Adventure (1979)

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Score Breakdown Based on 338 ratings

1. 10 (72)
2. 9 (73)
3. 8 (108)
4. 7 (42)
5. 6 (17)
6. 5 (10)
7. 4 (4)
8. 3 (2)
9. 2 (1)
10. 1 (9)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

• Rating:8.5

  The First Real Adventure Game for the Atari 2600

  By m0zart | Review Date: Jan 16, 2008 | 2600

  Rewind back to 1980 for a moment. The videogame console that holds the largest marketshare (and the free time of most kids) is the Atari 2600. Yours truly was one of its fanatical followers. Simultaneously, an extremely ... Read Full Review

  7 of 9 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Adventure (1979)

• Rating:10

  4 KBs of pure brilliance and an outstanding testimony of how well thought out gameplay exceeds graphical accomplishments

  By wiserat4 | Review Date: Apr 11, 2011 | 2600

  It seems that the games I expect the least from end up being the greatest games I've ever played. There is just something so extraordinary when a game that you don't expect to get much out of flips your world upside down... Read Full Review

  1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8

  Adventure: Adventuring down memory lane

  By leihcim | Review Date: Dec 13, 2010 | 2600

  Adventure for the Atari 2600 is what many have described as "the first action adventure ever". And indeed, after I've played it does indeed feel like an action adventure. It has sold over a million copies, making it the ... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:10

  The ultimate in nostalgia.

  By gamefreak197 | Review Date: Aug 08, 2010 | 2600

  In the beginning, there was a block. That's it. "Adventure" is all about a small block that is supposed to resemble a knight. You go out collecting a few keys and at the same time you need to avoid a few dragons. Granted... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:4

  The 5 to 15 minutes you take beating adventure, will be spent mostly swearing at a giant chicken.

  By lancerhawk | Review Date: Nov 27, 2009 | 2600

  Review 16: Adventure- Atari 2600/ Atari flashback 2 Adventure for the Atari 2600 is considered a classic by many. But I am definitely not one of those people. You start out in front of a large yellow castle, as a squ... Read Full Review

  1 of 3 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8

  So what if a game makes you a warrior that looks like a square? Adventure is the pinnacle of the retro adventure genre.

  By zolloz89 | Review Date: Apr 06, 2009 | 2600

  Adventure on the Atari 2600 was simply a masterpiece during its time. Released in the 1970s, your square had to trek through castles and dungeons, all the while slaying duck-like dragons, to retrieve the holy chalice an... Read Full Review

  3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7

  I got this on my black atari game!!!

  By xela8 | Review Date: Jul 24, 2008 | 2600

  Adventure(tm) Is the best Atari 2600 game in the world. First, you gotta get the lost Golden cup take the golden cup to the yellow castle in win. An Atari game like this makes action wonderful to the Atari series and wor... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:10

  It's obvious Adventure speaks for itself.

  By Blueguy93 | Review Date: Apr 08, 2008 | 2600

  The good: Amazing game-play, graphics were solid at the time The bad: Was released too early to be extremely popular Adventure was released in 1978 for the Atari 2600. It caught many people by surprise, considering i... Read Full Review

  1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:10

  The granddaddy of all adventure games.

  By garey017 | Review Date: Jan 17, 2008 | 2600

  This is it, everybody. If you are a fan of the adventure genre of video games, obtaining this game somehow is an absolute must. I think it is probably available on the plug & play 2600 retro clone thing that is out now... Read Full Review

  2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.5

  Three dragons, a thieving bat, and hours of fun...

  By col74 | Review Date: Jul 20, 2007 | 2600

  Adventure is one of the best games for the Atari 2600. Your goal is to retrieve the enchanted chalice and return it to the golden castle. All that stands between you and the chalice is a sticky-fingered (sticky-winged?... Read Full Review

  1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.1

  Best RPG at the time...

  By HTWingnut | Review Date: Apr 25, 2007 | 2600

  Well, it's Role Playing if you want to imagine yourself as a little colored block. While the Atari 2600 had its limitations, the developers made the most out of it. Adventure was my all time favorite Atari game, don't as... Read Full Review

  0 of 2 users found the following review helpful

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