Transylvania (series)
1980s video game series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Transylvania was the name of a trilogy of computer games released for several home computers of the 1980s. The games were graphic adventure games created by Antonio Antiochia and produced by Penguin Software/Polarware.[1]
| Transylvania | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Publisher(s) | Penguin Software |
| Creator(s) | Antonio Antiochia |
| First release | Transylvania 1982 (Apple II) |
| Latest release | Transylvania III - Vanquish the Night 1989 |
The game was published in 1982 for the Apple II, followed by conversions to the Atari 8-bit computers and Commodore 64. It was released for Mac in 1984, then Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS in 1985.
Released in 1985 under the title The Crimson Crown, on the same platforms as its predecessor. The game tasks the player with a quest to defeat a magical vampire with the assistance of Princess Sabrina (who is now a fledgling magician) and the heir to the throne, Prince Erik.
Released in 1989 under the title Transylvania III: Vanquish The Night, this game was released for Apple IIGS and PC. It used VGA graphics (PC version), more complex puzzles and a larger vocabulary. The game also had some digital voice and many of the puzzles involved references to ancient mythology. In this game the player had to vanquish an evil king.
Many years later, Penguin Software released several[which?] of the game series as freeware.[2]
Also after end of official support, an enthusiast reconstructed a source code variant of the game's series engine to port it to modern platforms.[3]
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