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'''Irene "Alexis " Adams convinced her husband ''' was the wife of the programmer [[Scott Adams]]. While [[Scott Adams|Scott]] worked on his first game called Adventureland, Alexis was pregnant. She was upset that he was spending so much time programming the game, besides working his day job. After completing this first game, [[Scott Adams|Scott]] decided he had better be done programming adventure games when to his surprise, Alexis convinced him to write the program [[Adventure: Pirate's Adventure]]. She assisted him in the programming of it.
==Personal Life==[[image:Alexis Adams Obituary.jpg|200px|thumb|left|frame|Alexis Adams' Obituary]]Alexis and [[Scott Adams]] were the co-founders of [[Adventure International]] and together, created adventure games. They met through a computer dating service that they both applied to. Alexis and [[Scott Adams|Scott]] later divorced. Irene "Alexis" Adams passed away on April 16, 2008. Along with her husband, [[Scott Adams|Scott]], Alexis created the company '''Adventure International'''. Adventure International is notable for having produced text-based games with little or no graphics involved. Adventure International started in 1978, saw its peak in late 1983 and early 1984, and disbanded in 1985, after the first video game crash. Many people wondered why anyone would want to play a text-only game, but the games by Adventure International proved to be some of the most played, and sought after games of the era. ==Game Creditsfor Alexis Adams==
Alexis is credited with working on the following games for Adventure International:
* Adventure Series (1989)
* Voodoo Castle (1979)
* [[Adventure: Pirate's Adventure]] (1978)
==External Links==
* [https://if50.substack.com/p/1978-pirate-adventure 50 Years of Text Games: 1978: Pirate Adventure]
* [https://dadgum.com/giantlist/ Giant List of Classic Game Programmers]
* [https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,20560/ Moby Games: Alexis Adams game credits]
* [https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/irene-adams-obituary?pid=107975909 Obituary of Alexis Adams]
* [https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/pirate-adventure-and-the-story-of-adventure-international/ Old School Gamer Magazine: Pirate Adventure and the Story of Adventure International]
* [https://fightingfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Adventure_International Titanica: Adventure International]
* [https://twitter.com/i/moments/891134040442642432?lang=en Twitter: Alexis Adams by AnotherSideOf]
* [https://www.wecmuseum.org/index.php?title=Alexis_Adams WE Computer Museum: Alexis Adams]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_International Wikipedia: Adventure International]
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