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Perseus & Andromeda (video game)

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Perseus and Andromeda
Developer(s)Brian Howarth
Publisher(s)Digital Fantasia
SeriesMysterious Adventures
EngineScott Adams database
Platform(s)ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bit, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Oric-1
Release1983
Genre(s)Interactive fiction
Mode(s)Single player

Perseus and Andromeda is a text adventure game released in 1983 by Digital Fantasia on the Mysterious Adventures label.

Perseus and Andromeda was written by Brian Howarth in Scott Adams database. The story is an adaptation of the Greek myth of Perseus and includes characters and artifacts such as the winged sandals, Pegasus, the harpies and Medusa. The objective is to save Andromeda from the sea-monster Ceto.

The game included many line-drawn scenes, created by Jon Blacow.

It was available on most home computers of the day including the ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore 16 and Oric-1.