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unusual facts about adventure games



Jane Jensen

Jane Jensen (b. January 28, 1963 in Palmerton, Pennsylvania) is the game designer of the popular and critically acclaimed Gabriel Knight adventure games and author of the novels Judgment Day and Dante's Equation.

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.


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Decoder pen

Fans of the adventure games released by Sierra Entertainment in the 1980s such as King's Quest and Space Quest are also familiar with the decoder pen, which was used to reveal the answers to hints in the hints book sold for each game.

Drakar och Demoner

Drakar och Demoner (Swedish for Dragons and Demons, in Sweden commonly referred to by the abbreviation "DoD") is a Swedish fantasy role-playing game first published in 1982 by the game publishing company Äventyrsspel ("Adventure Games", later renamed Target Games).

Frenetic

The Frenetic Five, a series of interactive fiction ("text adventure") games for a wide variety of platforms

La Grande, Oregon

Ron Gilbert, a computer game designer, best known for his work on several LucasArts adventure games

Tierra

Tierra Entertainment, now known as AGD Interactive, a non-profit game company specializing in remakes of classic adventure games by Sierra Entertainment

Wadjet eye

Wadjet Eye Games, an indie video game developer which specialises in point and click adventure games.