''Adventure'' is a video game published in the UK by
Micro Power.
It was released on the
Acorn Atom in 1982
and on the
Acorn Electron and
BBC Micro in 1983.
Gameplay
The game is a
text adventure, being an attempted reconstruction of the original ''
Adventure'' computer game, although it is not very faithful to the original mainframe version.
In this version of the game, the player must rescue a princess from the Magic Caverns.
There are over a hundred different locations and many problems must be solved in order to achieve this goal.
The game supports one or two word commands and the most useful commands are available via function key shortcuts e.g. INVENTORY, CHECK SCORE etc.
The game's instructions do not reveal all valid verbs, as it is left to the player to discover them.
The instructions also mention that the
Arabian Nights
''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...
folk tales may provide useful hints to the player.
The Acorn Atom version of the game requires 12K of RAM
and is unrelated to another Acorn Atom title (a text adventure game engine), also called ''Adventure'' from Acornsoft.
Reception
References
External links
Gamespot entry for Adventure (Micro Power)
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1982 video games
Acorn Atom games
BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games
Micro Power games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom