Venture 1981

About

In Venture you control the adventurer Winky who sets out to collect treasure. You start out on an overview map of a dungeon which shows several rooms containing treasure. Since you cannot kill any enemies while rummaging through the dungeon corridors you have to dodge them on your way to the treasure rooms since they will kill you instantly. After entering one of the rooms you are able to fight the various monsters lurking in the rooms while you collect the treasure. Be careful not to linger to long in the treasure rooms because an "Evil Otto" like monster will appear which is invincible and will hunt you down until you leave the room again. After having collected every treasure in every room of a dungeon you move on to the next dungeon.

What is happening now

Venture is a shooter arcade game originally released in 1981 across multiple platforms including ColecoVision, Arcade, Atari 2600, and Intellivision. The game has maintained its place in retro gaming history as a foundational title in the arcade shooter genre. Recent coverage indicates activity around games with "venture" in the title rather than the classic arcade game itself. A farming simulation titled Jay and Silent Bob's Joint Venture was announced for PC, while World of Warcraft players are preparing for patch 12.1, scheduled for August 11. The WoW expansion continues its content rollout following earlier patch releases.