Mystery House

Mystery House
1982 re-release cover art
Developer(s)On-Line Systems
Publisher(s)On-Line Systems
Designer(s)Roberta Williams
Programmer(s)Ken Williams
SeriesHi-Res Adventures
EngineADL
Platform(s)Apple II
ReleaseMay 5, 1980
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Mystery House is an adventure game released by On-Line Systems in 1980. It was designed, written and illustrated by Roberta Williams, and programmed by Ken Williams for the Apple II.[1] Mystery House is the first graphical adventure game and the first game produced by On-Line Systems, the company which would evolve into Sierra On-Line.[2] It is one of the earliest horror video games.[3]

  1. ^ Williams, Ken. "Introduction to The Roberta Williams Anthology". The Sierra Help Pages. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  2. ^ McGuinn, Sherry (November 20, 1988). "Mom goes on-line with adventurous computer games". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Rouse III, Richard (2009). "Match Made in Hell: The Inevitable Success of the Horror Genre in Video Games". In Perron, B. (ed.). Horror in Video Games: Essays on the Fusion of Fear and Play. McFarland. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-7864547-9-2. The horror games kept going from [Zork], from one of the first graphical adventures Mystery House...

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