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TechStuff Tidbits: What was the first text-based adventure game?

TechStuff Tidbits: What was the first text-based adventure game?

TechStuff

June 14, 202318m 10s

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Back in my day, computer games didn't have fancy graphics or immersive sound. They just had plain old text, and we liked it! We look at the origins of the text-based adventure game and how these games are a creative challenge to make.

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video gamescomputer gamesColossal Cave AdventureAdventureWill CrowtherARPANETtext-based gameHitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyZorkLeather Goddess of Phobosvisual novel