Commercial era Adventure International was founded by Scott Adams (not to be confused with the creator of Dilbert). In 1978, Adams wrote Adventureland, which was loosely patterned after the (original) Colossal Cave Adventure. He took out a small ad in a computer magazine in order to promote and sell Adventureland, thus creating the first commercial adventure game. In 1979 he founded Adventure International, the first commercial publisher of interactive fiction. That same year, Dog Star Adventure was published in source code form in SoftSide, spawning legions of similar games in BASIC.
commercial era adventure international was founded by scott adams (not to be confused with the creator of dilbert) in 1978 adams wrote adventureland which was loosely patterned after the (original) colossal cave adventure he took out a small ad in a computer magazine in order to promote and sell adventureland thus creating the first commercial adventure game in 1979 he founded adventure international the first commercial publisher of interactive fiction that same year dog star adventure was published in source code form in softside spawning legions of similar games in basic