Adventure

aka: ADVENT, Colossal Cave, Colossal Cave Adventure, The Original Adventure
Moby ID: 30153

Windows version

Great piece of gaming history

The Good
One of the first text adventure games, which is surprisingly deep. Has adequate content, which can last almost an hour. Command words are easy to figure out. There are helpful hints sprinkled throughout the game and there are some really humorous lines in there. All in all, really deserve a playthrough if nothing else, at least to experience a significant piece of gaming history.

The Bad
The text parser is really basic. Doesn't have contextual understanding of commands. But that is understandable.

The Bottom Line
It is the first known work of interactive fiction and, as the first text adventure game, is considered the precursor for the adventure game genre.

It has the player's character investigate a creepy cave that is reputed to be loaded up with fortune and gold.

To investigate the cavern, the player types in a couple of word commands to move their character through the cavern, interact with items in the cavern, get things to place into their inventory, and different activities. The program acts as a narrator, portraying to the player what every area in the cavern has and the consequences of specific activities, or on the off chance that it didn't comprehend the player's orders, requesting the player to retype their commands,

by Sam Vulcan (18) on July 13, 2020

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