Join Computing on this trek into the verdant pastures of a burgeoning video games industry, as we remember the best games of the '80s. In this first feature, we start where it all began in 1980 itself
8. The Prisoner
Produced by Edu-Ware for Steve Jobs' Apple II, The Prisoner is unsurprisingly based on the 1960s British TV series of the same name.
As in the TV series, the player is trapped on an island which appears to have been designed with the express purpose of being his or her prison. The player is given a three digit number at the beginning, and instructed never to reveal it. The game makes several attempts to trick the player into giving it away, which results in an immediate loss.
Using both text, and limited graphics, the game allows the player to travel to 20 different locations on the island, all of which contain puzzles of some description, and many of which contains clues to aid the player's escape.
The Prisoner was popular with both the gaming press and players of the day, and a sequel was released in 1982.
