The Institute (video game)
This article is about the 1983 graphic adventure game. For other uses, see The Institute.
| The Institute | |
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| Developer(s) |
Jyym Pearson, Robyn Pearson |
| Publisher(s) | Screenplay |
| Platform(s) |
C64, Atari 8-bit |
| Release date(s) | 1983 |
| Genre(s) |
Text adventure (original release), Graphic adventure |
The Institute is a 1983 graphic adventure game released for the TRS-80, Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit by Screenplay.
Gameplay
The game's interface was typical of illustrated text adventures. The user navigated their character through a graph of rooms by entering commands with the keyboard: "N", "W", "S", and "E" are used to move respectively north, west, south, and east; simple text commands to interact and investigate objects within the rooms such as "open door" are also used.
The game's protagonist is a mental patient trying to escape from the institute (hence the title). A good deal of the game takes place in drug-induced hallucinations, though in some versions the drug is a "strange powder" that sends you into "dreams".
External links
- Background from Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe
- Review from Antic Vol. 3 No. 7
- Stephan's Retrocomputing Site (contains solution)
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