Graphic Adventure Creator

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Graphic Adventure Creator
Designer(s)
Sean Ellis
Platform(s)ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, BBC Micro
Release1985
Genre(s)Game creation system, utility
Mode(s)n/a

Graphic Adventure Creator (often shortened to GAC) is a game creation system/programming language for adventure games published by Incentive Software, originally written on the Amstrad CPC by Sean Ellis,[1] and then ported to other platforms by, amongst others, Brendan Kelly (Spectrum),[2] Dave Kirby (BBC, Electron)[3] and "The Kid" (Malcolm Hellon) (C64).[4] The pictures in the demo adventure, Ransom, were made by Pete James and the box cover art by Pete Carter.

GAC was released in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC[1] and in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum,[5][2] Commodore 64[6][4] and BBC Micro.[3] A simplified version without graphics, called just the Adventure Creator, was also released for the Acorn Electron in 1987.[7] GAC was ported to the Atari ST in 1988 as ST Adventure Creator (STAC) by the original author.[8][9]

GAC had a more advanced

The Quill, allowing commands like GET THE LAMP THEN LIGHT IT, and a built-in graphics editor. Over 300 titles were written using GAC.[10] It also came with a built in text compressor.[5]

Reception

GAC was well received, earning a Zzap! Gold Medal Award[6] and a Crash Smash.[11] Your Sinclair reviewed the ZX Spectrum version giving it a 9/10 score.[5] The ST version reached number 18 on the bestsellers chart on August 1988.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "the graphic adventure creator © incentive (1985)". www.cpc-power.com. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  2. ^ a b "The Graphic Adventure Creator at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware". Spectrum Computing. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  3. ^ a b "The Graphic Adventure Creator (BBC Model B) - Everygamegoing.com". www.everygamegoing.com. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  4. ^ a b "Graphic Adventure Creator, The". Lemon64. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  5. ^ a b c "YS Adventures - Graphic Adventure Creator". Your Sinclair. August 1986. p. 79.
  6. ^ a b "Graphic Adventure Creator". Zzap!64 (17). Newsfield: 70–71. September 1986. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  7. ^ "The Adventure Creator (Acorn Electron) - Everygamegoing.com". www.everygamegoing.com. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  8. ^ "The Game Makers - STOS, STAC and TaleSpin Make Game Creation Easy". START. Vol. 4, no. 2. September 1989.
  9. ^ a b "Atari ST STAC - ST Adventure Creator : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms". www.atarimania.com. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  10. ^ Classic Adventure Solution Archive, list of GAC titles.
  11. ^ https://worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games-adverts/g/GraphicAdventureCreatorThe_3.jpg

See also

  • The Quill, another common text adventure engine

External links

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