Adventure International

American video game publisher Adventure InternationalIndustryComputer game publishingFounded1979Defunct1986FateBankruptHeadquartersLongwood, Florida, United StatesKey peopleScott Adams, Alexis AdamsProductsAdventurelandParentScott Adams, Inc.SubsidiariesAdventure Soft UK Adventure International was an American video game publishing company that existed from 1979 until 1986. It was started by Scott and Alexis Adams. Their games were notable for being the first implementation of the adventure genre to run on a microcomputer system. The adventure game concept originally came from Colossal Cave Adventure which ran strictly on large mainframe systems at the time. History After the success of Adams' first text adventure, Adventureland, other games followed rapidly, with Adventure International (or "AI") releasing about two games a year. Initially the games were drawn from the founders' imaginations, with themes ranging from fantasy to horror and sometimes science fiction. Some of the later games were written by Scott Adams with other collaborators. In 1980, five of the company's games were ported to the VIC-20. Developer Neil Harris recalled: "[O]ur sales guys could not figure out what t