Smith, Laure
Entry updated 8 June 2026. Tagged: Author.
(? - ) US author with Seth McEvoy of the Arcade Explorers sequence of four interactive Gamebooks beginning with Arcade Explorers #1: Save the Venturians! (1985). Each title places the reader in the world of an arcade-style sf Videogame, making various choices as they progress through the book's options. The unusual gimmick of the series is that the gamebook choices generate a customized BASIC-language computer game program listing to be typed into one of three contemporary home Computers – Apple II, Commodore 64 or Radio Shack Color Computer – and played in real time. [DRL]
Laure Smith
born USA
Arcade Explorers
- Arcade Explorers #1: Save the Venturians! (New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 1985) with Seth McEvoy [gamebook: Arcade Explorers: illus/pb/Lynn Sweat]
- Arcade Explorers #2: Revenge of the Raster Gang (New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 1985) with Seth McEvoy [gamebook: Arcade Explorers: illus/pb/Lynn Sweat]
- Arcade Explorers #3: The Electronic Hurricane (New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 1985) with Seth McEvoy [gamebook: Arcade Explorers: illus/pb/Lynn Sweat]
- Arcade Explorers #4: The Magnetic Ghost of Shadow Island (New York: Laurel-Leaf Books, 1985) with Seth McEvoy [gamebook: Arcade Explorers: illus/pb/Lynn Sweat]
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