guild Adventure Software, The  |
? |
English |
Solution |
| Death or Glory |
Adventure Workshop, The , Dream World Adventures |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
| Deception of the Mind's Eye |
Electric Storm Productions |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
| Deep Probe |
Compass Software  |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Deer Creek |
Primary Resources |
2019 |
English |
Map |
| Deliverer 2: Escape to Eskelos |
Brian Parks |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints, Fixed game |
| Desierto |
ALEAsoft |
1991 |
Spanish |
Solution |
| Desierto de Katar, El |
Gandalf Software |
? |
Spanish |
|
| Desmond and Gertrude |
Adventure Workshop, The , Delbert the Hamster Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
| Destruccion de America, La |
Conrado Badenas Mengod |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Dia Despues, El |
Bolsoftware Communications |
1989 |
Galician |
|
| Diablo! |
Nebula Designs Software |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
| Diablos Great Escape |
Graeme Coleman |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
| Diarmid |
Zenobi Software  |
1993 |
English |
Solution |