How Warren Robinett Invented the Console Adventure Game

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Jeremy Parish has a great video retrospective of Adventure, which goes more in-depth into its historical significance and influence. It also helps to see the game in motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxDXie_2wck

My wife got me this poster (framed) for Christmas a few years ago - I have to say its one of my favorite pieces of art.

http://benfry.com/distellamap/150dpi/advnture-illus-150dpi.p...

This was in an era when videogame developers received little to no credit for their games. No names on the box, no credits at the end of the game, nothing. His hidden room easter egg was likely the only way he would be able to take any credit at all for his work.

That's exactly why those guys left Atari and started Activision. I remember reading the manuals to some of their early games and reading about the developers.

https://atariage.com/manual_page.html?SystemID=2600&Software...

Unfortunately that was the time where developers could make a game alone from A to Z and it would be considered as one of the greatest.

Nowadays except for a few indie games, developers are just cogs in the system and producers get all the fame.

Pixa! Available on Android or iOS. I also liked Doug Dug by the same author.

Indenture was also nice.

I can't believe there is no mention of Ready Player One in this article.

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