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Full Specifications
- GENERAL
- Release
- Latest update
- Version
- 2.32
- OPERATING SYSTEMS
- Platform
- Windows
- Operating System
- Windows 98
- Windows NT
- Windows XP
- Windows 95
- Windows 2000
- Windows 10
- Windows 3
- Windows ME
- Additional Requirements
- Windows 3.x/95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
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- 45,120
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2.7/5
3 User Votes
Solid text adventure
Arnel Legaspi- Pros
- (Comment written using HLA Adventure v3.) I played the game once, and I was impressed that the author was able to produce a text adventure of this size using assembly language. The game definitely harkens nostalgia of 1980's text adventures, akin to works like Apogee's "Supernova" and IBM's "Zyll". Definitely a good addition to classic adventure games.
- Cons
- It could use a better help system, possibly a hint system for those less familiar with text adventures. Some modern standards would be well adhered to, such as the use of statuslines at the top, better descriptions of NPCs and other items, and improved spacing between groups of text. Also, an option to turn off color at the start would be great.
- Summary
Good, solid retro fun
panks- Pros
- Fun MUD-like gameplay, good sentence descriptions and interesting use of color. Lots of areas to explore and has several quests.
- Cons
- Typing 'help' at the game prompt only lists examples of how to use each command. Could be more indepth.
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Developer’s Description
By Westfront
HLA Adventure is an adventure game. The premise is to defeat an evil dragon lurking within a nearby cave. Several puzzles will confound the player throughout. It is written in Randall Hyde's HLA programming language. The game features Mippy, a cute dragon that lives happily in the forests and caves and often comes out during the later part of the day to eat leaves, smoulder decaying trees, and generally romp around like every good dragon should. The author welcomes improvements and enhancements to HLA Adventure. The game includes the assembly source code necessary for program compilation. People who have helped contribute to this project include Frank Kotler, Randy Hyde, Sevag Krikorian and Ryan McLaughlin (among many others).
Version 2.32 includes more than 223 rooms, 25 items, 10 quests, and 30 monsters.