Venture is an arcade developed by Exidy, released 31 December 1981 on Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision and Arcade.
What Venture is
Venture is an arcade game developed by Exidy and released in 1981. It was published by Coleco. It is available on Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision and Arcade.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Venture you control the adventurer Winky who sets out to collect treasure. You start out on an overview map of a dungeon which shows several rooms containing treasure. Since you cannot kill any enemies while rummaging through the dungeon corridors you have to dodge them on your way to the treasure rooms since they will kill you instantly. After entering one of the rooms you are able to fight the various monsters lurking in the rooms while you collect the treasure. Be careful not to linger to long in the treasure rooms because an "Evil Otto" like monster will appear which is invincible and will hunt you down until you leave the room again. After having collected every treasure in every…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Venture launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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