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Microsoft Adventure
TRS-80/Apple II cover
Developer(s)Softwin Associates
Publisher(s)
Single-player

Microsoft Adventure is a 1979

Apple II, and later for the IBM PC. It was programmed for the company by Gordon Letwin of Softwin Associates.[1]

Gameplay

Microsoft Adventure is a text game in which the player

points for successfully exploring areas and gathering treasure.[2] It contains 130 rooms, 15 treasures, 40 useful objects and 12 problems to be solved. The progress of two games can be saved on a diskette.[3]
The game features most of the content as Colossal Cave Adventure, along with a few locations unique to this version.

Release

Microsoft originally released Microsoft Adventure in 1979 for the TRS-80 and the Apple II under its new division, Microsoft Consumer Products. IBM later included Microsoft Adventure as the only game in the initial software releases for the IBM Personal Computer,[2] making it one of the first two games available for the new computer[4] along with DONKEY.BAS (which was included in the operating system). It was released on a single-sided 51⁄4 inch disk, required 32K RAM, as a self-booting disk; it could not be opened from DOS.

Reception

Carrington Dixon reviewed Microsoft Adventure in

PC Magazine also reviewed the game positively, writing, "This hoary old classic should be included in any player's collection of games for the IBM PC."[5]

References

  1. ^ "Microsoft Consumer Products Continuing the Microsoft Tradition". Byte. 4 (12): 179. December 1979. Only Microsoft offers Adventure complete, as originally written for the DEC PDP-10, now implemented on personal computers. The ultimate fantasy/logic game, Adventure allows you to explore the depths of the "Colossal Cave,' [...] Adventure fills an entire disk with everything you need for your exploration. Written by Gordon Letwin, of SOFTWIN, Associates. Adventure for the TRS-80 requires a single-disk, 32K system. For the Apple II" a single-disk, 32K system with either the standard disk or language card system. For just $29.95.
  2. ^ a b c d Dixon, Carrington (March 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (49). Steve Jackson Games: 34.
  3. ^ "IBM Archives: Product fact sheet". 03.ibm.com. 1981-08-12. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  4. ^ Lemmons, Phil (October 1981). "The IBM Personal Computer / First Impressions". BYTE. p. 36. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  5. PC Magazine
    . 1 (8): 179–180. December 1982.

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