Publisher(s) | Avalon Hill |
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Designer(s) | Gary Bedrosian[1] |
Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, DOS, TRS-80 |
Release | 1981: Apple, TRS-80 1982: Atari [2] 1986: DOS [1] |
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 DOS by Bedrosian was published in 1986.[1]
Contents
Empire of the Over-Mind is a text only adventure game in which the player must free a magical kingdom from the control of the evil computer Over-Mind.[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
- 1 2 3 Dyer, 1Jason (June 9, 2017). "Empire of the Over-Mind". Renga in Blue: Interactive fiction and the All the Adventures project.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Empire of the Over-Mind". Atari Mania.
- ↑ "Empire of the Over-Mind Manual". archive.org. Avalon Hill. 1981.
- 1 2 3 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