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There's a fine line between a "text adventure" (also called interactive fiction) and a graphic adventure. Before point and click adventure games such as Monkey Island, Gabriel Knight ore Day of the Tentacle, developer companies first attempted to create adventure games with graphics, but with a text-based interface. The one company that took advantage of this kind of adventure was Sierra On-Line with it's King's Quest, Leisure Suit Larry and Space Quest series.
mindshadow-05

Mindshadow

DOSMac OS19853.6/5 Interplay Productions
kingsquest1-1

King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown

DOS19844.3/5 Sierra On-Line
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is the first game in the popular series of King's Quest. Developed by Sierra On-line, King's Quest is an early adventure game (one of the first animated adventures), a step up from the classic graphical interactive fiction of the time. The player can use the keyword both to move the character around the game world ...