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Bedlam
Manual cover art
Developer(s)Robert Arnstein
Publisher(s) Tandy Corporation
Platform(s) TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer
Release 1982
Genre(s) Interactive fiction

Bedlam is a TRS-80 based text adventure game written for the TRS-80 by Robert Arnstein and released by Tandy Corporation in 1982. [1] It was ported to the TRS-80 Color Computer. [2] The object of the game is to escape a lunatic asylum. There are several ways to escape but only one random exit is active each time the game is loaded.

Gameplay

A computer screen which displays only text about waking up from a very bad dream
Opening screen

The game is text only. Players move through the asylum by typing simple instructions using a verb- noun command such as, "go north" or "get the key". There are NPCs such as Houdini and Picasso that can be either helpful or an obstacle.

References

  1. ^ Pitre, Boisy (2014). CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 45.
  2. ^ Boyle, L. Curtis. "Bedlam". Tandy Color Computer Games.