History VideoGame / Venture

''Venture'' is a 1981 arcade video game by {{Creator/Exidy}} that was ported over to the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}, the UsefulNotes/ColecoVision, and the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}.

The goal of ''Venture'' is to collect treasure from a dungeon. The player, named Winky, is equipped with a bow and arrow and explores a dungeon with rooms and hallways. The hallways are patrolled by large, tentacled monsters (the "Hallmonsters", according to Exidy) who cannot be injured, killed, or stopped in any way. Once in a room, the player may kill monsters, avoid traps and gather treasures. If they stay in any room too long, a Hallmonster will enter the room, chase and kill them. [[FromBadToWorse Worst, dead monsters were ''still'' deadly to touch, and decayed ''very'' slowly (and shooting them caused the decaying process to start all over again instead of speeding it up). If they blocked an exit or a bottleneck, a Hallmonster usually arrived at that point.]]
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* TopDownView: Has an overworld-style map that you run through until you enter a dungeon.

* FromBadToWorse: The monsters very slowly decay and restart their decay process when shot again, sometimes trapping the player to a spot in the rooms. [[StalkedByTheBell When it becomes time for a hallmonster to enter]], losing a life would most likely become inevitable.

* FromBadToWorse: The monsters very slowly decay and restart their decay cycles when shot again, sometimes trapping the player to a spot in the rooms. [[StalkedByTheBell When it becomes time for a hallmonster to enter]], losing a life would most likely become inevitable.

The goal of ''Venture'' is to collect treasure from a dungeon. The player, named Winky, is equipped with a bow and arrow and explores a dungeon with rooms and hallways. The hallways are patrolled by large, tentacled monsters (the "Hallmonsters", according to Exidy) who cannot be injured, killed, or stopped in any way. Once in a room, the player may kill monsters, avoid traps and gather treasures. If they stay in any room too long, a Hallmonster will enter the room, chase and kill them. Worst, dead monsters were ''still'' deadly to touch, and decayed ''very'' slowly (and shooting them caused the decaying process to start all over again instead of speeding it up). If they blocked an exit or a bottleneck, a Hallmonster usually arrived at that point.

The goal of ''Venture'' is to collect treasure from a dungeon. The player, named Winky, is equipped with a bow and arrow and explores a dungeon with rooms and hallways. The hallways are patrolled by large, tentacled monsters (the "Hallmonsters", according to Exidy) who cannot be injured, killed, or stopped in any way. Once in a room, the player may kill monsters, avoid traps and gather treasures. If they stay in any room too long, a Hallmonster will enter the room, chase and kill them. Worst, dead monsters were ''still'' deadly to touch, and decayed ''very'' slowly. If they blocked an exit or a bottleneck, a Hallmonster usually arrived at that point.

* DeadlyWalls: One dungeon has nothing but moving deadly walls that protect its treasure.

* EndlessGame: All two or three levels cycle continuously.

* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames: One of the era's examples.

'''''Venture''''' is a 1981 arcade video game by {{Creator/Exidy}} that was ported over to the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}, the UsefulNotes/ColecoVision, and the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}.

* EndlessGame: Level 3 repeats itself endlessly in the arcade version, while all two or three levels cycle continuously in the home versions.

* GameMod: The Atari 2600 version was modded into ''Venture II: The Abysmal Abyss'' and ''Wolfenstein 2600''.

* GameMod: The Atari 2600 version was modded into ''Venture II: The Abysmal Abyss'' and ''Wolfenstein VCS''.

The goal of ''Venture'' is to collect treasure from a dungeon. The player, named Winky, is equipped with a bow and arrow and explores a dungeon with rooms and hallways. The hallways are patrolled by large, tentacled monsters (the "Hallmonsters", according to Exidy) who cannot be injured, killed, or stopped in any way. Once in a room, the player may kill monsters, avoid traps and gather treasures. If they stay in any room too long, a Hallmonster will enter the room, chase and kill them.

'''''Venture''''' is a 1981 arcade video game by {{Creator/Exidy}} that was ported over to the UsefulNotes/Atari2600, the UsefulNotes/ColecoVision, and the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}.

'''''Venture''''' is a 1981 arcade video game by {{Creator/Exidy}} that was ported over to the {{Atari 2600}}, the ColecoVision, and the {{Intellivision}}.

'''''Venture''''' is a 1981 arcade video game by Exidy that was ported over to the {{Atari 2600}}, the ColecoVision, and the {{Intellivision}}.

* MazeGame
* ShootEmUp

* TopDownView

* DeadlyWalls: One dungeons has nothing but moving deadly walls that protect its treasure.