Eamon (1980)

Donald Brown

Apple II · DOS

2.40 from 5 ratings

21 members have it in their collection · 7 backlogged · 3 wish listed

Eamon, sometimes known by the longer title The Wonderful World of Eamon, is a role-playing adventure game created by Donald Brown and released for the Apple II in 1980. The game is a text adventure similar to other early titles like Adventure (1976) or Zork (1980) and to later text-based Multi-user dungeons (MUDs), though with many role-playing elements not available … Read more
Eamon, sometimes known by the longer title The Wonderful World of Eamon, is a role-playing adventure game created by Donald Brown and released for the Apple II in 1980. The game is a text adventure similar to other early titles like Adventure (1976) or Zork (1980) and to later text-based Multi-user dungeons (MUDs), though with many role-playing elements not available in other interactive fiction. Eamon software is non-commercial and is freely available in the public domain. Read less
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Details

Developers
Donald Brown
Publishers
Donald Brown
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Fantasy

Release dates

  • Q1 1980 (Worldwide) Apple II
  • Q1 1997 (Worldwide) DOS
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Rating distribution

5 stars
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Community All Reviews Statuses

b_n

Review b_n 3/5 · Nov 20, 2014

1001 Games - #13

Pros: successful RPG element builds on character from quest to quest, high number of available adventures

Cons: variable quality between adventures, simple verb-noun parser hinders puzzle solving aspect

Recommendation: Your opinion of Eamon is likely linked to your opinion of text-based adventure games. The most unique aspect is that Eamon is freely distributed software that many …

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1001 Games - #13

Pros: successful RPG element builds on character from quest to quest, high number of available adventures

Cons: variable quality between adventures, simple verb-noun parser hinders puzzle solving aspect

Recommendation: Your opinion of Eamon is likely linked to your opinion of text-based adventure games. The most unique aspect is that Eamon is freely distributed software that many members of the community have added upon. The basic game and several added adventures are available online.

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