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Colossal Cave Adventure

Colossal Cave Adventure (also known as Adventure or ADVENT) is a text-based adventure game, released in 1976 by Will Crowther for the PDP-10 mainframe computer. It was expanded upon in 1977 by Don Woods. In the game, the player explores a cave system rumored to be filled with treasure and gold. The game is composed of dozens of locations, and the player…

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Developers
William Crowther (1976 version) · Don Woods (1977 version)
Genres
Adventure, interactive fiction
Mode
Single-player
Platform
PDP-10
Release
1976 (Crowther) · 1977 (Crowther/Woods)

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related to Crowther's original version · 26
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related to Other media · 20
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related to Video games · 19
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related to External links · 13
Colossal Cave Adventure → Adventure, Cave Adventure, Crowther's, Dennis Jerz, Don Woods, Fortran, Get Lamp, Interactive Fiction Database, Interactive Fiction Wiki, Page, PDP-11, Windows, WindowsThe Colossal Cave Adventure
related to Gameplay · 7
Colossal Cave Adventure → Although, Debris Room, Dungeon Master, If, It, The, There
Developers · 2
Colossal Cave Adventure → Don Woods (1977 version), William Crowther (1976 version)
Release · 2
Colossal Cave Adventure → 1976 (Crowther), 1977 (Crowther/Woods)
Genres · 1
Colossal Cave Adventure → Adventure, interactive fiction
Mode · 1
Colossal Cave Adventure → Single-player
Platform · 1
Colossal Cave Adventure → PDP-10

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Colossal Cave AdventureDevelopersWilliam Crowther (1976 version)1.00infobox
Colossal Cave AdventureDevelopersDon Woods (1977 version)1.00infobox
Colossal Cave AdventureGenresAdventure, interactive fiction1.00infobox
Colossal Cave AdventureModeSingle-player1.00infobox
Colossal Cave AdventurePlatformPDP-101.00infobox
Colossal Cave AdventureRelease1976 (Crowther)1.00infobox
Colossal Cave AdventureRelease1977 (Crowther/Woods)1.00infobox
a crystal bridgeinstance ofit contains a few fantasy elements0.80text
magic wordsinstance ofit contains a few fantasy elements0.80text
and axe-wielding dwarvesinstance ofit contains a few fantasy elements0.80text
his childreninstance ofCrowther wanted the game to be accessible and not intimidating to non-technical players0.80text
and so developed a natural language input system to control the game so that it would beinstance ofCrowther wanted the game to be accessible and not intimidating to non-technical players0.80text

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