Adventure
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Adventure is a pioneering 1980 action-adventure video game for the Atari 2600, widely regarded as one of the first graphical adventure games and an early example of an in-game Easter egg.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Adventure (Atari 2600) | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Atari 2600 game
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action-adventure game ⓘ single-player video game ⓘ video game ⓘ |
| audio | minimal sound effects ⓘ |
| basedOn | Colossal Cave Adventure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| companyCreditOmissionReason | Atari policy against individual developer credits at the time ⓘ |
| controlScheme | Atari CX40 joystick ⓘ |
| designer | Warren Robinett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Atari, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EasterEgg | hidden room crediting Warren Robinett ⓘ |
| EasterEggTrigger | using a gray dot to access a hidden room ⓘ |
| enemy |
Grundle
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Rhindle NERFINISHED ⓘ Yorgle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ESRBAgeRating | E (Everyone) (in later re-releases) ⓘ |
| feature |
a bat that moves items around the world
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a bridge item that lets the player pass through walls ⓘ a magnet item that attracts other objects ⓘ a sword used to slay dragons ⓘ dragons ⓘ keys that open specific castles ⓘ mazes ⓘ multiple castles ⓘ three game difficulty levels ⓘ |
| gameMode | single-player ⓘ |
| genre |
action-adventure
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fantasy ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Atari Anthology
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Atari Flashback consoles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Colossal Cave Adventure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
cited as an early precursor to The Legend of Zelda series
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influenced later action-adventure games ⓘ popularized the concept of hidden Easter eggs in video games ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first graphical adventure games
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containing one of the earliest known video game Easter eggs ⓘ |
| objective |
retrieve the enchanted chalice
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return the enchanted chalice to the golden castle ⓘ |
| perspective | top-down view ⓘ |
| platform | Atari 2600 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | square avatar ⓘ |
| publisher | Atari, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherRegion | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | NTSC ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| sales | over one million copies sold ⓘ |
| setting | fantasy kingdom with multiple castles ⓘ |
| visualStyle | simple blocky graphics ⓘ |
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