Adventureland
Dec 31, 1978
- Puzzle
- Adventure
Platforms: Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore PET, Commodore VIC-20, Dragon 32/64, FM-7, PC-8800 Series, PC-9800 Series, Texas Instruments TI-99, TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer, ZX Spectrum
IGDB community rating 6.0IGDB7 votes
Overview
A text based Adventure Game for the TRS-80, later enhanced with visual scenes in various ports. Only allowed 2-Word input and was largely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.
Story
"Adventureland" is the first interactive fiction game by Scott Adams. In using two-word verb-noun-combinations the player tries to retrieve 13 lost treausures in a fanatasy world. Initially the game did not feature any graphics at all. As time progressed, though, ports to more advanced systems were enhanced with visuals.
- Developed by
- Scott Adams
- Published by
- Creative Computing Software, Adventure International, StarCraft, Texas Instruments Incorporated
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Facts
- Game modes
- Single player
- Player perspectives
- Text
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Series
- Scott Adams Classic Adventures
- Release dates
- TRS-80: 1978
- Apple II: 1980
- Commodore PET: 1980
- Atari 8-bit: 1981
- Commodore VIC-20: 1981
- Texas Instruments TI-99: 1981
- Commodore C64/128/MAX: 1982
- BBC Microcomputer System: 1983
- TRS-80 Color Computer: 1983
- PC-8800 Series: Jul 1, 1984
- PC-9800 Series: Jul 1, 1984
- FM-7: 1984
- Acorn Electron: 1985
- Dragon 32/64: 1985
- ZX Spectrum: 1985
