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distributor=[[Will Crowther]], [[Don Woods]]| | distributor=[[Will Crowther]], [[Don Woods]]| | ||
platforms=PDP-10, DOS| | platforms=PDP-10, DOS| | ||
engine=[[Glk/ | engine=[[Glk/ADRIFT|ADRIFT]], [Glk/AGT|AGT]], [[Glk/ZCode|ZCode]], [[Glk/Glulxe|Glulxe]], [[Glk/Hugo|Hugo]], [[Glk/TADS|TADS]]| | ||
support=Not yet.| | support=Not yet.| | ||
purchase=[https://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXsource.html Free to download at IF Archive]| | purchase=[https://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXsource.html Free to download at IF Archive]| | ||
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'''''Colossal Cave Adventure''''' is the text adventure that started the adventure game genre. Will Crowther, a rock climber and cave explorer, mapped portions of the colossal cave and bedquilt cave areas of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky in 1972. After his divorce in 1975, he began to write Colossal Cave Adventure to better connect with his daughters. In 1976, Don Woods discovered Colossal Cave Adventure on a computer at Stanford University and received permission from Will Crowther to extend it. The expanded Don Woods version, which awarded players a maximum of 350 points, was then shared on the ARPANET in 1977, a precursor to the internet, and kickstarted the adventure genre. | '''''Colossal Cave Adventure''''' is the text adventure that started the adventure game genre. Will Crowther, a rock climber and cave explorer, mapped portions of the colossal cave and bedquilt cave areas of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky in 1972. After his divorce in 1975, he began to write Colossal Cave Adventure to better connect with his daughters. In 1976, Don Woods discovered Colossal Cave Adventure on a computer at Stanford University and received permission from Will Crowther to extend it. The expanded Don Woods version, which awarded players a maximum of 350 points, was then shared on the ARPANET in 1977, a precursor to the internet, and kickstarted the adventure genre. | ||
It was originally written in FORTRAN for PDP-10 mainframe computers. The 1977 350-point version by Crowther and Woods has been ported to many different systems and for many different | It was originally written in FORTRAN for PDP-10 mainframe computers. The 1977 350-point version by Crowther and Woods has been ported to many different systems and for many different scripting languages, including [[Glk/ADRIFT]], [[Glk/AGT|AGT]], [[Glk/Glulxe|Glulx]], [[Glk/Hugo|Hugo]], [[Glk/TADS|TADS]], and [[Glk/ZCode|Z-machine]]. | ||
It has also been extended multiple times: | It has also been extended multiple times: | ||
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*A 701 point version, also known as '''''701 point Adventure''''', was developed by David Picton in 2013, combining Adventure 3 and 6 into a single game. | *A 701 point version, also known as '''''701 point Adventure''''', was developed by David Picton in 2013, combining Adventure 3 and 6 into a single game. | ||
**A version, also known as '''''701+ point Adventure''''', was also developed by David Picton based on his 701 point version, with extensions. | **A version, also known as '''''701+ point Adventure''''', was also developed by David Picton based on his 701 point version, with extensions. | ||
''Colossal Cave Adventure'' was also the basis for ''[[Colossal Adventure]]'' by [[Level 9 Computing]], which added 70 rooms wherein you save hundreds of elves and had a new ending. | |||
The 550-point version of ''Colossal Cave Adventure'' was the basis of ''[[Adventure in Humongous Cave]]'' created by [[David Malmberg]] in [[Glk/AGT|AGT]], which expanded the game to 1000 points. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* [https://www.mobygames.com/game/adventure_ MobyGames entry for Adventure] | * [https://www.mobygames.com/game/adventure_ MobyGames entry for Adventure] | ||
[[Category:ADRIFT Games]] | |||
[[Category:AGT Games]] | |||
[[Category:Glulx Games]] | [[Category:Glulx Games]] | ||
[[Category:Hugo Interactive Fiction Games]] | [[Category:Hugo Interactive Fiction Games]] | ||