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| Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure | |
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 The title screen, showing the intentionally misspelled title. | |
| Developer(s) | Synergistic Software |
| Publisher(s) | Synergistic Software |
| Programmer(s) | Robert Clardy |
| Platform(s) | Apple II |
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| Genre(s) | RPG |
Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure was a video game written by Robert Clardy and released by Synergistic Software in 1980. It was created for the Apple II platform and is considered one of the first microcomputer-based role-playing video games. The title was intentionally misspelled; Apventure is a reference to the Apple computer while "Compleat" is simply an Archaic spelling of the word "complete" meant to match the feel and setting of the game.
A forerunner of Akalabeth and Ultima, Odyssey was a multi-part adventure game that placed the player in the role of the leader of an army who sets out to vanquish an evil wizard. Elements of Dungeons & Dragons can be found within the game, which combines elements of two earlier games written by Clardy: Dungeon Campaign and Wilderness Campaign.