The Graphic Adventure Creator was published by Incentive Software on several platforms. It was initially developed by Sean Ellis for the Amstrad CPC and then ported to many of the popular 8-bit machines. The initial inspiration for the system was the Trevor Toms adventure system.
It was subsequently updated to GAC+, which allowed for multi-load adventures. However, few games were released in this format. The reason was probably in part due to the fact that the new system didn't allow for single rooms or game parts to be loaded into memory, so the memory filled up very quickly.
A text-only variant called The Adventure Creator was released for the BBC and Electron. Only a couple of games seem to have been produced using the "AC": Plane Crash and Quest for the Pendragon; the game Alien Jailbreak was based on a partially completed Adventure Creator game.
Ellis later developed the GAC tool further on Atari ST as STAC.
Most games can be played on modern systems with the grackle interpreter. Kien Vincent has produced GACPlayer; a text-only interpreter for Raspberry Pi and Linux, which can run Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and C64 snapshots.
Sean's notes on the system - as well as his annotated source code - can be found here.
Title |
Publisher |
Year |
Language |
Documents |
Hermitage, The |
50/50 Club Software, Guild Adventure Software, The |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
Help Inc. |
Chronosoft, WoW Software |
1993 |
English |
Solution |
Haunted House |
Incentive Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
Harry Potter Adventure |
Zeropolis Element |
2009 |
English |
|
Hand, The |
Pearl Software |
1987 |
English |
|
Hampa 1930 |
J. Izquierdo, L. Calvo |
1989 |
Spanish |
Solution |
Halalsziget |
Tibor Rátkai |
2004 |
Hungarian |
Solution |
Hadesque |
CPC Schneider International, Data Media |
1986 |
German |
|
Hades |
Adventure Workshop, The , Dragonsoft |
1992 |
English |
Solution |
Hacedor de Suenos, El |
Afar, El |
1988 |
Spanish |
Solution |
Guerra de las Vajillas, La |
Dinamic Software |
1988 |
Spanish |
Solution |
Guardian, The |
John Betteridge |
1986 |
English |
Solution |
Green Sonja |
Psychaedelic Hedgehog Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution |
Green Fingers |
Rob Keith |
? |
English |
Solution |
Green Death, The |
Casventures, Spectraxx Tape Magazine |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Gotta Go Home |
Tim Matthews |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
Gone Missin' |
Excalibur Software |
1986 |
English |
Solution |
Golden Sword of Bhakhor, The |
Zenobi Software |
1991 |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Gold Idol, The |
Infected Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
Gladiator, The |
Guild Adventure Software, The |
? |
English |
Solution, Hints |
Ghost House |
Prisoft |
? |
English |
Solution, Map |
Fuckerman |
00 Software |
1985 |
English |
|
Frontier of Warriors: Mayday Call, The |
Zeropolis Element |
2007 |
English |
|
Frightened Fantasy |
Dented Designs |
1987 |
English |
|
Frankenstein |
CRL Group |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
Forgotten Past, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Guild Adventure Software, The |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Forgotten Island |
Fantasy Software |
1989 |
English |
Solution, Map |
For Gold or Glory |
Alternative Software |
1988 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Football Frenzy |
Alternative Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Flashback |
Visual Dimensions |
1987 |
English |
|
Fish Fingers and the Time Crystals |
? |
? |
English |
Solution |
Final Demand, The |
WoW Software , Zenobi Software |
1993 |
English |
Solution, Map, Hints |
Fergus Furgleton |
Infected Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
Fantasia |
SVS |
1987 |
German |
Solution, Map |
Experience, The |
Plasma Touch Software, Players Software |
1986 |
English |
|
Eunuchs' Ball, The |
Adventure Workshop, The , Dragonsoft |
1995 |
English |
Solution |
Escape from the Planet of Doom |
Edmund J. Spicer |
1990 |
English |
|
Escape From Magic |
Eric Stewart |
1988 |
English |
Solution |
Escape From Khoshima |
Atlantis Software |
1986 |
English |
Solution |
Escape From Jail |
Gary Davies |
1992 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Escape from Alcatraz |
? |
? |
English |
Solution, Map |
Dungeons, Amethysts, Alchemists 'n' Everything |
Atlantis Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Druids Moon |
Alternative Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
Dragonstone - The Quest |
Alexander Software |
1989 |
English |
Solution, Map |
Dragon's Tooth |
Incentive Software |
1987 |
English |
Solution |
Dragon Diamond |
Adventure Probe Software |
1996 |
English |
Solution |
Don Quijote |
Dinamic Software |
1987 |
Spanish |
|
Dick Ed - Private Eye |
? |
? |
English |
Solution |
Devils Sceptre |
? |
? |
English |
Solution |
Devil's Island |
Gary Davies |
1991 |
English |
Solution |