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'''''Adventureland''''' was a text [[adventure game]] by [[Adventure International]]. | '''''Adventureland''''' was a text [[adventure game]] by [[Adventure International]]. | ||
It was the first adventure game that was sold commercially. The company went bankrupt in 1985 as a result of the [[video game crash of 1983]]. The rights to the game eventually reverted to [[Scott Adams]], who re-released it for free as [[shareware]]. | |||
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[[Category: Scottfree]] | [[Category: Scottfree]] | ||
[[Category: ScummVM]] | [[Category: ScummVM]] | ||
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[[Category: Text-based games]] | [[Category: Text-based games]] | ||
[[Category: Video games]] | [[Category: Video games]] | ||
Revision as of 14:10, 21 March 2024
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| Developer | Adventure International AI UK (BBC Micro, Dragon 32/64, Electron) |
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| Publisher | A B Computers (Commodore PET) AI (Atari 8-bit, C64, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo) AI UK (BBC Micro, Dragon 32/64, Electron) Creative Computing (Apple II, Sorcerer, PET, TRS-80) Level IV Products (TRS-80) Mad Hatter Software (PET, TRS-80) Small System Software (TRS-80) SoftSide Magazine (TRS-80) Texas Instruments (TI-99/4A) TRS-80 Software Exchange (TRS-80) |
| Platforms | Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, Dragon 32/64, Exidy Sorcerer, PET, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum |
| Released | TRS-80 US: December 1978 (TRS-80 Software Exchange) US: 1979 (AI, Level IV, Mad Hatter, Small System) US: July 1980 (SoftSide Magazine) UK: 1979 (Creative Computing Software) Commodore PET United States: 1979 Exidy Sorcerer United States: November 1979 Apple II United States: 1980 Atari 8-bit computers, TI-99/4A, VIC-20 United States: 1981 Commodore 64 United States: 1982 TRS-80 Color Computer United States: 1983 BBC Micro United Kingdom: 1983 Acorn Electron, Dragon 32/64 United Kingdom: 1985 |
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Adventureland was a text adventure game by Adventure International.
It was the first adventure game that was sold commercially. The company went bankrupt in 1985 as a result of the video game crash of 1983. The rights to the game eventually reverted to Scott Adams, who re-released it for free as shareware.
