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Adventureland

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.

31 December 1978

Adventureland is an adventure developed by Scott Adams, released 31 December 1978 on Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit and BBC Microcomputer System.

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What Adventureland is

Adventureland is an adventure game developed by Scott Adams and released in 1978. It was published by Adventure International. It is available on 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 and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"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.
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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 Adventureland come out?
Adventureland was released on 31 December 1978 for 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 and ZX Spectrum.

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