Adventureland cover

Scott Adams Classic Adventures Series

Adventureland

Puzzle Adventure Fantasy
60
User Score
7 ratings
December 31, 1978
Released 17287 days ago
Commodore VIC-20 BBC Microcomputer System Atari 8-bit PC-9800 Series PC-8800 Series Dragon 32/64 Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum TRS-80 Color Computer Commodore PET Acorn Electron Apple II TRS-80 FM-7 Texas Instruments TI-99

About

A text based Adventure Game for the TRS-80, later enhanced with visual scenes in various ports. Only allowed 2-Word input and was largely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.

Storyline

"Adventureland" is the first interactive fiction game by Scott Adams. In using two-word verb-noun-combinations the player tries to retrieve 13 lost treausures in a fanatasy world.
Initially the game did not feature any graphics at all. As time progressed, though, ports to more advanced systems were enhanced with visuals.

Screenshots

Release Dates by Platform

TRS-80 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1978
Apple II Worldwide
Dec 31, 1980
Commodore PET Worldwide
Dec 31, 1980
Atari 8-bit Worldwide
Dec 31, 1981
Commodore VIC-20 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1981
Texas Instruments TI-99 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1981
Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Dec 31, 1982
BBC Microcomputer System Worldwide
Dec 31, 1983
TRS-80 Color Computer Worldwide
Dec 31, 1983
PC-8800 Series Worldwide
Jul 1, 1984
PC-9800 Series Worldwide
Jul 1, 1984
FM-7 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1984
Acorn Electron Worldwide
Dec 31, 1985
ZX Spectrum Worldwide
Dec 31, 1985
Dragon 32/64 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1985

Game Info

Developer
Scott Adams
Publisher
Creative Computing Software, Adventure International, StarCraft, Texas Instruments Incorporated
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Text
Genres
Puzzle Adventure
Themes
Fantasy

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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