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 |
| Lost Legacy of Xim, The |
Skyslip Software |
1988 |
English |
|
| Lost Planet, The |
8bitAG |
2019 |
English |
|
| Lost Temple of Inca |
Sword Software  |
1989 |
English |
Solution, Map, Fixed game |
| Lost Tomb of Ananka, The |
Compass Software  |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Manual |
| Lost Twilight, The |
Zenobi Software  |
1990 |
English |
Solution |
| Lycanthropy |
Zenobi Software  |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
| Macabre Laboratory |
? |
1990 |
English |
|
| Magic Castle |
Gilsoft International |
1983 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Magic Isle, The |
Zenobi Software  |
1990 |
English |
Solution |
| Magnetic Moon |
Adventure Workshop, The , Elk Adventure Club, The , FSF Adventures |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Maldicion de Aros, La |
Istari Design |
1991 |
Spanish |
|
| Maldicion de los Mac Leod, La |
DaniSoft |
1990 |
Spanish |
|
| Maldita Escuela |
Mega Soft [1] |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Man About the House |
Adventure Workshop, The , Zenobi Software  |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Manhattan 2005 (Demo) |
Digital Launch Corporation |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Mapper, The |
Zenobi Software  |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map, Fixed game |
| Maquina del Tiempo, La |
Mixtring |
1989 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| Matchmaker |
Adventure Workshop, The , River Software |
1986 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Matter for a Super Hero, A |
Bolsoftware Communications |
1987 |
English |
|
| Maxima Aventura |
Cesar Hernandez Bano, Jonathan Bañó Cabanillas |
1991 |
Spanish |
|
| Mell |
Adventure PD  |
? |
English |
|
| Memorias de un Hobbit |
JSJ Soft |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Menagerie, The |
Stormbringer Software |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Merlin -La Aventura- |
SPECTRAVENTURA |
2010 |
Spanish |
|
| Meteorite Strike |
Kelsoft |
1988 |
English |
|
| Methyhel |
Guild Adventure Software, The , Zenobi Software  |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Metsys |
Duo Soft |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Micro Mutant, The |
Compass Software  |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
| Microfair Madness |
Delbert the Hamster Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Midnight |
Wazertown Works |
1989 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| Midsummer Day's Dream, A |
Adventure Workshop, The , WoW Software  |
1994 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Million Dollar Great Jewel Heist, The |
Atlas Adventure Software , Guild Adventure Software, The  |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Minas Perdidas, Las |
Aventuras AM |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Mines of Lithiad, The |
Zenobi Software  |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Minette |
Edmund J. Spicer  |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
| Mirror Mirror |
8bitAG |
2020 |
English |
Solution |
| Miser, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , River Software |
1990 |
English |
Solution, Map |
| Misterio en la Catedral |
Josep Coletas Caubet |
2004 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| Misterios del Gusano, Los |
Videofex |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Misterioso Programa |
Antonio Mosquera, Marcos Escudeiro |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Mock |
Gandalf Software |
1993 |
Spanish |
|
| Monster |
Haggisoft |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
| Moonshards of Sacrimore |
Mark Beech |
1989 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
| Mosquetero De La Reina, El |
Sequentia Soft  |
2020 |
Spanish |
|
| Mouse Man |
Futuresoft, Northern Underground, The |
1990 |
English |
Solution |
| Mundo Fantastico |
DT Soft |
1989 |
Spanish |
|
| Mundo Magico, El |
Aventuras Espanolas |
1991 |
Spanish |
|
| Mundo Perdido del Profesor Seldon, El |
Jesus Pedrosa Vidal |
1993 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |
| Mundo Perdido, O |
? |
? |
Portuguese |
|
| Mundo Subterraneo |
Advanced Adventure Creations |
1991 |
Spanish |
Solution, Map |