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  2. Roberta Williams - Wikipedia

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    The game was considered revolutionary for its pseudo-3D elements, [17] becoming the first adventure game to allow the player character to move in front of, behind, or over other objects on the screen. [8] [12] It was also the first computer game to support the 16-color EGA standard, [12] setting a new standard for future graphic adventure games ...

  3. Adventure (1980 video game) - Wikipedia

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    Adventure is a 1980 action-adventure game developed by Warren Robinett and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600).The player controls a square avatar whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find a magical chalice and return it to the golden castle.

  4. Space Invaders - Wikipedia

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    The Arcade Awards ceremony was created that same year to honor the best video games, with Space Invaders winning the first Game of the Year (GoTY) award. [38] The impact of Space Invaders on the video game industry has been compared to that of The Beatles in the pop music industry. [131]

  5. Richard Garriott - Wikipedia

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    Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (né Garriott; born 4 July 1961) is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut.. Garriott, who is the son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, was originally a game designer and programmer, and is now involved in a number of aspects of computer-game development.

  6. Phantasy Star - Wikipedia

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    Phantasy Star Adventure is a first-person puzzle adventure game released in 1992 for the Game Gear prior to Phantasy Star Gaiden. Taking place at the same time as Phantasy Star II, it puts the players in the shoes of an agent of Paseo. He receives a letter from friend and scientist, Ken Miller, who is studying on the ice planet Dezolis and ...

  7. History of video games - Wikipedia

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    The first graphical adventure games from Sierra On-Line such as Mystery House, using simple graphics alongside text, also emerged around the same time. Rogue, the namesake of the roguelike genre, was developed in 1980 by Glenn Wichman and Michael Toy who wanted a way to randomize the gameplay of Colossal Cave Adventure. [48]

  8. Adventure game - Wikipedia

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    An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story, driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving. [1] The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media, such as literature and film, encompassing a wide variety of genres.

  9. Trinity (role-playing game) - Wikipedia

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    Trinity was the first installment in the Trinity Universe series of games (the two others being Aberrant and Adventure!) sharing a common background and developing an alternate history of humanity through two centuries, and allowing players to play almost all genres of science fiction - from comic-book superhero action to cutting edge technothriller, space opera, and old-fashioned pulp standards.