Guess the IF emojis

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How many of these IF games can you guess from their emoji clues? The clues do not necessarily have to do with the titles, they can be things in the game or associated with the game.

You are encouraged to add your own!

Clues by Phil Riley:

Clue Answer
1. :house: :closed_mailbox_with_lowered_flag: Zork
2. :robot: :microbe: Planetfall
3. :comet: :squid: Anchorhead
4. :troll: :pig: Lost Pig
5. :mushroom: :closed_umbrella: Trinity
6. :screwdriver: :lizard: :mobile_phone: BOSH
7. :magnifying_glass_tilted_left: :clown_face: Ballyhoo
8. :eye: :robot: :ear: :robot: Suspended

Clue by Mike Russo:

Clue Answer
9. :honeybee::sailboat::pregnant_woman::cry: Sting

Clues by Phil Riley:

Clue Answer
10. :turtle: :mage: Enchanter
11. :diving_mask: :dagger: Cutthroats
12. :open_mailbox_with_raised_flag: :magic_wand: :rock: Wishbringer
13. :red_circle: :blue_circle: :yellow_circle: :green_circle: :purple_circle: Photopia

Clues by Mathbrush:

Clue Answer
14. :pig: :mage: The Wizard Sniffer
15. :bird: :tent: Birdland
16. :money_bag: :bat: The Bat
17. :taco: :water_pistol: Taco Fiction
18. :girl: :woman_vampire: :mermaid: The Little Match Girl
19. :germany: :ballot_box: Social Democracy

Clues by Mike Russo:

Clue Answer
20. :money_bag: :heart: :heart: Plundered Hearts
21. :dollar_banknote: :monkey: Counterfeit Monkey
22. :building_construction: :house: Cragne Manor
23. :page_with_curl: :paperclips: :man_zombie: Violet
24. :scream: :dog: :guide_dog: :poodle: howling dogs
25. :woman_dancing: :woman_police_officer: :gem_stone: Lady Thalia and the Seraskier Sapphires
26. :man_fairy::woman_fairy::medical_symbol::rock: The Faeries of Haelstowne
27. :hot_dog::beer_mug::smiling_face_with_horns::memo: Dr Ludwig and the Devil
28. :books::dna::counterclockwise_arrows_button: The Archivist and the Revolution
29. :chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag: Repeat the Ending
30. :eggplant::old_woman::white_cane: The Incredible Erotic Adventures of Stiffy Makane

Clues by bg:

Clue Answer
31. :camera: :ghost: :notebook_with_decorative_cover: :church: Robin & Orchid
32. Everything We Do Is Games
33. :sun_behind_large_cloud: :rock: :sun: For A Change

Clue by Mike Russo:

Clue Answer
34. :spaghetti::shopping_cart::woman:t2: Aisle

Clues by Phil Riley:

Clue Answer
35. :sun: :cloud_with_rain: A Change in the Weather
36. :robot: :cat: :sandwich: :gem_stone: Galaxy Jones

Clues by bg:

Clue Answer
37. :star: :bear: :woman_dancing: :monkey_face: Monkey and Bear
38. :mirror_ball: :playground_slide: :worm: :broom: :chequered_flag: Marble Madness (Emily Short)
39. :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :ninja: :top_hat: The Legend of the Missing Hat
40. :alien: :top_hat: :teapot: Tea Ceremony
41. :-1: :cry: :trumpet: Uninteractive Fiction

Clue by Max Fog:

Clue Answer
42: :scream::scream::scream::man_gesturing_no::france::france::water_pistol::skull_and_crossbones: Known Unknowns

Clues by Lionstooth:

Clue Answer
43: :radio::luggage::ticket::potted_plant: Shade
44: :bed::down_arrow: 9:05
45: :deer::heart::drop_of_blood: Alabaster
46: :thought_balloon::light_bulb::high_voltage::dotted_line_face: Type Help
47: :artist_palette::desert_island: Blue Lacuna
48: :cocktail_glass::ghost: Zozzled
49: :honeybee::butterfly::bug::place_of_worship: Heretic’s Hope
50: :horse::exclamation_question_mark: Horse Master

