Adventureland

Main GameReleased 1978

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Game Details

Genres

PuzzleAdventure

Themes

Fantasy

Perspective

Text

Game Modes

Single player

Release Date

31/12/1978

Platforms

Commodore VIC-20BBC Microcomputer SystemAtari 8-bitPC-9800 SeriesPC-8800 SeriesDragon 32/64Commodore C64/128/MAXZX SpectrumTRS-80 Color ComputerCommodore PETAcorn ElectronApple IITRS-80FM-7Texas Instruments TI-99

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Summary

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.