Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Mystery House

Title	Mystery House
First release	1980
Developer	Sierra Entertainment
Publishers	Sierra Entertainment, Sierra On-Line
Platforms	Apple II, NEC PC-98
Genre	adventure video game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	Apple II: 1980-05-05 (NTSC)
Wikidata ID	Q1751498

An old mansion serves as the setting for this graphical adventure where players must identify a killer among seven other people. Using text commands to interact with the environment, you navigate through illustrated scenes to hunt for jewels and solve a murder mystery before the killer strikes again.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources

Wikidata (Q1751498) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (apple2/mystery-house) · last updated 2026-10-12 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (106486,106488) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Sierra Entertainment · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Sierra Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Sierra Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Image: On-Line Systems, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“On-Line Systems-01-Mystery House.jpg”)

Logo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Mystery House - Apple II - 0.png”)

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Videos

Apple II Game: Mystery House (1980 On-Line Systems)

Old Classic Retro Gaming · Apple II version · longplay · 37:16auto-matched
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