====== History of Related Game Genres ======

[[Adventure Game Engines]]

===== Pen-and-Paper =====

**Novels and Novellas** (Non-Game, Text Only. No Choices. From Antiquity)

**Tabletop Role-Playing Games** (Statistics, Randomness, and Narrative. 1974–)

**Choose Your Own Adventure Books** (Text and Choices Only, 1979–1998)

===== Computer Games =====

**Text Adventures** (Narrative influenced by Keyboard Commands, 1976–)

Starting with Colossal Cave Adventure.

**Mapped Text Adventures**

**Graphical Adventures** (Minimal Narrative, Keyboard Commands, 1980–)

Starting with Hi-Res Adventure #1: Mystery House.

**Point-and-Click** Adventures (Some Narrative, Clickable Elements in the Scene)

**Visual Novels** (Narrative & Choices, No Clickable Elements in the Scene)

**Role-Playing Games** (Statistics, Randomness, and at least some Narrative)

===== Non-Game Computer Media =====

**Kinetic Novels** (Narrative with supporting Visuals, No Choices. 2004–)

Kinetic Novels are often inaccurately classified with Games or Visual Novels by Westerners.

Note: KineticNovel (without a space) is a trademark for the series put out by the Japanese game publishing company Visual Arts.

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===== Text Adventures =====

==== Castle / Wander (1973–1974) by Peter Langston ====

==== Colossal Cave Adventure (1975–1977) by Crowther and Woods ====

==== Zork (1977) ====

By Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels and Dave Lebling.

==== Aldabaran III (1977) ====

==== Crystal Cave (1977) ====

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===== Graphical Adventures =====

==== Hi-Res Adventures by OnLine Systems (Later: Sierra OnLine) ====

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  * #1 - Mystery House (1980)
  * #2 - Wizard and the Princess (1980)
  * #0 - Mission Asteroid (1980) - Yes, they numbered the third entry #0.
  * #3 - Cranston Manor (1981)
  * #4 - Ulysses and the Golden Fleece (1981)
  * #5 - Time Zone (1982)
  * #6 - The Dark Crystal (1983)

The second Hi-Res Adventure (Wizard and the Princess) became the precursor to the [[#king_s_quest_games_games_i_iv_1984_1990|King's Quest]] series.

==== Sherwood Forest (1982) ====
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==== The Hobbit (1982) ====
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==== The Portopia Serial Murder Case (1983, 1985-NES) ====
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Portopia was an early Visual Novel.

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==== Sierra OnLine: Adventure Game Interpreter ====

=== King's Quest Games (Games I—IV. 1984–1990) ===

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==== Hugo Series by David P. Gray ====

Hugo's House of Horrors, Hugo II, Whodunit?, and Hugo III, Jungle of Doom!

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===== Point and Click Adventures =====

==== ICOM Simulations Games ====
=== Déjà Vu (1985, 1988-FC, 1990-NES) ===
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=== Uninvited (1986, 1991-NES) ===
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=== Shadowgate (1987, 1989-NES) ===
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=== Déjà Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (1988, 1999-GBA)) ===
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==== Last Half of Darkness ====

Inspired by Uninvited.

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==== Sweet Home ====
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Sweet Home, the first game in what after a licensing issue would become the Biohazard (Japan) or Resident Evil (USA) series, was the first and only survival horror game on the Famicom.
==== LucasArts SCUMM Games ====

=== Maniac Mansion (1987, 1988-FC, 1990-NES) ===
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=== Secret of Monkey Island (1990) ===
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=== Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992) ===
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===== Quantic Dream Games =====

==== Heavy Rain (2010) ====

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==== Beyond Two Souls (2013) ====

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==== Detroit: Become Human (2018) ====

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