TechStuff Tidbits: What was the first text-based adventure game?

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🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Back in my day, computer games didn't have fancy graphics or immersive sound. They just had plain old text, and we liked it! We look at the origins of the text-based adventure game and how these games are a creative challenge to make.

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