Clues by JTN:

Clue Answer
51. :alien_monster: :desert_island: Hinterlands: Marooned!
52. :cook: :pot_of_food: :double_exclamation_mark: You are a Chef!
53. :crystal_ball: :owl: :door: :no_entry: The Dragon Will Tell You Your Future Now
54. :person_fencing: :hotdog: Midnight. Swordfight.
55. :bicycle: :bicycle: :bicycle: :up_arrow: Condemned
56. :eggplant: :peach: :leg: :peanuts: :chestnut: :coconut: DICK MCBUTTS GETS KICKED IN THE NUTS
57. :ballet_shoes: :woman_zombie: :australia: Leadlight
58. :floppy_disk: :man_elf: :carrot: And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One
59. :zipper_mouth_face: :fire: Swigian
60. :scream: :abc: :scream: [this game]
61. :bouquet: :fish: :smiling_face_with_horns: :sushi: A Day for Fresh Sushi
62. :satellite: :satellite: :satellite: :globe_showing_americas: :american_football: :light_bulb: 17776
63. :cat: :root_vegetable: :hiking_boot: :astronaut: Portrait with Wolf
64. :girl: :face_with_peeking_eye: It
65. :girl: :face_with_peeking_eye: :fairy: :australia: Six
66. :hot_beverage: :smiling_face_with_horns: Quest for the Teacup of Minor Sentimental Value
67. :factory: :robot: :warning: Bad Machine
68. :dog_face: :lab_coat: :fork_and_knife: Dinner Bell
69. :leafy_green: :biting_lip: :potato: :exploding_head: Beet the Devil
70. :dog: :robot: :rocket: Rover’s Day Out

Clues by bg:

Clue Answer
71. :trumpet: :duck: :musical_score: :volcano: Augmented Fourth
72. :france: :woman_detective: :high_heeled_shoe: :woman_dancing: :page_with_curl: Secret Agent Cinder
73. :whale: :drop_of_blood: the sea god
74. :mouse_face: :mouse_face: :avocado: :bread: :wine_glass: Esther’s
75. :birthday_cake: :chair: :face_with_head_bandage: Daddy’s Birthday
76. :desert_island: :parrot: :zipper_mouth_face: :money_bag: Untold Riches

Clues by JTN:

Clue Answer
77. :cityscape_at_dusk: :brown_mushroom: Nightfall
78. :woman: :classical_building: :graduation_cap: :door: :no_entry: Christminster
79. :red_circle: :man: :bed: :right_arrow: :red_exclamation_mark: :money_bag: :slightly_smiling_face: > by @
80. :performing_arts: :full_moon: :new_moon: So Far
81. :desert: :door: :no_entry: :key: :classical_building: :ring: :amphora: :coin: :bone: :skull_and_crossbones: :bone: :bone: :bone: :bone: Antique Panzitoum
82. :world_map: :france: :house_with_garden: :ladder: :spider_web: Curses
83. :woman_police_officer: :man_police_officer: :cupcake: Dial C for Cupcakes
84. :infinity: :cyclone: :sun: :globe_showing_asia_australia: :cityscape: :person: :skull: :brain: :microbe: :atom_symbol: :blue_circle: :infinity: Nested
85. :hospital: :chains: :top_hat: :robot: :gear: Slouching Towards Bedlam
86. :national_park: :nest_with_eggs: :baby: The Warbler’s Nest
87. :fairy: :woman_detective: :mouse_face: :collision: Foo Foo
88. :key: :old_key: :key: :old_key: :key: :small_blue_diamond: :small_blue_diamond: :small_blue_diamond: 69,105 Keys
89. :lizard: :woman_scientist: :banana: :motorcycle: Rogue of the Multiverse
90. :alembic: :scroll: :nut_and_bolt: :sparkles: Hadean Lands

Clues by Lionstooth:

