Adventureland (video game)

Adventureland is the first text adventure game for home computers. It was developed in 1978 by Scott Adams, the company Adventure International founded especially for this game. These were followed by ports to other computers, as well as a graphic version. The game was Inspired by Adventure, also known as Colossal Cave.

The game is for one player. This must find treasures, such as Golden Ox. Two English words must As with most games of this type for a command to be entered, such as "go west" or "climb tree". The text version was initially black / white (white text on black background). In the VC -20 version of the text was in three colors (green, blue, red on white background). The graphic version of the C64 was provided with light gray text on dark gray background. The graphics are simple and after repeated visit to the area normally hidden. Otherwise, it is in the upper half of the screen.

Although there are few places that the game is very difficult. There are numerous traps and dead ends. You have to be at the right place with the right items at the right time. Furthermore, only a limited number of objects are supported.

The game sold more than 10,000 times.

Ports

• VC 20 (1981 ) Plug-in module
• Apple II ( 1978)
• Tandy TRS 80 (1978 )
• Atari 800 (1982)
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1982 )
• C64 (1984 ) (text or graphics version )
• TI-99/4A (1981 )

Places

• Forest ( Forest)
• Trees ( climb ) ( tree climbing )
• Lawn ( grass)
• Lake (Lake)
• Swamp ( Swamp )
• Paul 's Place ( Paul )
• Tree ( tree )
• Web ( on tree ) (network on the tree )
• Meadow ( Sign) (pasture, plate)
• Hole (hole)
• Hell ( dead ) ( hell, dead )

Successor

There are a total of 14 similar Adventures same author. Of significance are:

• Pirate's Adventure ( = Adventures # 2 )
• Voodoo Castle ( No. 4)
• The Count (No. 5)
• Savage Iceland (No. 11.12 )

Moreover, appeared for the C -64 a compilation of all titles on one disc.