Adventure Games
Genres of Games
Simulation Strategy
Role PlayingAction
What is an Adventure Game?
“To be able to type commands to a computer in something that looked like English and to have it respond to you with lines of text telling you what happens next, that captivated people.”
>GET LAMP, The Text Adventure Documentary
Text-Based Adventures 1970s
Sierra On-Line
Mystery House - 1980
Space Quest - 1986King’s Quest - 1983
LucasArtsLucasfilm Games
Maniac Mansion - 1987
Zak McKracken - 1988
The Secret of Monkey Island -
1990
“Hey, how about a 3D graphic adventure that tells a tale of hard, cold crime and corruption in a wildly surreal and mythical world, combining elements of ancient Mexican folklore, classic film noir movies, and '60s-era custom hot rods? Woooo! Caffeine high!”-Tim Schafer, Designer Diarieshttp://www.grimfandango.net/?page=diaries
Released 1998 by LucasArts
So what happened?
“And you know, when I started out in the industry, it was very, very niche. If you were not a hardcore game player, you knew nothing about games. But today, pretty much everybody you run into plays games at some level, and I think that's a very positive thing.”
- Ron Gilberthttp://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3706/spanking_death_ron_gilbert_goes_.php?