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| Author | Kim R. Schuette |
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| Illustrator | Jennifer Boynton Mia McCroskey |
| Cover artist | Estela Montesinos |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Text adventures |
| Publisher | Arrays, Inc. |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Pages | 341 [1] |
| ISBN | 0912003081 |
The Book of Adventure Games is a book by Kim Schuette published in 1984 by Arrays, Inc.
The Book of Adventure Games is a strategy guide for 77 text adventure video games, and contains descriptions, reviews, maps, and solutions for each. [2] [1]
Allen Varney reviewed The Book of Adventure Games in Space Gamer No. 70. [2] Varney commented that "The Book of Adventure Games is worth the money to any aficionado of 'interactive fiction'." [2] Mike Nicita and Roun Petrusha of Popular Computing commented that "frustrated players will appreciate Schuette's treatment of 77 of the best-known adventure games for its help in learning to play and enjoy them." [1] Similarly, Russ Lockwood of Creative Computing concluded "if you need help with a pre-1984 adventure game, The Book of Adventure Games just might be your salvation." [3]
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