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2 unusual facts about adventure game


Roxx Gang

In 2006, two of its songs off of the Things You've Never Done Before album, "Ball 'N Chain" and "No Easy Way Out" were featured in the THQ action-adventury video game Saints Row.

Whale oil

Whale oil is used as an imporant energy source and researched for possible energy weapon use in the stealth action adventure videogame Dishonored.


A Vampyre Story: Year One

A Vampyre Story: Year One is an upcoming episodic point-and-click adventure game prequel to A Vampyre Story, developed by Autumn Moon Entertainment for Windows.

Advent Shadow

Advent Shadow was an action-adventure game developed for the PlayStation Portable handheld and a side story of Advent Rising, however, the game was cancelled in January 2006.

Asterix and the Magic Cauldron

Asterix and the Magic Cauldron is a graphical adventure game, where the player takes the role of Asterix, who has to find all the pieces of the missing cauldron, so that Getafix the druid can brew magic potion and the Gaulish village can stand against the Romans.

Asterix: Mega Madness

Asterix: Mega Madness (known as Asterix: Maximum Gaudium in Germany) is an action adventure video game released on 30 May 2001 for the PlayStation and PC.

Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold

Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold is an adventure game designed for PlayStation.

Batman: The Caped Crusader

Batman; The Caped Crusader is an action adventure game developed by Special FX Software (Jonathan Smith, Zach Townsend, Charles Davies, and Keith Tinman) and published by Ocean Software for the 8-bit home computers such as the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 and by Data East for other platforms such as the Apple II, Commodore Amiga and PC in 1988.

Coarsegold, California

The 1993 computer-based adventure game Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist, is set in a fictionalized Coarsegold, California in the 1880s.

CRL Group

Dracula and Frankenstein were awarded "15" certificates by the British Board of Film Censors for their graphics depicting bloody scenes, while Jack the Ripper and Wolfman gained "18" certificates.

Dialog tree

Another variation of branching dialogues can be seen in the adventure game Culpa Innata, where the player chooses a tactic at the beginning of a conversation, such as using either a formal, casual or accusatory manner, that affects the tone of the conversation and the information gleaned from the interviewee.

Dora the Explorer: Journey to the Purple Planet

Dora the Explorer: Journey to the Purple Planet is an action-adventure video game based on the television series Dora the Explorer, developed by Monkey Bar Games, published by Global Star Software and powered by Vicious Engine.

Dune II

According to Virgin Interactive vice president Stephen Clarke-Willson in 1998, the development of Dune II began when Virgin Interactive planned to cancel the production of Cryo Interactive's adventure game Dune, after which he was given the task of figuring out what to do with the Dune license.

Eternal Daughter

Eternal Daughter is a freeware action-adventure game created by amateur developers Derek Yu and Jon Perry and released on June 21, 2002 under the label Blackeye Software.

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is a comic Old West adventure computer game created by Al Lowe (of Leisure Suit Larry fame) and Josh Mandel (of Callahan's Crosstime Saloon fame) and published by Sierra On-Line in 1993.

God of War video game collections

God of War is an award-winning, critically acclaimed, and best-selling action-adventure video game series loosely based on Greek mythology.

Hannah Montana video games

Since the show's premiere, there have been a number of adventure/rhythm video games based on the Disney Channel show, Hannah Montana and the film.

Jurassic Park: Survival

Jurassic Park: Survival is cancelled action-adventure video game, based upon the Jurassic Park franchise, that was to be released on the PlayStation 2 in the Summer of 2002.

Little Big Adventure

Little Big Adventure is a real-time pseudo-3D isometric action-adventure game.

Metroid Dread

Metroid Dread was a cancelled 2D side-scrolling adventure video game by Nintendo intended for release on the Nintendo DS handheld game console.

Royal Game of Ur

In the Action-adventure game Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, one of the hidden treasures is the board game.

Steppenwolf: The X-Creatures Project

Steppenwolf: The X-Creatures Project is an online adventure game created by Warner Bros. Studios and Sarbakan.

Still Alive: The Remixes

It was released by Artwerk on 11 November 2008 to coincide with the North American release date of Mirror's Edge, an action-adventure video game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) for which "Still Alive" had been chosen as the main theme.

The Kristal

The game features a number of different classic game genres merged: fighting, space flight/combat, and (to a limited extent) LucasArts-style point-and-click adventuring.

Thorgal

In 2002, a new story was invented for a point-and-click adventure game, titled Thorgal: Curse of Atlantis, that was released for Windows by Cryo Interactive Entertainment.

Track7

It became well known by its upcoming adventure game Theseis to be released in the Xbox 360 and PC platforms through Track7 Games and also by its music company named Track7 Music having signed major names in the Greek music industry.

Waking Mars

Waking Mars is an Platform-adventure game produced by Tiger Style in which players jetpack through underground Mars caves and encounter a host of alien lifeforms that operate as an ecosystem.

Zyll

It was written by Marshal Linder and Scott Edwards, two IBM employees, and marketed as an adventure game.


see also

Aural Sculpture

The programme was an adventure game written using a framework called The Quill.

Big Finish

Big Finish Games, the production company behind the Three Cards to Midnight adventure game

Boss key

Sierra On-Line's comedy/sci-fi adventure game Space Quest III had a so-called boss key available from the game's pulldown menu.

