Adventureland is a seminal work of interactive fiction. It is a computer game written by Scott Adams, and was not only the first text adventure game to be commercially published and sold for the then-new home computers, but was the first commercially available adventure game of any kind for use on personal computers (although if video game consoles are included, there's some question as to whether Superman for the Atari 2600 may have preceded it ...
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Adventureland is a seminal work of interactive fiction. It is a computer game written by Scott Adams, and was not only the first text adventure game to be commercially published and sold for the then-new home computers, but was the first commercially available adventure game of any kind for use on personal computers (although if video game consoles are included, there's some question as to whether Superman for the Atari 2600 may have preceded it in the field of adventure games, as they both were published in 1978).
Gameplay involved moving between the various locations found within the game, collecting found objects (and often subsequently using them, generally in another location), and the solving of puzzles. Adventureland was a very characteristic, fantasy adventure, and the first in a series of twelve adventure games from Adams, and his company, Adventure International.
The game commands took the form of either simple, two-word, verb/noun phrases, such as "Climb Tree," or one-word...
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