{"id":24,"date":"2026-02-03T11:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:14:32","slug":"apple-iigs-adventure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/apple-iigs-80s\/apple-iigs-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple IIGS &#8211; Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adventure games were a perfect fit for desktop setups like the Apple, alongside role-playing games. Strategy games could crash when things got interesting and action games were probably better served by consoles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sierra games defined the genre. From Mystery House in 1980 and well into the 90s, until the advent of FPS contributed to practically making adventure games a thing of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have quite a few of these, so expect many more unboxings and Let&#8217;s Plays in the near future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a92872942ba3&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a92872942ba3\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"366\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adv_games_gs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adv_games_gs.jpg 838w, https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adv_games_gs-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adv_games_gs-768x335.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, you can check out the Leisure Suit Larry section <a href=\"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/apple-iigs-80s\/apple-iigs-adventure\/leisure-suit-larry-in-the-land-of-the-lounge-lizards\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"130\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adventure games were a perfect fit for desktop setups like the Apple, alongside role-playing games. Strategy games could crash when things got interesting and action games were probably better served by consoles. Sierra games defined the genre. From Mystery House in 1980 and well into the 90s, until the advent of FPS contributed to practically [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/445"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olderbytes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}