| Journey: The Quest Begins | |
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| Developer(s) | Infocom |
| Publisher(s) | Infocom |
| Designer(s) | Marc Blank |
| Artist(s) | Donald Langosy |
| Engine | Z-machine |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Apple II, MS-DOS, Mac |
| Release | 1989 |
| Genre(s) | Interactive fiction |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Journey: The Quest Begins is an interactive fiction video game designed by Marc Blank, with illustrations by Donald Langosy, and released by Infocom in 1989. Like the majority of Infocom's works, it was released simultaneously for several popular computer platforms, such as the Commodore 64, Apple II, and IBM PC compatibles. Journey is unusual among Infocom games in that it could be played entirely via mouse or joystick, with no typing required. It was the thirty-fifth and last game released by Infocom before parent company Activision closed the Cambridge office, effectively reducing Infocom to a "label" to be applied to later games.
Journey was the only game released under the "Infocom Roleplay Chronicles" genre. It contains illustrations similar to those used in James Clavell's Shōgun and Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur. This would be the last game that Infocom would both develop and publish.