Supernova

Supernova is one of the earliest games released under the Apogee Software company name. Programmed by founder Scott Miller himself, and written by Miller and Terry Nagy, Supernova is a text adventure game which takes place in a sci-fi setting. You play a miner who needs to escape the dull and terrible life of working in the mines and fine a better life. The game seems to use its own proprietary engine, unlike many text adventures which use a system like AGT or TADS. The parser seems to work pretty well, and there are many locations to explore.