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

Venture

Title	Venture
First release	1981
Developer	Exidy
Publisher	Exidy
Platforms	Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision, ZX Spectrum
Genre	action game
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Arcade: 1981-06-01 Atari 2600: 1982-01-01 (NTSC-U), 1982-01-01 (NTSC) ColecoVision: 1982-09-01 (NTSC-U) Intellivision: 1983-01-01
Wikidata ID	Q2654149

Wager funds on various gambling-related activities across seven distinct games to amass a fortune. Players encounter a variety of challenges, including betting on races, battling mystery monsters, and navigating hazards like bombs and crashes to avoid debtors' prison.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q2654149) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (zxspectrum/venture) · last updated 2026-10-10 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (38694) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (18665) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (1358,105109) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (10279) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (venture) · last updated 2026-10-13 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`venture`
Title at ADB	Venture (version 5 set 1)
Manufacturer	Exidy
Year	1981
Genre	Maze / Shooter Small
Players	1
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Exidy); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (mame-title+year) · fetched 2026-10-13 17:48 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Exidy · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots (3): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Exidy · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (5): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Exidy · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Exidy · internal use only.

Sprites

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Videos

ColecoVision Longplay [025] Venture

World-of-Longplays · ColecoVision version · longplay · 15:58auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

Arcade Game: Venture (1981 Exidy)

Old Classic Retro Gaming · Arcade version · longplay · 20:30auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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