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Advent
Created 2008-08-20 00:24

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Posted 08/20/2008 at 3:24:00am | by Adam Berenstain
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advent

Advent is a port of the original computer text adventure from 1976. The game describes your surroundings, and you interact with them by typing short commands such as “get lamp,” or “go north”. Unfortunately, the screen only shows the results of one command at a time, so you can’t just scroll back to earlier actions to see what happened or to get your bearings. This can make long Advent sessions a real chore. But, if text adventures are your thing, there’s some fun to be had despite the port's shortcomings. Figuring out what “xyzzy” means is a treat.

THE BOTTOM LINE
A flawed port of a piece of computer gaming history.

Advent
COMPANY: Pi-Soft Consulting, LLC
CONTACT: www.pi-soft.com
PRICE: Free
REQUIREMENTS: iPhone or iPod touch with 2.0 Software Update

Fun for die-hard text adventurers. Background image is a nice touch.
Inability to scroll back to see earlier actions and locations. Lacks spelling correction and prediction.
3/5
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