Clue Answer
91. :innocent::deciduous_tree::playground_slide::tiger: You are Standing at a Crossroads
92. :prohibited::palm_down_hand::light_bulb: do not let your left hand know
93. :night_with_stars::telephone_receiver::church: night confessional
94. :hourglass_done::repeat_button::bomb::collision: All Things Devours
95. :dotted_line_face::bed::blossom::bird::pencil: The Absence of Miriam Lane
96. :dog_face::magnifying_glass_tilted_left::ribbon::lime: Toby’s Nose
97. :dog_face::magnifying_glass_tilted_left::flashlight::sandwich: Miss Gosling’s Last Case

Clues by Tabitha:

Clue Answer
98. :rainbow_flag: :house: :houses: :national_park: :globe_showing_americas: :milky_way: Out
99. :women_holding_hands: :heart: :collision: :globe_showing_americas: Queers in Love at the End of the World

Clues by JTN:

Clue Answer
100. :fireworks: :twelve_o_clock: :white_circle: :black_circle: Jigsaw
101. :skull: The Bones of Rosalinda

Clue by xanna (not on the forum):

Clue Answer
102. :new_zealand: :t_rex: Aotearoa

Clues by Tabitha:

Clue Answer
103. :red_circle: :door: :yellow_circle: :door: Red Door Yellow Door
104. :beer_mug: :red_apple: :honeybee: Use Your Psychic Powers at Applebee’s
105. :dagger::man_vampire: :hamburger: 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds

Clues by Phil Riley:

Clue Answer
106. :no_one_under_eighteen: :hole::hole::hole: Leather Goddesses of Phobos
107. :abc: :rose: EYE
108. :nose: :prohibited: :eye: :prohibited: :ear: :prohibited: :hand_with_fingers_splayed: :prohibited: :tongue: :prohibited: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Bonus clue: 106 and 108 were written by the same person.

Clue by Victor Gijsbers:

Clue Answer
109. :eggplant: :eggplant: :eggplant: :eggplant: :eggplant: :eggplant: :eggplant: :eggplant: :eggplant: :jack_o_lantern: Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis

Clues by Lionstooth:

Clue Answer
110. :screwdriver::face_with_symbols_on_mouth::bear::man_feeding_baby: SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD!
111. :shopping_cart::water_pistol: Everybody Dies
112. :man::video_game: the uncle who works for nintendo
113. :fast_up_button: The Northnorth Passage

Clue by Phil Riley:

Clue Answer
114. :shovel: :beetle: :balance_scale: Infidel

Clue by P.B. Parjeter:

Clue Answer
115. :motorway::automobile::automobile::minibus::oncoming_automobile::sport_utility_vehicle::pickup_truck::racing_car::minibus::oncoming_automobile::sport_utility_vehicle::pickup_truck::automobile::minibus::oncoming_automobile::sport_utility_vehicle::oncoming_automobile::sport_utility_vehicle::pickup_truck::racing_car::motor_scooter::automobile::racing_car::automobile::pickup_truck::racing_car::motor_scooter::minibus::racing_car::motor_scooter::racing_car::motor_scooter::automobile::minibus::minibus::motor_scooter::auto_rickshaw::automobile::minibus::oncoming_automobile::sport_utility_vehicle::pickup_truck::minibus::oncoming_automobile::sport_utility_vehicle::pickup_truck::pickup_truck::oncoming_automobile::sport_utility_vehicle::pickup_truck::racing_car::motor_scooter::motor_scooter::motor_scooter::right_arrow: Turn Right

Clues by rabbit:

Clue Answer
116. :balloon::basket::down_right_arrow::volcano: To Hell in a Hamper
117. :blue_book::pill::zzz::right_arrow::1234::chart_increasing::plus: A Beauty Cold and Austere
118. :cat::fire::cat::fire::cat::fire::cat::fire::cat::fire::cat::fire: Taghairm
119. :ghost::pushpin:
120. :prohibited:🕵‍♂ :high_voltage: :high_voltage::prohibited::white_check_mark::rabbit::rabbit::rabbit::white_check_mark: The Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode

Clues by Victor Gijsbers:

Clue Answer
121. :blue_circle: :chair: :chair: Blue Chairs
122. :comet: :rock: :cocktail_glass: The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet
123. :crystal_ball: :baby: :skull_and_crossbones: :dagger: :crystal_ball: :baby: :crown: Fate
124. :printer: :-1: :old_woman: :printer: :+1: Fix Your Mother’s Printer
125. :baby_angel: :baby_angel: :light_bulb: their angelical understanding
126. :globe_showing_europe_africa: :plus: :sun_behind_cloud: Earth and Sky
127. :spider: :plus: :spider_web: Spider and Web

