Asylum (computer game)
| Asylum | |
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| Studio | Med Systems software |
| Publisher | Med Systems software |
| Senior Developer | William F. Denman Jr. |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1981 |
| platform | Atari 8-bit , C 64 , DOS , TRS-80 |
| genre | Text adventure |
| Game mode | Single player |
| control | keyboard |
| language | English |
Asylum is a computer game by the US company Med Systems Software that originally appeared in 1981 and was re-released in an improved version in 1985. It belongs to the genre of text adventures .
action
The action takes place in a facility that resembles a psychiatric hospital . The player in the role of a patient suffers from the Adventure Syndrome Leading to Ultimate Madness (Asylum) . The object of the game is to escape from the facility. The player has to solve puzzles in different rooms of the facility, talk to other patients and move through a labyrinth of connecting corridors between the rooms.
Game principle and technology
The single player adventure is controlled via the keyboard and cursor keys. Using a text parser , simple English words and sentences are entered, e.g. B. to take ("get") or examine ("examine") an object in a room. Navigation through the corridors between the rooms is carried out using cursor keys.
Production notes
Asylum was originally developed in 1981 for the TRS-80 and related computers such as the Video Genie . The version published this year had simple ASCII graphics, which were generated using the standard character set. In 1985 it was ported to the C 64 , Atari 8-bit and DOS -compatible computers, where room descriptions and parsers were improved and colored graphics were added. The game has two-dimensional graphics that complement the text description of the locations. Movement between the locations takes place through a labyrinth of corridors, which are shown in three-dimensional graphics. The developer was William F. Denman Jr. In addition to Asylum, the Screenplay company published another adventure game with a similar plot ( The Institute , 1983).
reception
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A test report from the computer magazine Happy Computer rated Asylum as a fancy, bizarre adventure game with an imaginative framework and first-class, funny graphics. The three-dimensional labyrinth and the new type of control with cursor keys were highlighted as special features. An English reviewer rated the game overall as entertaining ("I found the whole thing quite enjoyable").
Web links
- Asylum at MobyGames (English)
- Magic Chris' ASYLUM Pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c White Wizard: Asylum . In: Zzap! 64 . No. 003, July 1985, p. 85.
- ↑ Overview of development and production under Asylum at GameFAQs and Screenplay-Asylum on the Adventureland website by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier.
- ↑ Manfred Kohl, F. Wlodarczyk, Heinrich Lenhardt: Adventure freaked out . In: Happy Computer . March 1985, p. 144.