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 |
| Excalibur |
Jose Damian de la Flor San Vicente |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Excessus |
Wazertown Works |
1990 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| Existing Elements |
Tom Powell |
? |
English |
|
| Experimento, El |
Eduardo José Villalobos Galindo |
2021 |
Spanish |
|
| Exploits in a Wheelie-Bin |
Delbert the Hamster Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
| Fabled Black Rose, The |
Dream World Adventures |
1994 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Fairly Difficult Mission |
Zodiac Software  |
1988 |
English |
Solution |
| Farila y los duendes del frio |
Eduardo José Villalobos Galindo |
2021 |
Spanish |
|
| Federico Jones |
Rock'n'Soft |
1992 |
Spanish |
Solution |
| Feline Sleepy |
Adventure Probe Software  |
1998 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Feuerfaust, Die |
Adventure Workshop, The  |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Feuerpokol |
? |
? |
Spanish |
|
| Final Battle, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Dream World Adventures |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
| Final Chorus, The |
Zenobi Software  |
1995 |
English |
Solution |
| Final Demand, The |
WoW Software , Zenobi Software  |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| First Past the Post |
Adventure Workshop, The , Delbert the Hamster Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Fisher King, The |
Zenobi Software  |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Fistful of Blood Capsules, A |
Zodiac Software  |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Fistful of Necronomicons, A |
Zenobi Software  |
1995 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Flight 191 |
Armageddon and Cream , Northern Underground, The |
1990 |
English |
Solution |
| Floarea Soarelui |
ZXIF |
2006 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Flush Gordon |
Creative Juices |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Fixed game |
| For Pete's Sake |
WoW Software , Zenobi Software  |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Forastero, El |
Grupo Creators Union |
1990 |
Spanish |
Solution |
| Forbidden Lands |
Alien Software |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Forest Stop, The |
Colin Woodcock |
1989 |
English |
|
| Fortress of Fear |
Larry Horsfield  |
1996 |
English |
|
| Four Symbols, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , FSF Adventures |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
| Fred's Nightmare |
WoW Software  |
? |
English |
|
| Freeze Aliens 1 |
Advanced Adventure Creations |
1992 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| From out of a Dark Night Sky |
Zenobi Software  |
1989 |
English |
Solution |
| From Out of the Snow |
Pension Productions  |
2019 |
English |
Solution |
| Fuddo and Slam |
Zenobi Software  |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Fuga de BE-31 |
Francisco Bretones Castillo |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Fuga, La |
Aventuras AM |
1990 |
Spanish |
Solution |
| Future Tense |
Mystic Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Galen |
Mandragora Software |
1989 |
Spanish |
Solution |
| Gallino Jones |
3PSOFT |
1991 |
Spanish |
|
| Game Without a Name |
Dented Designs |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
| Generalissimo Taker |
Year Zero Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
| Get Me to the Church On Time! |
Adventure Workshop, The , Delbert the Hamster Software |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Ginormous Fishtank Adventure, The |
R. Barnard |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
| Gob |
Malcolm Tyrrell, Simon Fitzpatrick |
? |
English |
|
| Gods of War, The |
Nebula Designs Software, Zenobi Software  |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
| Golden Figures of Death |
Adventure Workshop, The , Dream World Adventures |
1994 |
English |
Solution |
| Gollumitis |
Grupo Creators Union |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Grabbed by the Ghoulies |
Delbert the Hamster Software, FSF Adventures |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
| Gran Hazana, La |
THEDAR Works |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Great Caravan Caper |
Electric Storm Productions |
2019 |
English |
|
| Greg the Egg |
? |
? |
English |
|