@John: If I understood you correctly, I am looking for the first. Software that helps you design an adventure game. That way I can take the shortcut to designing a game without learning a "language". I think it's called "drag-and-drop" teachnology. Where you are given a set number of characters, houses, settings... You just have to drag and drop the items you want. When you're done you got a whole city with people, you know?
It's for personal use. Something to pass the time with.
@SWAT: I've tried to buy Game Maker 7. Amazon didn't have it, nor did yahoo shopping, nor did any stores in the u.s. I've also tried multimedia fusion, also got nothing.