Mountain Valley Software — Australian made text adventure 1981–1987 — tribute site

Catalogue

Every known title, in order of release. Each year is the one printed on the game’s own loading or title screen, with two exceptions: no copy of Forbidden Valley survives, so it is placed with The Secret of Flagstone Manor, and King Solomon’s Mines prints no year, so it rests on the October 1984 advert. Each game’s page shows the evidence.

Mountain Valley Software

YearTitleMachine
1981Forbidden ValleyTRS-80
1981The Secret of Flagstone ManorTRS-80
1983The Oasis of ShalimarC64
1983Mystery IslandC64
1983Castle of MydorC64
1984The Lost CityC64
1984King Solomon's MinesC64
1984Himalayan OdysseyC64
1984The Scroll of Akbar KhanC64
1984The Volcano of Raka-TuaC64
1984The GamblerC64
1985Escape from Raka-TuaC64
1985The Secret of Smugglers InnC64
1985Dark PlanetC64
1986The Mermaid and the CrownC64

Unreleased

Finished enough to boot from disk, but never shipped.

YearTitleMachine
Sorcerers of RavenswoodC64
Treasure of Dead Man's CayC64
CryptC64
The Curse of Cranbury ManorC64
OphirC64

M&M Software

Written by Mark Fitzgerald and distributed by Mountain Valley Software from the same Boronia post-office box.

YearTitleMachine
1984Planet ZandellSpectravideo 328
1984Volcano IslandSpectravideo 328
1984The Lost PrincessSpectravideo 328