Metroidvania Works #04: Venture [Exidy, 1981]

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Venture (1981)
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Though it tends to be overlooked in studies of role-playing history, Venture iterated on the concepts of Atari's Adventure in a way that made the action RPG viable as an arcade experience—a forgotten yet important influence on metroidvania games.



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