Clue by xanna (not on the forum):

Clue Answer
128. :teapot: :prohibited: :teapot: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Clue by P.B. Parjeter:

Clue Answer
129. :man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3::man_swimming:t3: 20 Strokes

Clues by Andrew Schultz:

Clue Answer
130. :brain: :hourglass_not_done: :hourglass_done: :passenger_ship: :rocket:
131. :beach_with_umbrella: :castle: :trophy: Sandcastle Master
132. :right_arrow: :house: :speaking_head:
133. :people_holding_hands: :innocent: :revolving_hearts: :speech_balloon:
134. :cloud: :fog:
135. :fork_and_knife_with_plate: :smiling_face_with_horns: Hunger Daemon
136. :spade_suit: :heart_suit: :club_suit: :diamond_suit: :recycling_symbol: :diamond_suit: :heart_suit: :club_suit: :spade_suit:
137. :crossed_swords: :turtle: :crocodile: :tropical_fish:
138. :elevator: The Lift
139. :compass: :left_arrow: :military_helmet: :military_helmet:

Clues by Mike Russo:

Clue Answer
140 (1). :up_arrow::telephone::skull: Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die
141 (1). :up_arrow::telephone::shopping_cart: Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle

Clues by Victor Gijsbers:

Clue Answer
142 (1). :water_pistol: :zipper_mouth_face: Gun Mute
143 (1). :waving_hand: :right_arrow: :fish:
144 (1). :globe_showing_americas: :hammer_and_pick: Worldsmith
145 (1). :crossed_swords: :monkey: :crossed_swords: :dagger: :crossed_swords: :bomb: :pill: :crossed_swords: :jellyfish: :crossed_swords: :pill: :people_holding_hands: :snail: :crossed_swords: :pill: :man_mage: :trophy:

Clue by Mike Russo:

Clue Answer
146 (1). :eleven_thirty::skull::slightly_smiling_face::right_arrow::monkey::fish: Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me

Clues by Morningstar:

Clue Answer
140 (2). :ballet_shoes: :department_store: :santa_claus: Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina
141 (2). :gem_stone: :gem_stone: :gem_stone: :gem_stone: :gem_stone: :gem_stone: :gem_stone: :gem_stone: :magnifying_glass_tilted_right: :world_map: 1893: A World’s Fair Mystery
142 (2). :crystal_ball: :cheese: :man_mage: :sauropod:
143 (2). :briefs: :socks: :running_shoe: :t_shirt: :jeans: :statue_of_liberty: The Underoos that Ate New York!
144 (2). :house_with_garden: :bird: :snake: :gorilla: :beetle:
145 (2). :castle: :magic_wand: :red_circle: :green_circle: :blue_circle: The Wand
146 (2). :hot_springs: :tent: :woman_and_man_holding_hands: She’s Got a Thing for a Spring
147. :castle: :ghost: :detective:
148. :desktop_computer: :cloud_with_snow: :alien_monster:
149. :cooking: :lobster: Gourmet

Clues by Andrew Schultz:

Clue Answer
150. :american_football: :foot: :face_with_bags_under_eyes:
151. :circus_tent: :ghost: :monkey_face: :robot: Escape from Summerland
152. :angry: :enraged_face: :woman_elf: :file_folder: Very Vile Fairy File
153. :ghost: :scroll: :confounded_face: :derelict_house: :money_bag:

Clue by svlin:

Clue Answer
154. :rocket: :man_vampire: :classical_building: :railway_car: :robot: :deciduous_tree: :crocodile: :scroll: :statue_of_liberty: :wrench: Never Gives Up Her Dead

Clues by JTN:

Clue Answer
155. :man_beard: :axe: :down_arrow: :microphone: :coin: The Hobbit
156. :down_right_arrow: :rose: Sub Rosa
157. :lab_coat: :hospital: :eye: :palm_down_hand: One Eye Open
158. :astonished_face: :castle: :red_exclamation_mark: :input_latin_letters: Yon Astounding Castle! of some sort
159. :bus: :exclamation_question_mark: What the Bus?
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1 is Zork
4 is Lost Pig
6 is BOSH
9 is Sting
14 is The Wizard Sniffer
16 is The Bat
17 is Taco Fiction
21 is Counterfeit Monkey

Edit: Oh, wait! 19 is Social Democracy.

