| The Book of Adventure Games | |
| Author: | Kim R. Schuette |
| Illustrator: | Jennifer Boynton Mia McCroskey |
| Cover Artist: | Estela Montesinos |
| Country: | US |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Text adventures |
| Publisher: | Arrays, Inc. |
| Pub Date: | 1984 |
| Pages: | 341[1] |
| Isbn: | 0912003081 |
The Book of Adventure Games is a book by Kim Schuette published in 1984 by Arrays, Inc.
The Book of Adventure Games is a strategy guide for 77 text adventure video games, and contains descriptions, reviews, maps, and solutions for each.[1]
Allen Varney reviewed The Book of Adventure Games in Space Gamer No. 70.[2] Varney commented that "The Book of Adventure Games is worth the money to any aficionado of 'interactive fiction'."[2] Mike Nicita and Roun Petrusha of Popular Computing commented that "frustrated players will appreciate Schuette's treatment of 77 of the best-known adventure games for its help in learning to play and enjoy them."[1] Similarly, Russ Lockwood of Creative Computing concluded "if you need help with a pre-1984 adventure game, The Book of Adventure Games just might be your salvation."[3]