Colossal Cave Adventure
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Colossal Cave Adventure
(1985 on
Amstrad CPC,
Commodore 64)
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Colossal Cave Adventure
(2007 on
Windows)
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Colossal Cave Adventure
(2009 on
Android)
Description
Crowther & Woods' inaugural text adventure game Colossal Cave Adventure figured prominently as a plot device in an episode (entitled "Adventure") of AMC's early-computing television drama Halt And Catch Fire, so to allow modern viewers the additional context needed to appreciate the historical reference, the TV network hosted a free web-playable illustrated version of the game complete with contextual hints.In a nutshell, this early text adventure challenges the player to successfully navigate a fantastical cave complex, looking for treasures and surviving devious puzzles, monsters and mazes.
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Game added by Pseudo_Intellectual.
Game added July 15, 2014. Last modified February 22, 2023.