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1985: Making TEXT ADVENTURE Games | Micro Live | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive
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7:59Now PlayingFred Harris goes behind the scenes at Boston software company Infocom. The developer has enjoyed great success with its line of text adventure games - the likes of Zork, Planetfall, Enchanter, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - which eschew graphics in favour of a simple text display, and arcade gameplay in favour of what the company calls 'interactive fiction'.
Game designer Dave Liebling - one of Infocom's founder members - is currently putting the finishing touches to a new game called Spellbreaker. He explains the processes that go in to making a good text-adventure game.
This clip is from Micro Live, originally broadcast 29 November, 1985.
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