Cranston Manor

You break into the mansion of the late millionaire Cranston in order to steal sixteen treasures which are said to be hidden within its walls.

Released: 1981
Platforms: Apple II FM-7 PC-8800 Series PC-9800 Series
Genres: Adventure
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Series: Hi-Res Adventure
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Text
Themes: Mystery
Country: United States
Time to beat: 3hwith extras

About

Cranston Manor is a graphic adventure published for the Apple II by On-Line Systems in 1981 and is Hi-Res Adventure #3. The player must invade a mansion that was occupied by a millionaire and steal the sixteen treasures that are inside of it. The game allows players to switch between graphics-based and text-based gameplay.

Cranston Manor is based on Larry Ledden's text adventure The Cranston Manor Adventure. The graphical version was programmed by Ledden, Ken Williams, and Harold DeWitz.

Keywords

interactive fiction

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Development

Larry Ledden wrote The Cranston Manor Adventure as text-only interactive fiction for the Atari 8-bit computers. It was published by Artworx in 1981. Sierra On-Line acquired the rights from Ledden to create a graphical version which was published as Cranston Manor for the Apple II. Ledden was paid royalties, but did not receive credit in Sierra's version.