In 1984, David Braben and Ian Bell created Elite. Jordan Mechner created Karateka. Matthew Smith wrote Jet Set Willy, Mark Cerny developed Marble Madness, and Mike Singleton crafted Lords of Midnight.

A little while ago, Microsoft made the first three Zork games open-source to help preserve them. On the surface, it's a nice gesture; Zork is a key part of gaming history, and allowing people to ...

Like all video game genres, adventure games have come a long way since their introduction in the 1970s. At first, adventure games started as text-based adventures, requiring the player’s imagination ...

Back in the very early days of home computers, onscreen imagery was a bit rubbish so text-based adventure games ruled the gaming roost. The Ink Console is aiming to rekindle this retro vibe by ...