Empire of the Over-Mind
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Publisher(s) | Avalon Hill |
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Designer(s) | Gary Bedrosian[2] |
Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, TRS-80, MS-DOS |
Release | 1981: Apple, TRS-80 1982: Atari [1] 1986: MS-DOS [2] |
Genre(s) | Interactive fiction |
Empire of the Over-Mind (sometimes Empire of the Overmind) is an interactive fiction game written by Gary Bedrosian and published by Avalon Hill for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and TRS-80 in 1981.[3] A version with an enhanced display for MS-DOS by Bedrosian was published in 1986.[2]
Contents[]
Empire of the Over-Mind is an all-text adventure game in which the player tries to destroy the Over-Mind, an evil computer that has taken over a magic kingdom.[4]
Reception[]
In a 1984 COMPUTE! piece on adventure games, Selby Bateman wrote: "One very popular game for Avalon Hill has been its all-text adventure, Empire of the OverMind [sic] for Apple II and Atari computers, which is still selling well, notes Jack Dodd, Avalon Hill's director of marketing."[5]
Bill Seligman reviewed Empire of the Overmind in The Space Gamer No. 49.[4] Seligman commented that "For the price of this primitive program, one could buy two-and-a-half Scott Adams all-text adventures or one full-color graphics adventure from On-Line. Not recommended."[4]
References[]
- ^ "Empire of the Over-Mind". Atari Mania.
- ^ a b c Dyer, 1Jason (June 9, 2017). "Empire of the Over-Mind". Renga in Blue: Interactive fiction and the All the Adventures project.
- ^ "Empire of the Over-Mind Manual". archive.org. Avalon Hill. 1981.
- ^ a b c Seligman, Bill (March 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (49): 34.
- ^ Bateman, Selby (October 1984). "Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?". Compute! (54): 42.
External links[]
- Electronic Games review
- 1984 Software Encyclopedia from Electronic Games
- Review in The Addison Wesley Book Of Atari Software 1984
- Another review in Electronic Games
- Review in Compute!'s Guide to Adventure Games
- Review in Page 6
- Empire of the Over-Mind in the Interactive Fiction Database
- 1981 video games
- 1980s interactive fiction
- Apple II games
- Atari 8-bit family games
- Avalon Hill video games
- DOS games
- TRS-80 games
- Video games developed in the United States