Amazônia (video game)

Amazônia
DeveloperRenato Degiovani
PublisherJVA Microcomputadores Ltda
DesignerRenato Degiovani
Platforms
ReleaseSinclair ZX81, TRS-80 and ZX Spectrum
1985
MSX
1986
GenresText adventure game
Point-and-click adventure game
ModeSingle-player

Amazônia is a Brazilian 1983 text adventure computer game developed by Renato Degiovani.[1] It was the first commercial computer game developed in Brazil.[2][3]

Overview

The player character, having crashed his plane in the Amazon forest, has to escape the jungle. Through text commands, the player navigates their way through the Amazon, avoiding dangers (jaguars, snakes, Indigenous tribes).

History

Its first version, named Aventuras na Selva (Jungle Adventures) was compiled in BASIC, had 16kb of data; its type-in program was released in the magazine Micro Sistemas, issue n. 23 (August 1983), for ZX81 computers.[4]

The magazine quickly sold out. In 1985 the game was redeveloped in Assembly for TRS-80 and ZX Spectrum computers, now renamed as Amazônia. [4] The game got a MSX version in 1986.

In 1991, Amazônia got a version for PCs, now with a graphical interface.

References

  1. ^ Théo. "O Brasil que faz games". Over Mundo.
  2. ^ Manuela, Cruz-Cunha, Maria (2012-02-29). Handbook of Research on Serious Games as Educational, Business and Research Tools. IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-4666-0150-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Wolf, Mark J. P. (2015-05-01). Video Games Around the World. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-52716-3.
  4. ^ a b "TILT online". www.tilt.net. Retrieved 2026-02-17.