Text Adventure Development System
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| Text Adventure Development System | |
| Developer | Michael J. Roberts |
|---|---|
| Publisher | High Energy Software |
| Platforms | Cross-platform |
| Released | 1988-2013 |
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Text Adventure Development System is a scripting language and toolkit for creating text adventure games 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
| Title | Developer | Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure | Will Crowther, Don Woods, Dave Baggett | 1993 | |
| Zork | Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels, Marc Blank, Tim Anderson, Darin Johnson | 1996 | |
| Adventure 3 | Will Crowther, Don Woods, David Platt | 1999 | |
| Adventure 6 | Will Crowther, Don Woods, David Picton | 1999 | |
| 580 Point Adventure | Will Crowther, Don Woods, Bennett Standeven | 1999 | |
| 701 Point Adventure | Will Crowther, Don Woods, David Platt | 2000 | |
| 701+ Point Adventure | Will Crowther, Don Woods, David Platt | 2004 |
