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{{Infobox_Software |
#REDIRECT [[Mystery House]]
  software_name  = Mystery House|
  software_image  = [[File:Mystery House cover.png|300px]]|
  developer      = [[Sierra|On-Line Systems]]|
  publisher      = [[Sierra|On-Line Systems]]|
  systems        = [[Apple II]]|
  release        = 1980|
  added_to_museum = Apple II (from [[ScummVM|ScummVM.org]]): March 22, 2018|
}}
'''''Mystery House''''' was the first [[adventure game]] with graphics.
 
It was released in [[1980]], and was the first game by [[Sierra|On-Line Systems]] (later known as Sierra On-Line then later just Sierra). 
 
''Mystery House'' was marketed as the first [[video game]] in the [[Sierra On-Line]] [[Hi-Res Adventures|''Hi-Res Adventures'' series]].
 
==Plot==
A person searches for treasure and uncovers a murderer or before becoming the next victim.
 
==Development==
The story and graphics were made by [[Roberta Williams]]. The game was programmed by, and the black and white line graphics were scanned in line by line by, her husband [[Ken Williams]].
 
==Versions==
''Mystery House'' was first sold with just a disk and a one-sided card-stock paper that served as a manual in a plastic zip-lock baggie out of Ken and Roberta Williams' home.
 
The game was released as freeware in 1987.
 
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[[Category:video games developed by On-Line Systems]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States of America]]
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