So Zork is turning 30, and Leisure Suit Larry will be blowing 20 candles on his cake this year. To celebrate, there's the AdventureCon bash, not only for Zork and Leisure Suit Larry, but to all adventure game fans out there as well.

As we reported earlier, AdventureCon, the first ever convention for adventure game fans, will be happening at the Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas trip on August 28 to 29 this year. While that's still a good four months away, you'd be glad to know that ticket prices have been announced, and as it stands, is now available for only US$ 69.

Not bad for a convention that promises a star-studded affair with adventure games bigwigs like Scott Adams, Al Lowe, Jane Jensen, and Chris Jones. More importantly, it shows how the convention organizers actually give much import to fans' inputs as the organizers initially faced complaints regarding the expensive ticket prices. And this is the result of all you fans' persistence.

"Dirt-cheap ticket prices at a world-class vacation resort." This can't get any more inviting than that. For more AdventureCon info and details, might as well head on to their official site by clicking on the Read link below.

Colossal Cave Adventure...Adventureland...Leisure Suit Larry...Zork...do these names sound familiar to you? Most of us, having been born after these titles' heyday may not be familiar with the original versions of them, but are you an adventure game fan? If you are, then this event is good news for you: AdventureCon, the first convention for adventure game fans, will be held later this year.

AdventureCon will happen August 28 to 29 this year, at the Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip. For two days, adventure game fans who will visit this convention will enjoy exhibits, adventure game workshops, the Zork room and panel discussions. Guest speakers, mostly adventure game publishers, will also be there to talk about their latest adventure games.

AdventureCon basically started out as a celebration of the 30th birthday of Zork. But the creators saw that it might be a good way of gathering adventure fans to support adventure games. Some of the big names to attend this event will be: Scott Adams of Adventure International, Al Lowe of Sierra On-Line, and Jane Jensen, author and creator of the Gabriel Knight computer game series.

And for your information, Zork, written in 1977, was one of the first interactive fictional computer games, where a player plays as an adventurer finding treasures in hidden caves on an underground labyrinth.

If you wanna take a trip down memory lane, specifically, the path going back to the 80's, yet aboard your very modern Nintendo DS, then this is the perfect opportunity for you to do so. papafuji's DS game development page is hosting downloads of several games, most of which have been developed in the 80's.

Now, the good news is that these games have been handed over, so to speak, by their respective authors, and can now be enjoyed for free. The games included are the following:

Graphic Adventures

• Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle: Scott Adams (1985)
• The Golden Baton: Brian Howarth (1983)
• The Time Machine: Brian Howarth (1983)

Text Adventures

• Double Scott: Scott Adams (1981-1985)
• Mysterious Adventures: Brian Howarth (1983-1987)
• Level 9 Adventures: Austin Brothers (1983-1986)
• DS-Frotz: misc (1979)

If you'd want to gain more information about these games, and if you want to download them, just head on over to the Read link below to get to the papafuji site. Enjoy and good luck with your adventures!