Asylum (1981 video game)
1981 video game / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Asylum (1981 video game)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Asylum is an adventure game created by William F. Denman Jr. and released in 1981 by Med Systems (later known as Screenplay) of Chapel Hill, North Carolina for the TRS-80 computer. It combines a text adventure with simple line graphics to create a first-person perspective 3D game. Med Systems had earlier released games like Rat's Revenge, Deathmaze 5000, and Labyrinth with the same kind of graphics; these games were among the earliest commercial examples of 3D games.
This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2017) |
Asylum | |
---|---|
Developer(s) | William F. Denman Jr. |
Publisher(s) | Med Systems |
Platform(s) | TRS-80 |
Release |
|
Genre(s) | Adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
A sequel named Asylum II was released in 1982. The sequel was later enhanced with bitmapped graphics, color, and improved descriptions, and released simply as Asylum for the Atari 8-bit computers in 1983, and Commodore 64 and IBM PC in 1985.[2]