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Ghost Town

Ghost Town is a text adventure with some simple graphics acting as a map. The game is set in an old American town, deserted in the aftermath of the Californian gold rush. The task of the player is to locate…

31 December 1983

Ghost Town is an adventure, released 31 December 1983 on ZX Spectrum.

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What Ghost Town is

Ghost Town was released in 1983. It was published by Virgin Games. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ghost Town is a text adventure with some simple graphics acting as a map. The game is set in an old American town, deserted in the aftermath of the Californian gold rush. The task of the player is to locate Jake Clampett's gold mine, collect its hidden gold and return with it to the town square. Everything that the player needs can be found by exploring the town. The game uses a text parser that can understand three forms of input. These are two word sentences consisting of a noun and a verb (such as open door), single words such as north and inventory and abbreviations such as N for north and U for up.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Ghost Town launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Ghost Town come out?
Ghost Town was released on 31 December 1983 for ZX Spectrum.

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