Genre(s) Text adventure Initial release date 1979 Designer Scott Adams | Mode(s) Single player Developer Adventure International | |
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Series Scott Adams Classic Adventures Platforms Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, Web browser Publishers Adventure International, Texas Instruments Similar Scott Adams Classic Adventures games, Scott Adams games, Adventure games | ||
The Count is a text-based adventure program written by Scott Adams and published by Adventure International.
Gameplay
The player character has been sent to defeat the vampire Count Dracula by the local Transylvanian villagers, and must obtain and use items from around the vampire's castle in order to defeat him. Players move from location to location, picking up any objects found and using them somewhere else to solve puzzles. The interface is text-based; commands took the form of verb and noun, e.g. "Climb Tree". Movement from location to location was limited to North, South, East, West, Up and Down.
The game differs from earlier Scott Adams adventures due to the use of time. Set over three days, certain problems needed to be solved on particular days, and events would happen at particular times on certain days. The protagonist also had to avoid being attacked on the first two nights to finish the game.