Amazon is an interactive fiction

Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...

 computer game with graphics. The game was published by Telarium

Telarium

Telarium Corporation was a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software. The corporation was founded in 1984 and went defunct in 1987. The headquarters were in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. President of Telarium was C. David Seuss, the founder and CEO of Spinnaker Software.- Adventure games :Telarium...

 (formerly known as Trillium), a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software

Spinnaker Software

Spinnaker Software was a 1982 founded software company known primarily for its line of non-curriculum based educational software, which was a major seller during the 1980s. It was founded by chairman Bill Bowman and president C. David Seuss....

, in the year 1984 and written by Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton

John Michael Crichton , best known as Michael Crichton, was an American best-selling author, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted...

. The story is partly based on his novel Congo

Congo (novel)

Congo is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and inspecting the mysterious deaths of the previous expedition in the dense rain forest of Congo...

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Reception

German reviewers recognized the suspenseful, atmospheric and elaborated prose. Storyline, graphics and text parser

Text parser

In an adventure game, a text parser takes typed input from the player and simplifies it to something the game can understand. Usually, words with the same meaning are turned into the same word and certain filler words are dropped .The parser makes it easier for the game's author to react on input...

 got the score "sehr gut" (very good).

External links

• Amazon at Allgame
  Allgame
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• Amazon at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History by Howard Feldman
• Amazon at Adventureland by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier