Excalibur
WELCOME TO THE EXCALIBUR WIKI
The psychedelic science fantasy series Excalibur was wiped by the BBC. It lives on in the memories of its fans.
Excalibur is a hypertext-based interactive fiction piece written and developed by J.J. Guest and G.C. Baccaris, with contributions from co-creator Duncan Bowsman and others.
ABOUT EXCALIBUR
Welcome to the Excalibur Wiki. This fan-run encyclopedia preserves the details of an obscure science fantasy television series from the 1970s. Though much of its footage was lost, a group of dedicated fans still have strong memories of the show — as well as unique theories, occasional arguments, and lingering questions.
Originally submitted to the 2021 Spring Thing Festival, Excalibur has been re-released on itch.io; it is now mobile-compatible and contains some new content and updates.
Progress through the history of Excalibur by visiting different pages as you would on an ordinary wiki site. There is more information about how to explore Excalibur, including a walkthrough, on the in-game Help page.
REVIEWS
EXCALIBUR ON IFDB!
Excalibur was awarded Deepest Rabbit-Hole, Most Memorable, and Most Original Concept via Audience Choice in the Spring Thing Festival of 2021.
Click the IFDB (Interactive Fiction Database) button above to read full reviews of Excalibur or to leave your own rating and review!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Excalibur’s great accomplishment is to conjure up a richly realized alternate world in which to get lost, while raising more than enough interesting reflections for when we return to the real one." — Mike Russo
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Immensely polished. It doesn't really get better than this. [...] More detailed than some real wikis I've tried to use to look up shows before. [...] Left me quite thoughtful at the end." — Brian Rushton
Comments
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This is a brilliant idea! The only thing that's missing is the ability to go back as you normally would while browsing a wiki on a browser, so if you fall down a rabbit hole you can't 'go back' all the way to the top of the rabbit hole and fall down a different source. I know that's a limitation with the engine, though, so otherwise this is brilliantly put together!
Hi Vorpalcat! I'm glad you enjoyed Excalibur, it took us about six years to make altogether. I grew up watching TV sci-fi in the late '70s and '80s and this was my little homage! I would have liked a proper back button but it was a limitation of Twine unfortunately!
I figured it was a limitation of Twine! It is all brilliantly done! I could feel the appreciation for the genre, and boy- do I wish Excalibur had been a real show. I am still having a great time going through all of the entries in detail. As a sci-fi fan, space opera fan, and an Arthurian nerd, this hit the right spot perfectly.
I really enjoyed this! Fantastic! Top marks!
Minor niggle, possibly intentional: I can't register a FANWIKI account to make this edit, but there's a typo in the intro to the article on S02E11 "Upon a Painted Ocean". It's referred to as the twelfth episode of season two, but in fact it's the eleventh.