Christopher Jones

Chris Jones (AGS), creator of the freeware adventure game creation tool Adventure Game Studio

Cyberflix

Cyberflix's founder, Bill Appleton, is famous for his work with the SuperCard development environment and for the early World Builder adventure game production system.

Deryni Adventure Game

The Deryni Adventure Game uses Freeform Universal Donated Game Engine (FUDGE), a system created in 1992 by Steffan O'Sullivan on the rec.games.design newsgroup.

DreamCatcher Interactive

The Adventure Company brand label under DreamCatcher has released many adventure game series' including series' based on Agatha Christie novels.

EFMI

Escape from Monkey Island, a computer adventure game developed and released by LucasArts in 2000

Fallen London

On September 3, 2013, Failbetter Games launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund Sunless Sea, a PC adventure game taking place in the Echo Bazaar universe.

High Holborn

The street is depicted on Christmas 1883 in one of the segments of the 2005 Doctor Who on-line adventure game, "Attack of the Graske".

Isle of Ewe

For the same reason, it was also featured as a desert island in the second chapter of Telltale Games' adventure game Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay.

J. Todd Coleman

Coleman's start in the virtual world industry was in 1985, when he was selected to be a Game Master on a dial-up adventure game known as Scepter of Goth.

James Mishler

During his career in the adventure game industry, James has worked for Andon Unlimited; Wizards of the Coast; Chessex Distribution; West End Games; Kenzer & Company; ACD Distribution; Krause Publications, as an associate editor on Scrye magazine; WizKids; and, since 2004, F&W Publications, as an associate editor on Comics Buyer's Guide, news editor on Scrye, and managing editor on Comics & Games Retailer, where he remains today.

Jim Walls

Walls also created Blue Force, another adventure game featuring a police officer, in 1993 for Tsunami Games.

John Woodnutt

He had many television and film roles, including that of Henry VII in the first episode of The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970); Sir Watkyn Bassett in the television version of Jeeves and Wooster (1990 to 1993); and Merlin and Mogdred in the children's adventure game programme Knightmare (1987–1990).

Laureano de Torres y Ayala

He made an appearance in Ubisoft action-adventure game, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, as one of the main antagonists and a Grand Master of the Templar Order.

Lost Souls

Dark Fall: Lost Souls, the third installment in the Dark Fall adventure game series

Louis Aguirre

Louis voiced Cortez/Manny Chavez and the minor character Adrian in Funcom's The Longest Journey adventure game, released in 1999.

Neverwinter

Other products will include a new MMORPG PC game taking place 100 years after the events of Neverwinter Nights 2, a roleplay adventure game and a board game.

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals is a point and click adventure game developed by White Birds Productions and based on the graphics novels of Enki Bilal's The Nikopol Trilogy.

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

A text adventure game adaption based on the book was developed and published by Domark, and released in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, Atari XL, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum computers.

NStigate Games

According to a preview article in the March 2007 issue of Game Informer, Conan is an action/adventure game based on Robert E. Howard's famous sword and sorcery hero, Conan the Barbarian.

Oakhurst, California

Many industry firsts were achieved in Oakhurst including the development of the first 3D adventure game (King's Quest, 1984) and one of the first online gaming networks (The Sierra Network, 1989).

Oh My Goddess!

An adventure game titled Aa! Megami-sama! for the NEC PC-9801 was released in 1993 by Banpresto.

Pajama Sam In: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside

Pajama Sam: No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside is a 1996 children's point-and-click adventure game originally released for PC and Mac.

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel

Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is an adventure game (and police simulation) produced by Jim Walls for Sierra On-Line, and originally released in 1987 built on their AGI.

Sierra Entertainment

While working to finish The Black Cauldron, programmers Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy began to plan for an adventure game of their own.

Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All The Girls

The text adventure game Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All The Girls is the first installment of the Spellcasting series created by Steve Meretzky during his time at Legend Entertainment.

Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance

The text adventure game Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance is the second instalment of the Spellcasting series created by Steve Meretzky during his time at Legend Entertainment.

Spellcasting 301: Spring Break

The text adventure game Spellcasting 301: Spring Break is the third and last installment of the Spellcasting series created by Steve Meretzky during his time at Legend Entertainment.

The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout

The game is a side-scrolling adventure game where players get to control the famous Warner Brothers cartoon character Bugs Bunny on a quest to get to his 50th birthday party.

The Gone Jackals

The band collaborated with Peter McConnell of LucasArts to produce the soundtrack to the biker-themed adventure game Full Throttle; tracks from Bone to Pick were specifically adapted for this purpose.

The Lost Jedi

The Lost Jedi Adventure Game Book was written by Paul Cockburn and published in 1995.

The Missing Ring

The Missing Ring is a fantasy adventure game with a similar premise to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game series—a band of adventurers, which may include humans, elves, dwarves or wizards, enters an enchanted palace to seek treasure and slay enemies.

Upper Sandusky, Ohio

In the Infocom interactive fiction adventure, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, the hero (or heroine, depending on player choice) was from Upper Sandusky, Ohio and the first scene of the adventure game took place in a bar in the town.

Virginia Capers

Capers provided the narration for the adventure game Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.

Wintermute

Wintermute Engine, a graphical adventure game engine developed by Dead:Code software

ZGI

Zork: Grand Inquisitor, a graphical adventure game released in 1997 for the IBM compatible PC and Apple Macintosh