Shadowkeep (video game)
Encyclopedia
Shadowkeep is an role playing video game and interactive fiction
computer game with graphics. The game was published by Telarium
(formerly known as Trillium), a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software
, in the year 1984. It was the first video game that inspired a novel (Shadowkeep, Warner Books 1984 by Alan Dean Foster
).
- Interview Shadowkeep was called "a groundbreaking product at the time", "which paved the way for more complex products like Eye of the Beholder and its peers".
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. It was the first video game that inspired a novel (Shadowkeep, Warner Books 1984 by Alan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Foster is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. He currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife, and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts...
).
Reception
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- Interview Shadowkeep was called "a groundbreaking product at the time", "which paved the way for more complex products like Eye of the Beholder and its peers".
External links
- Shadowkeep at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History by Howard Feldman
- Shadowkeep at Adventureland by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier
- David Cuciz: Alan Dean Foster. The Writing Game at GamespyGameSpyGameSpy Industries, Inc., known simply as GameSpy, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software. GameSpy dates back to the 1996 release of an internet Quake server search program named QSpy. The current...