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IT’S NOT JUST A PLATFORM GAME, IT’S AN ADVENTURE: The European Invention of the Action-Adventure Game 1983-1990

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Abstract

Was the action-adventure game was invented in Europe? This presentation argues that much of 1980s European home computer game history was an extended development of an action-adventure tradition predating later games such as Nintendo’s Metroid. Both home computer and European video game history is often forgotten (Navarro-Remesal and Pérez-Latorre 2021, 15) and this presentation aims to recover the particularly central history of the action-adventure game.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date11 Oct 2024
Publication statusPublished - 11 Oct 2024
EventCentral and Eastern European Game Studies conference 2024: Reimagining games, art and performativity - University of the Peloponnese, Nafplio, Greece
Duration: 10 Oct 202412 Oct 2024
https://ceegs2024.uop.gr/ceegs2024/

Conference

ConferenceCentral and Eastern European Game Studies conference 2024
LocationUniversity of the Peloponnese
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityNafplio
Period10/10/202412/10/2024
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