''Microworld'' is a 1981

text adventure Interactive fiction (IF) is software simulating environments in which players use text Command (computing), commands to control Player character, characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narrati ...

published by

Med Systems Software Med Systems Software was a company that produced video games for home computers in the early 1980s. In 1983, the company name was changed to Screenplay. History Med Systems Software was headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Games *''Deathm ...

for the

TRS-80 The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer developed by American company Tandy Corporation and sold through their Radio Shack stores. Launched in 1977, it is ...

. An Atari 8-bit computer version followed.

Gameplay

''Microworld'' is a text only adventure game in which the player becomes an "electroid" and searches inside the circuits of a

computer for colored

integrated circuit An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip or simply chip, is a set of electronic circuits, consisting of various electronic components (such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors) and their interconnections. These components a ...

chips.

Reception

Allen L. Wold reviewed ''Microworld'' in ''

The Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...

'' No. 52. Wold commented that "for the intelligent child, the adventure gaming beginner, or someone who'd just like to 'get into' his or her computer for a while, ''Microworld'' can be a lot of fun."

Reviews

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SoftSide ''SoftSide'' is a defunct computer magazine, begun in October 1978 by Roger Robitaille and published by SoftSide Publications of Milford, New Hampshire. History Dedicated to personal computer programming, ''SoftSide'' was a unique publication wi ...

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References

External links

* {{IFDB, id=p8m4jfzoqmsbytmx, title=Microworld 1980s interactive fiction 1981 video games Adventure games Atari 8-bit computer games Med Systems Software games TRS-80 games Video games about microbes Video games developed in the United States