Since their humble beginnings as text-based narratives, adventure games have come a long way.
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Since their humble beginnings as text-based narratives, adventure games have come a long way.
Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction/text-adventure and the most popular computer games ever created. ​Released in 1977 for the PDP-10 mainframe, Zork is a seminal tex...
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Softporn Adventure is a text adventure created by Chuck Benton for the Apple II in 1981. The game was programmed in AppleSoft BASIC. Initially released by Benton with his own compa...
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Deadline is a text adventure published by Infocom in 1982. It was written by Marc Blank, one of the principal authors of Zork: The Great Underground Empire. The game was initially released for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and TRS-80.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood is an adventure game created by Millennium Interactive and published for Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS in 1991. The game, based on the legend of Robin Hood, was designed by Steve Grand and Ian Saunter.
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Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero is a remake of the Sierra adventure/role-playing game Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero. The game was designed by Lori Ann Cole. ...
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Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero is the first chapter of the popular series of hybrid adventures/rpg created by Lori Ann Cole. The game was later renamed Quest For Glory. T...
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Experience the psychological horror of Sanitarium, the acclaimed point-and-click adventure by DreamForge Intertainment. Uncover the secrets of a deranged asylum as you navigate thr...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a text adventure by Infocom, based on the famous novel by Douglas Adams. The book, a comedy science fiction genre masterpiece, was written in 1979.
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Fish! is a text adventure created by the British game studio Magnetic Scrolls. It was published in 1988 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS and other platforms by Rainbird.
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The Adventures of Willy Beamish is a graphic adventure developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line in 1991. The game is regarded as one of the best Sierra adventures, and with good reason.
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Companions of Xanth is an adventure game published in 1993 by Legend Entertainment. Making a video game based on a book is really a risk. The title is not judged by its quality as ...
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KGB (also known as Conspiracy) is a graphic adventure created by the french studio Cryo and published by Virgin Games for PC and Amiga in 1992. The game uses the engine of Dune, also created by Cryo.
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King's Quest III Redux is an enhanced remake of the popular point-and-click adventure published by Sierra in 1986. This fantastic remake features hand-painted backgrounds and new c...
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Mortville Manor - Le Manoir de Mortevielle in French - is a graphic adventure created by Lankhor initially for the Sinclair QL. The original game was published in 1986, but in 1987 a new and improved version for Atari ST was released.
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