Micro Adventurer (June 1984)

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Cover of the June 1984 issue of Micro Adventurer

Micro Adventurer was an early computer games magazine published in the U.K. that specifically covered adventure games, war/strategy games and simulations. The June 1984 issue includes the following:

  • Letters - Letters from readers about adventure games on the VIC 20, The Hobbit on the Spectrum, the conversion of The Hobbit for the BBC, and more.

  • News - Level 9 provides clue sheets for its adventure games; Lords of Midnight from Beyond; Shards Software releases various games for the Spectrum and Dragon; Commodore offers Zork trilogy on disk for the Commodore 64; Valhalla released for the Commodore 64; and much more.

  • Maze programming - A guide to creating mazes with several programming examples.


  • Table of Contents from the June 1984 issue of Micro Adventurer

  • Software Inventory - A look at new games including Wheel of Fortune (BBC B), Castle Blackstar (Spectrum), North Sea Oil (Dragon 32), The Lost Gnomes (Spectrum), Encounter (Sharp MZ-700), Knight Driver (Spectrum), Marooned! (VIC-20), Armageddon (Commodore 64), Micro Command (Spectrum), The Greedy Dwarf (BBC B), and more.

  • Basicoding - A BASIC program to help you create your own adventure games.

  • Bookware - A look at games based on books including The Hobbit, Escape from Arkaron and The Pen and the Dark, Besieged!, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and Into the Empire among others.

  • Creating adventures - A detailed look at The Quill, software that you can use to create your own adventure games.


Back cover of the June 1984 issue of Micro Adventurer

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