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The ADLAN (ADventure LANguage) adventure game compiler was created by Richard Brooksby and published by [[Graduate Software]] in 1988 for the Amstrad CPC.
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Unlike most other 8-bit adventure systems at the time, rather than running from disk or loading into memory from cassette tape, the compiler element of the system was supplied on a physical ROM. The user would write their adventure in a text file and that source would then be turned into a machine code program by the ADLAN system.
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The system required an Amstrad CPC fitted with a disk drive, but it could produce both disk and cassette-based adventures. When running from disk, games could load in graphics and additional text.
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The system came with a demonstration adventure Bar Trek that was written by Richard Brooksby and a school friend.
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ADLAN is available through [https://web.archive.org/web/20220812023856/https://richard.brooksby.org/1987/adlan/ the author's website], with an image of the ROM that can be used in an emulator or burnt onto a chip for use in a real Amstrad CPC.
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== User Manual ==
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[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/imgs/7/76/ADLAN_%28User_Manual%29_v2.8.pdf Adlan User Manual v2.8]
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== Reviews ==
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20121012001338/http://www.stuartwhyte.btinternet.co.uk/BALROG/aa60.htm Balrog review / Amstrad Action 60]
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== Downloads ==
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[https://www.cpcwiki.eu/imgs/6/69/Adlan.zip ADLAN] (ROM Source included on a due to archive.org making it hard to download from the authors site)
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[https://solutionarchive.com/list/system%2C59/ A list of games created using Adlan]
 
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Latest revision as of 20:48, 24 June 2025

Adlan

The ADLAN (ADventure LANguage) adventure game compiler was created by Richard Brooksby and published by Graduate Software in 1988 for the Amstrad CPC.

Unlike most other 8-bit adventure systems at the time, rather than running from disk or loading into memory from cassette tape, the compiler element of the system was supplied on a physical ROM. The user would write their adventure in a text file and that source would then be turned into a machine code program by the ADLAN system.

The system required an Amstrad CPC fitted with a disk drive, but it could produce both disk and cassette-based adventures. When running from disk, games could load in graphics and additional text.

The system came with a demonstration adventure Bar Trek that was written by Richard Brooksby and a school friend.

ADLAN is available through the author's website, with an image of the ROM that can be used in an emulator or burnt onto a chip for use in a real Amstrad CPC.

User Manual

Adlan User Manual v2.8

Reviews

Balrog review / Amstrad Action 60

Downloads

ADLAN (ROM Source included on a due to archive.org making it hard to download from the authors site)

A list of games created using Adlan

Link

http://richard.brooksby.org/1987/adlan/