Asylum is an adventure, released 31 December 1982 on Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and TRS-80.
What Asylum is
Asylum was released in 1982. It was published by Med System Software. It is available on Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and TRS-80.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You have woken up in a room like a cell. In the room is a bed with a box on it. Inside the box is a credit card. Looking around the room you see the door open, knowing this is an asylum you plan to escape. Your task is to escape from the Asylum using the objects you find to solve the problems. Along the way though you will encounter the other inmates. The game is a graphical text adventure. The screen is split into two halves. The top half shows what you can see in front of you, in the bottom is the text describing your surroundings: here you can type commands. Using the arrow keys you move yourself about a 3D maze. You can draw a map. since it is easy to get lost.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Quick answers
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When did Asylum come out?
Asylum was released on 31 December 1982 for Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and TRS-80.
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