{"id":4229,"date":"2018-10-27T11:51:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T10:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/?p=4229"},"modified":"2018-10-27T11:53:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T10:53:41","slug":"haunted-house-text-adventure-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/27\/haunted-house-text-adventure-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Haunted House Text Adventure Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Stevenson developed several text adventures under the Dollarsoft moniker. He first started to create adventure games with school friend Nicholas Aldrich, sending a game called The Haunted House for publication. Here are several rejection and request for change letters received by the duo &#8211; formerly called SAA Software (Stevenson And Aldrich) by Richard&#8217;s father.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_scan_033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_scan_033-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_scan_033-218x300.jpg 218w, http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_scan_033-768x1057.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_scan_033-744x1024.jpg 744w, http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_scan_033-720x991.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.gremlinarchive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/img_scan_033-236x325.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, 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He first started to create adventure games with school friend Nicholas Aldrich, sending a game called The Haunted House for publication. 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