The Book of Adventure Games

The Book of Adventure Games
AuthorKim R. Schuette
IllustratorJennifer Boynton
Mia McCroskey
Cover artistEstela Montesinos
LanguageEnglish
SubjectText adventures
PublisherArrays, Inc.
Publication date
1984
Publication placeUS
Pages341[1]
ISBN0912003081

The Book of Adventure Games is a book by Kim Schuette published in 1984 by Arrays, Inc.

Contents

The Book of Adventure Games is a strategy guide for 77 text adventure video games, and contains descriptions, reviews, maps, and solutions for each.[2][1]

Reception

Allen Varney reviewed The Book of Adventure Games in Space Gamer No. 70.[2] Varney commented that "The Book of Adventure Games is worth the money to any aficionado of 'interactive fiction'."[2] Mike Nicita and Roun Petrusha of Popular Computing commented that "frustrated players will appreciate Schuette's treatment of 77 of the best-known adventure games for its help in learning to play and enjoy them."[1] Similarly, Russ Lockwood of Creative Computing concluded "if you need help with a pre-1984 adventure game, The Book of Adventure Games just might be your salvation."[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nicita, Mike; Petrusha, Ron (January 1985). "The Book of Adventure Games". Micro Reviews. Popular Computing. Vol. 4, no. 3. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. p. 172. ISSN 0279-4721 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b c Varney, Allen (July–August 1984). "Capsule Reviews". Space Gamer (70). Steve Jackson Games: 51.
  3. ^ Lockwood, Russ (September 1985). "The Book of Adventure Games". Book Reviews. Creative Computing. Vol. 11, no. 9. Los Angeles, CA: Ahl Computing Inc. p. 12. ISSN 0097-8140 – via Internet Archive.