The Temple of Apshai
It began with Dungeons & Dragons. In the late 1970s, Jim Connelly acquired a Commodore PET to assist in his work as a Dungeon Master. He led a regular game in California. One of his players was a man named Jon Freeman, the author of books like The Complete Book of...
Pirate Adventure and the Story of Adventure International
Robert Louis Stevenson published his classic novel Treasure Island in 1882, telling the story of Jim Hawkins, the pirate Long John Silver and their quest for buried gold. Almost 100 years later, the book would serve as the inspiration for the classic adventure game...
Dungeon of Death: An RPG For The Commodore PET
I don’t remember the first text based adventure game I ever played. It seems like the sort of thing I should know given my love for the genre, but the title has vanished from my memory. Because of this I suspect, the games have attained something of a towering,...
Dog Star Adventure And the Foundation of Text Based Gaming
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… George Lucas released the film Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977, beginning a pop culture phenomenon that continues to this day. People around the world latched on to the story of Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, and the...Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
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