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Cranston Manor
Developer(s)On-Line Systems
Publisher(s)On-Line Systems
Designer(s)Harold DeWitz
Ken Williams[2]
SeriesHi-Res Adventure
EngineADL
Platform(s)Apple II, FM-7, PC-88, PC-98
Release
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Cranston Manor is a graphic adventure released in 1981, based on Larry Ledden's text adventure game The Cranston Manor Adventure. It was created by Ken Williams and Harold DeWitz.[2] In the game, the player must invade a mansion that was occupied by a millionaire and steal the sixteen treasures that are inside of it.[3] The game allows players to switch between graphics-based and text-based gameplay.[3]

This is Hi-Res Adventures #3 developed by On-Line Systems.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cranston Manor at GameFAQs
  2. ^ a b Hague, James. "The Giant list of Classic Game Programmers".
  3. ^ a b c "Cranston Manor manual" (PDF). Museum of Computer Adventure Game History. On-Line Systems. 1981.