for an adventure game. The title would be the Hulk's first appearance in a video game. To attract new players, Adams deliberately designed the game on a beginner's level by simplifying the puzzles, leading Adams to admit that "anybody who has played a lot will finish the game in a day". The Hulk's ability to leap great distances was omitted due to technical limitations, with Adams proposing that the absence of this ability could be attributed to the setting's artificial gravity. The graphics were adapted by Kem McNair from artwork created by Mark Gruenwald and John Romita Sr. Between 50 to 70 drawings were created for the game, each ranging from 100 to 4,000 bytes in size. The Chief Examiner's appearance was modeled after Adams, and the passwords he gives in each of the Questprobe games are names of Adams' own children. The game is dedicated to Hulk creator Stan Lee, Adams' wife Alexis, and CompuServe CB Simulator users. The collaboration between Marvel and Adventure was revealed in February 1984 by Adams at the LET International Trade Show in London. Questprobe featuring The Hulk was released on May 1, 1984, for the Acorn Electron, Apple II series, Atari 8-bit family, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Dragon 32, IBM PC DOS, and ZX Spectrum. The game was made available in text-only cassette formats and disk formats that include graphics. The game's release was accompanied by a comic similarly titled Questprobe, with the first issue centering on Durgan the Philosopher, who tricks the Hulk into saving his doomed planet. According to Adventure International U.K. managing director Mike Woodruffe, many wholesalers had no provisions for distributing comics, and so were not able to supply retailers with it. Because of this, Adventure International decided to reduce the size of subsequent issues in order to package the comics along with the games. The game was intended to be the first entry in a series consisting of twelve or thirteen installments. However, due to the Adventure International's bankruptcy in 1986, the Questprobe series was cancelled after three games. That same year, the Hulk installment was re-released by U.S. Gold under its "Americana" budget line. Reception Reception of the original release of Questprobe featuring The Hulk was generally positive, with the visuals receiving particular acclaim. The White Wizard of Personal Computer Games regarded the graphics as excellent, but was also thankful for the option to toggle them off