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12 is Wishbringer

13 is Photopia?

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Great answers so far!

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I only know it from the Let’s Play, but is #5 Trinity?

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I think 27 is Dr. Ludwig and the Devil?

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Ah, then 28 is probably The Archivist and the Revolution. And 9 is Mike Russo’s Sting.

I feel like I should recognize robot-microbe but it’s not quite clicking – oh, wait, is that Plasmorphosis?

I like that there’s turtle-wizard as well as pig-wizard, heh.

Beyond that I have only guesses:

Is 8 Infocom’s Suspended? To me 13 feels a little bit like The Wand, 29 like Libonotus Cup, I was thinking Custard and Mustard’s Big Adventure for 24, and 11 makes me think Captain Verdeterre’s Plunder but I doubt any of those are right…

Oh, wait. 18 is one of the Little Match Girl games.

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Oh man - lotta good guesses here but I gotta jump in to say 24 isn’t right, and the disjunction between the answer and your guess is kind of making my head explode!

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Yeah, I don’t know why I thought that. Just the vibe of the specific graphics of the dog emojis, I think. And maybe that it’s the only dogs IF that I think I’ve played? The scream doesn’t fit at all and there are only two main dog characters.

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You’re correct on 28, 9, 8, and 18.

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Oh, 15 actually is Birdland, isn’t it. I was trying to figure out how to fit the tent in, but it’s at a camp.

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  • :house: :closed_mailbox_with_lowered_flag: Zork
  • :comet: :squid: Anchorhead?
  • :troll: :pig: Lost Pig
  • :mushroom: :closed_umbrella: Trinity
  • :magnifying_glass_tilted_left: :clown_face: Ballyhoo?
  • :eye: :robot: :ear: :robot: Suspended
  • :diving_mask: :dagger: Cutthroats
  • :open_mailbox_with_raised_flag: :magic_wand: :rock: Wishbringer
  • :red_circle: :blue_circle: :yellow_circle: :green_circle: :purple_circle: Photopia?
  • :pig: :mage: Wizard Sniffer
  • :taco: :water_pistol: Taco Fiction
  • :dollar_banknote: :monkey: Counterfeit Monkey
  • :scream: :dog: :guide_dog: :poodle: Howling Dogs?
  • :eggplant::old_woman::white_cane: Midnight Swordfight?
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Photopia

(Oh, I see @HanonO made the same guess. @HanonO, at first I thought those were new questions you were posting, not guesses!)

If that’s wrong, then my next guess for #13 is Color the Truth.

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Got it all except the last one :slight_smile: That one, I’d like to add, is from Mike, so I’m not responsible. (not the game, the clue).

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Which ones have yet to be correctly guessed at this point? I always find it hard to keep track.

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lol getting out ahead of the forthcoming blame for that one is probably a good idea!

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Not guessed yet:
2. :robot: :microbe:
10. :turtle: :mage:
20. :money_bag: :heart: :heart:
22. :building_construction: :house:
23. :page_with_curl: :paperclips: :man_zombie:
25. :woman_dancing: :woman_police_officer: :gem_stone:
26. :man_fairy::woman_fairy::medical_symbol::rock:
29. :chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag::chequered_flag:
30. :eggplant::old_woman::white_cane:

(EDIT: Think I got that right.)

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2 is Planetfall

10 is Enchanter

25 is one of the Ladia Thalia games?

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Captain Verdeterre’s Plunder would be :ocean: :ship: :rat: !

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Here are some new emoji clues. (Was I supposed to add them here, or DM someone to add them to the first post?)

  1. :camera: :ghost: :notebook_with_decorative_cover::church:
  3. :sun_behind_large_cloud: :rock: :sun:
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