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| {{Infobox_Software |
| | #REDIRECT [[Mystery House]] |
| software_name = Mystery House|
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| software_image = [[File:Mystery House cover.png|300px]]|
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| developer = [[Sierra|On-Line Systems]]|
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| publisher = [[Sierra|On-Line Systems]]|
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| systems = [[Apple II]]|
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| release = United States: 1980|
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| added_to_museum = Apple II (from [[ScummVM|ScummVM.org]]): March 22, 2018|
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| }}
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| '''''Mystery House''''' ('''''ミステリーハウス''''') was the first [[adventure game]] with graphics.
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| It was released in [[1980]], and was the first game by [[Sierra|On-Line Systems]] (later known as Sierra On-Line, Sierra Entertainment, then just Sierra).
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| ''Mystery House'' was marketed as the first [[video game]] in the [[Sierra On-Line]] [[Hi-Res Adventures|''Hi-Res Adventures'' series]].
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| ==Plot==
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| A person searches for treasure and uncovers a murderer or before becoming the next victim.
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| ==Development==
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| 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]].
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| ==Versions==
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| ''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.
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| The game was released as freeware in 1987.
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| [[Category:ADL]]
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| [[Category:Adventure games]]
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| [[Category:Digital items owned by WEC Museum]]
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| [[Category:Freeware]]
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| [[Category:Hi-Res Adventure]]
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| [[Category:Interactive fiction]]
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| [[Category:Previously commercial software re-released for free]]
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| [[Category:ScummVM]]
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| [[Category:Video games]]
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| [[Category:video games developed by On-Line Systems]]
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| [[Category:Video games developed in the United States of America]]
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| [[Category:video games published by On-Line Systems]]
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| [[Category:video games released in 1980]]
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| [[Category:video games released in 1987]]
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| [[Category:video games released on Apple II worldwide]]
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