Scott Adams

Developer BIO

Scott Adams (b. 10th July 1952) is considered the founder of adventure-style games (interactive fiction) for personal computers. Together with his wife Alexis, he founded Adventure International as a publisher of games for home computers.

Inspired by ADVENTURE written by college students Will Crowther and Don Woods for a DEC computer in 1977, Scott Adams wrote his first game Adventureland in 1978. It was originally created for the TRS-80 in the BASIC programming language. Between 1978 and 1984 he wrote many games, all interactive fiction, and some versions contain bitmap graphics and animations. He remade his original games as SAGAs (Scott Adams Graphical Adventures).

In the mid eighties, the company went out of business and Scott became a senior programmer for Avista, Inc (Formerly Insight Industries, Inc) in Platteville, Wisconsin. After a hiatus of 15 years, he returned briefly with the release of Return to Pirate's Island 2 in August 2000, written for modern platforms.

Websites

• Scott Adams Interview -- Eric Rickase of Just Adventure talks with Scott Adams about himself, his gaming history and other projects.
• Scott Adams Grand Adventures (SAGA) -- The Interactive Fiction designer's web site includes historical information on his classic games and news about his current roles in gaming, both as a player and a programmer.

Games Credited

C64 Classix (2005), magnussoft Deutschland GmbH
Ghost Town (2005),
Golden Voyage (2005),
Mystery Fun House (2005),
Pyramid of Doom (2005),
Return to Pirate's Island (2005),
Savage Island Part Two (2005),
Strange Odyssey (2005),
Voodoo Castle (2005),
Plasmaworm (2001), Cheapass Games
Return to Pirate's Island 2 (2000),
StarCraft (1998), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
The Scott Adams Collection (1997),
Stock Market: The Game (1990), ComputerEasy
Adventure Series (1989), Starsoft Development Laboratories, Inc.
Psycho (1988), Box Office, Inc.
Black Monday (1987), Keypunch Software, Inc.
Pirates of the Barbary Coast (1987), Keypunch Software, Inc.
Savage Island Part One (1987), Tynesoft Computer Software
Fantastic Four (1985), Load'N'Go Software
Spider-Man (1985), Load'N'Go Software
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984), Adventure International
The Hulk (1984), Load'N'Go Software
Scott Adams' Graphic Adventure #3: Secret Mission (1984), Adventure International
Secret Mission (1984), Adventure International
Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle (1984), Adventure International
The Count (1981), Commodore
The Curse of Crowley Manor (1981), Adventure International
Adventureland (1978),
Pirate Adventure (1978), Adventure International