Aventuras AD was a Spanish video game developer, one of the most popular in

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during the

Golden Era of Spanish Software The golden age of Spanish software ( es, edad de oro del software español) was a time, between 1983 and 1992, when Spain became the second largest 8 bit computer entertainment software producer in Europe, only behind the United Kingdom. The disap ...

in the 1980s, specialized in text adventure games. It was created as a seal split from

Dinamic Software Dinamic Software was a Spanish video game producer and publishing company. It was founded in 1983, and its activity ceased in 1992, comprising the Golden Era of Spanish Software. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent compan ...

in 1987 (''AD'' comes from ''Aventuras Dinamic'', the name they had when they were part from Dinamic from 1985 to 1987). They popularized the genre of ''aventura conversacional'' (a Spanish word for text adventures that have static graphics, which in English is part of the primitive graphic adventures), and they would release games until 1992, when they, like the rest of the Spanish companies of the time, had to close on bankruptcy, unable to switch in time to 16 bit development. They would release their titles mainly for

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, Commodore 64, MSX, IBM PC, Amstrad PCW, and in the last years also Atari ST and

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. According to IGN Spain, "They released their first games ... with great success among the Spanish public, but as time progressed, the studio found itself heading into a dead end."

Released titles

* La Aventura Original (based on

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) * El Jabato * La aventura espacial * La diosa de Cozumel * Los templos sagrados * Chichen Itzá

References

Defunct video game companies of Spain {{videogame-company-stub