Avon
An Interactive Fiction adventure by Jon Thackray and Dr. Jonathan Partington for the IBM System/370 'Phoenix' mainframe system at the University of Cambridge.
31 December 1982
Avon is an adventure, released 31 December 1982 on Legacy Computer.
What Avon is
Avon was released in 1982. It is available on Legacy Computer only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are a tourist visiting Stratford-upon-Avon, but all is not as it seems... When you try to buy a cauldron off these three old ladies, things start to get weird. When you leave the shop, you are in the middle of Stratford again - but it is populated with characters from Shakespeare's plays. You must save yourself from the wicked witches, travel between different seasons and try not to get killed while you seek for the way back to the real world...
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Avon launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Xevious and Grand Prix.
Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Xevious, Grand Prix.
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When did Avon come out?
Avon was released on 31 December 1982 for Legacy Computer.
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