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Acheton

Achteon was originally released on a mainframe computer, similar to Zork. And just like Zork it is a fantasy treasure hunt with 400 rooms and 200 objects, and therefore is much bigger than its more famous…

31 December 1978

Acheton is an adventure developed by Topologika Software, Inc., released 31 December 1978 on Acorn Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW and BBC Microcomputer System.

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What Acheton is

Acheton is an adventure game developed by Topologika Software, Inc. and released in 1978. It was published by Acornsoft Limited. It is available on Acorn Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, BBC Microcomputer System, Call-A-Computer time-shared mainframe computer system, DOS and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Achteon was originally released on a mainframe computer, similar to Zork. And just like Zork it is a fantasy treasure hunt with 400 rooms and 200 objects, and therefore is much bigger than its more famous companion.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Acheton come out?
Acheton was released on 31 December 1978 for Acorn Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, BBC Microcomputer System, Call-A-Computer time-shared mainframe computer system, DOS and ZX Spectrum.

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