Venture is a one- or two-player color video game, full of surprising treasures. Venture is a series of games within the game.
Venture is played in a dark dungeon of multi-levels. The player forges through one level of rooms at a time, displayed on the screen as a floor plan. Armed with bow and arrow, the player learns to avoid confrontation with the wandering green Hall Monsters by skillfully entering the sanctity of a room.
Once inside a room, the chamber's image grows to full screen size, creating a game within a game. Every room has a treasure or weapon guarded by a threatening creature or hazardous condition. The player must retrieve the treasure, avoiding threats and obstacles. When the treasure is successfully taken out of the chamber, bonus points are awarded. The screen image then returns to the original floor plan. Whenever a treasure is safely withdrawn, the player no longer has access to that room. The player must win all the treasures of one level before descending to another level.
Each room is a new and completely different challenge. For example, one room has a pot of gold of high point value, guarded by goblins. Another has a magic bow giving the player special powers when shooting at creatures. Other rooms have hazardous conditions such as shrinking walls (magic shoes) or deadly ooze. The venturous player will discover another surprise: a secret hidden room! Enter if you dare! Venture features more surprises ... the more you venture, the greater the challenge and higher the reward!
After strategically and skillfully collecting all the treasures on one level, the player ventures further into the depths of the dank and threatening dungeon. Each level becomes increasingly more difficult. Upon successful passage through all levels of the dungeon, the player returns to level one, facing the same creatures ... but watch out! The creatures are more aggressive and cunning.
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Dimensions: 72.75" x 25.50" x 31"
Weight: 285 lbs.

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