Adventure A: Planet of Death
For the video game that originated in the late 1990s, see Planet of Death.
| Adventure A: Planet of Death | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Artic Computing |
| Publisher(s) | Artic Computing |
| Platform(s) |
Sinclair ZX81 ZX Spectrum Commodore 64 Amstrad CPC |
| Release date(s) | 1981 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure with a third-person perspective |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Adventure A: Planet of Death is a text adventure game from Artic Computing first released for the Sinclair ZX81 (and 4k ZX80) in 1981. It was also released for the ZX Spectrum in 1982, Commodore 64 in 1984 and Amstrad CPC in 1985.
In this adventure, the player is stranded on an alien planet. The aim is to escape from this planet by finding his or her captured and disabled spaceship. The player communicates with the program by typing instructions into a simple Verb-Noun parser.
An updated version of the game has been released on iOS with a new user interface designed for the touch screen. Following the essence of the original ZX81 adventure with new locations and solutions.
External links
- Artic Computing tribute page
- The home page of The Planet of Death with Windows version for download
- Planet of Death ported to the TI-89 calculator
- Solution to Planet of Death
- Adventure A: Planet of Death at World of Spectrum
- Adventure A: Planet of Death at Lemon 64
- Adventure A: Planet of Death at MobyGames
- iPhone update of Planet of Death
- Planet of Death ZX81 Collection entry with the original inlay scan and program listing. An emulator is available on the site to play the game online.
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