Home›Landmark Works›Group›Action-Adventure GamesGroupAction-Adventure GamesThis group collects the Interactive and Networked Media Landmarks subcategory's members whose own description names them an action-adventure, adventure, survival-horror, stealth-action or text-adventure game (exploration and combat or puzzle-solving combined in a single narrative-driven title), spanning Colossal Cave Adventure and Zork's origins of the genre through Metroid, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, the mainline Legend of Zelda series and Tomb Raider. Fighting games (Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter II) are filed here too, the closest fit among this subcategory's genre groups since the report proposes no separate fighting-game category.FactsAction-Adventure GamesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1980 1Mark J.P. Wolf credits this as the earliest-known example; Brett Weiss separately cites Superman (Atari, 1979) as an earlier precursor.Action-Adventure GamesFilter Results18 entriesCollectionAllAction-Adventure Games (18)CreatorAllAkira Yasuda (1)Bruce Straley (1)Cory Barlog (1)Dave Lebling (1)Ed Boon (1)Gunpei Yokoi (1)Hidemaro Fujibayashi (1)Hideo Kojima (1)Jenova Chen (1)John Tobias (1)Keiichiro Toyama (1)Marc Blank (1)Neil Druckmann (2)Roberta Williams (1)Shigeru Miyamoto (1)Shinji Mikami (1)Tim Anderson (1)Toby Gard (1)William Crowther (1)Yoshiaki Koizumi (1)MediumAllVideo Games (18)CountryAllJapan (6)United States (6)Release YearAll1976 (1)1977 (1)1984 (1)1986 (2)1991 (1)1992 (1)1993 (1)1996 (2)1998 (2)1999 (1)2009 (1)2012 (1)2013 (1)2017 (1)2018 (1)Original LanguageAllEnglish (1)Japanese (1)AwardAllBAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards (1)Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year (1)British Academy Games Award for Best Game (2)British Academy Games Award for Game Design (1)British Academy Games Award for Game Innovation (1)British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer (1)D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year (1)D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year (1)D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year (console) (1)D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year (1)D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement (1)Game Developers Choice Award - Best Design (1)Game Developers Choice Award - Game of the Year (5)German Computer Game Award – Best International Game (1)Golden Joystick Awards − Ultimate Game of the Year (2)Japan Game Awards Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award (1)The Game Awards − Best Action/Adventure (1)The Game Awards − Best Game Direction (1)The Game Awards − Game of the Year (1)The Game Awards − Most Anticipated Game (1)Titanium Award for Game of the year (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 18Colossal Cave AdventureAction-Adventure GamesGod of War (2018 video game)Action-Adventure GamesJourney (2012 video game)Action-Adventure GamesKing's QuestAction-Adventure GamesMetal Gear SolidAction-Adventure GamesMetroidAction-Adventure GamesMortal KombatAction-Adventure GamesMystAction-Adventure GamesResident Evil (1996 video game)Action-Adventure GamesSilent Hill (1999 video game)Action-Adventure GamesStreet Fighter IIAction-Adventure GamesThe Last of Us (2013 video game)Action-Adventure GamesThe Legend of ZeldaAction-Adventure GamesThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildAction-Adventure GamesThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeAction-Adventure GamesTomb Raider (1996 video game)Action-Adventure GamesUncharted 2: Among ThievesAction-Adventure GamesZorkAction-Adventure GamesSources1. WikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Action-adventure game, 1979-1983: Precursors sectionQuote, Wikipedia: Action-adventure game, 1979-1983: Precursors sectionMark J.P. Wolf credits Adventure (1980) for the Atari VCS as the earliest-known action-adventure game.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.