---
title: "Adventure A: Planet of Death"
id: 50662
type: "computer_media"
slug: "adventure-a-planet-of-death"
url: "http://localhost/computer_media/adventure-a-planet-of-death/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/computer_media/adventure-a-planet-of-death.md"
published_at: "2023-06-25T12:52:51+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-04-04T06:55:17+00:00"
author: "David Anderson"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SCR-20260404-djea.png"
excerpt: "You are4 stranded on an alien planet. On this planet you will meet various hazards, including aliens, little green men, some natural – some not. Escape this planet by finding your captured and disabled space ship."
category:
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    url: "http://localhost/category/archived-media/"
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    url: "http://localhost/tag/artic-computing/"
  - name: "Downloadable"
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    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/downloadable/"
  - name: "TS 1000"
    slug: "ts1000"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts1000/"
  - name: "ZX81"
    slug: "zx81"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/zx81/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair ZX81"
    slug: "zx81"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/zx81/"
  - name: "Timex/Sinclair 1000"
    slug: "ts-1000"
    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/ts-1000/"
genre:
  - name: "Game"
    slug: "game"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/game/"
  - name: "Text Adventure"
    slug: "text-adventure"
    taxonomy: "genre"
    url: "http://localhost/type/text-adventure/"
media_type: "Cassette"
download_url: "https://archive.org/download/Sinclair_ZX81_TOSEC_2012_04_23/Sinclair_ZX81_TOSEC_2012_04_23.zip/Sinclair%20ZX81%20%5BTOSEC%5D%2FSinclair%20ZX81%20-%20Games%20-%20%5BP%5D%20%28TOSEC-v2011-09-24_CM%29%2FAdventure%20A%20-%20The%20Planet%20of%20Death%20%281981%29%28Artic%20Computing%29.zip"
mediadate: "1981"
producer_company:
  - id: 10657
    title: "Artic Computing"
    type: "company"
    url: "http://localhost/company/artic-computing/"
images:
  - url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SCR-20260404-djea.png"
  - url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SCR-20260404-djbj.png"
related_products:
  - id: 11717
    title: "Adventure A: Planet of Death"
    type: "product"
    url: "http://localhost/product/adventure-a/"
media_type_tags: "Game, Text Adventure"
---

In this machine code program you find yourself stranded on an alien planet. On this planet you will meet various hazards, including aliens, little green men, some natural – some not. Your aim is to escape this planet by finding your captured and disabled space ship. You really are the commander of your computer.

Also known as Planet of Fear (International Publishing and Gladstone Electronics).