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{{Infobox_Software |
  software_name   = Text Adventure Development System|
  software_image  = |
  developer       = [[Michael J. Roberts]]|
  publisher       = [[High Energy Software]]|
  systems         = Cross-platform|
  release         = 1988-2013|
  added_to_museum = Not yet|
}}
'''Text Adventure Development System''' is a scripting language and toolkit for creating text [[adventure game]]s that was first created by [[Michael J. Roberts]] in [[1988]].

==Versions==
The first version of TADS was developed by Michael J. Roberts and published by [[High Energy Software]] in 1988. TADS 2 was released shortly afterward.

The TADS 2 syntax was based on the [[C]] and [[Pascal]] programming languages. It was released as [[freeware]] in July [[1996]].

TADS 3, a rewrite of the toolkit from the ground up, was released in [[2006]]. 

==Games created with TADS==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure|Adventure]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Will Crowther]], [[Don Woods]], [[Dave Baggett]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zork (video game)|Zork]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Dave Lebling]], [[Bruce Daniels]], [[Marc Blank]], [[Tim Anderson]], [[Darin Johnson]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure|Adventure 3]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Will Crowther]], [[Don Woods]], [[David Platt]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1999
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure|Adventure 6]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Will Crowther]], [[Don Woods]], [[David Picton]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1999
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure|580 Point Adventure]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Will Crowther]], [[Don Woods]], [[Bennett Standeven]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1999
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure|701 Point Adventure]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Will Crowther]], [[Don Woods]], [[David Platt]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2000
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure|701+ Point Adventure]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Will Crowther]], [[Don Woods]], [[David Platt]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|}

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