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O'Hare's Adventure Series

O'Hare's Adventure is a series of interactive fiction stories for Android phones and tablets, developed by Geoff Draper. They are based on a trilogy of text adventure games created by John O'Hare for Commodore computers in the early 1980s. Experience these classic adventures once again, on today's mobile devices! Tap the links below to watch preview videos, or to download the full stories to your personal device.

The Cavern of Riches

Download Cavern of Riches from Google Play Download Cavern of Riches from the Amazon App Store for Android

The Great Pyramid

Download the Great Pyramid from Google Play Download the Great Pyramid from the Amazon App Store for Android

The Haunted Mansion

Download Haunted Mansion from Google Play Download Haunted Mansion from the Amazon App Store for Android

Like most text adventure games of the 1980s, the original O'Hare's Adventure games were entirely keyboard-driven: the user would type in short (one- or two-word) commands to navigate the in-game environment. The new O'Hare's Adventure games are also text-based, however, I replaced the text parser with easy-to-use buttons. This makes the stories more accessible to modern gamers, and also removes the awkwardness of typing on a tiny touchscreen keyboard.

In addition to modernizing the user interface, I've also added a simple frame story for each game. Each story begins with a fictionalized version of John O'Hare telling his family about his quests of yesteryear.

  1. O'Hare's Adventure I: The Cavern of Riches - At a family Christmas party, John O'Hare tells his granddaughter Jane about the time he explored an underground cavern in search of 12 valuable treasures. (Note: The original Cavern of Riches game for Commodore computers was itself a simplified retelling of the 1976 game Colossal Cave by Crowther and Woods.)
  2. O'Hare's Adventure II: The Great Pyramid - John O'Hare pays a visit to granddaughter Jane when she is sick with COVID-19. He tells her about the time he ventured into an Egyptian pyramid and found 12 more treasures.
  3. O'Hare's Adventure III: The Haunted Mansion - The O'Hare family shares ghost stories around a campfire. John O'Hare recounts the time he visited a haunted house and battled the undead to claim 20 treasures. (Note: The original Haunted Mansion game for Commodore computers made occasional reference to characters from the Stephen King novel Salem's Lot; these have been expunged in my remake to avoid any appearance of plagiarism.)