Microworld
Microworld is a 1981 text adventure published by Med Systems Software for the TRS-80. An Atari 8-bit computer version followed.
Microworld
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- 1981
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Microworld is a 1981 text adventure published by Med Systems Software for the TRS-80. An Atari 8-bit computer version followed.
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• Title — Microworld • Developer — Arti Haroutunian • Publisher — Med Systems Software • Platforms — TRS-80, Atari 8-bit • Released — 1981 • Genre — Interactive fiction
Gameplay
Gameplay
Microworld is a text only adventure game in which the player becomes an "electroid" and searches inside the circuits of a TRS-80 computer for colored integrated circuit chips.
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• SoftSide (mentioned in table of contents, but scan is cut off)
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Reception
Allen L. Wold reviewed Microworld in The Space Gamer No. 52. Wold commented that "for the intelligent child, the adventure gaming beginner, or someone who'd just like to 'get into' his or her computer for a while, Microworld can be a lot of fun."
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- 1.Microworld. Atari Mania.
- 2.Wold, Allen L. Capsule Reviews. The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games. 52. 40. June 1982.
- 3.SoftSide Magazine Issue 44 (Solitaire). May 1982.
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