Adventure in Time

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Adventure in Time
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Publisher(s) Phoenix Software
Designer(s) Paul Berker
Platform(s) Apple II, Atari 8-bit
Release1981: Apple II [1]
1983: Atari 8-bit
Genre(s) Interactive fiction

Adventure in Time is a text adventure for the Apple II published in 1981 by Phoenix Software. An Atari 8-bit family version was released in 1983. [2]

Contents

By means of text descriptions and two word text commands, the player travels through four locations in time, attempting to find and kill Nostradamus before he assembles a world destroying weapon. [3] [4]

Development

Adventure in Time was the first game released by Illinois software company Phoenix Software, after developer Ron Unrath contacted programmer Paul Berker about writing an adventure game for the Apple II in 1980. [5] [6]

Reception

Rudy Kraft reviewed Adventure in Time in The Space Gamer No. 49. [7] Kraft commented that "Although the game does provide a little fun, there are many better games on the market. Your money would be better spent on one of them." [7] Mike Flyn of Hardcore Computing commented that while it was relatively easy, "I also found it to be rather entertaining, and on that note I do recommend it." [8] In The Book of Adventure Games , Kim Schuette commented that "The crisp, quick response, tongue-in-cheek style, and save option further add to the game's appeal." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Staff writer (1981). Adventure in Time (PDF) (Manual). Lake Zurich, Illinois: Phoenix Software Inc. pp. 1–2 – via Museum of Computer Adventure Game History.
  2. ↑ "Adventure in Time". Atari Mania.
  3. 1 2 Schuette, Kim (1984). The Book of Adventure Games. Arrays, Inc. pp.  16–18, 249. ISBN   0-912003-08-1.
  4. ↑ Fleig, Barry A.; Cutler, Robert F.; Chekel, Tom C., eds. (1 January 1983). The Blue Book for the Atari Computer. The Blue Book Family of Computer Directories (1st ed.). WIDL Video. p. 112. ISBN   9780684179216 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ Staff writer (2006). "Adventure in Time". Gallery of Undiscovered Entities.
  6. ↑ Randy Kindig (19 November 2016). "ANTIC Interview 254 - Paul Berker: Adventure in Time and Birth of the Phoenix". ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast (Podcast). Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  7. 1 2 Kraft, Rudy (March 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . No. 49. Steve Jackson Games. p. 33.
  8. ↑ Flynn, Mike (1982). "Adventure Tips". Hardcore Computing . Vol. 1, no. 3. Tacoma, Washington: Softkey Publishing. pp.  18, 50 – via Internet Archive.
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