History VideoGame / ColossalCave

''[=ADVENT=]'', also known as ''Adventure'' or ''Colossal Cave Adventure'', is the [[UrExample ur]]-InteractiveFiction game. Originally written by Will Crowther in the mid-1970s as an attempt at a computer-refereed fantasy game inspired by DungeonsAndDragons, based on his map of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky. His version was ready by 1976. The game was then greatly expanded by Don Woods in 1977.

* RandomEncounter: There are Dwarves wandering the caves, who will chase and throw knives at you. Some versions limit them to five.
** In the AGT version, Dwarves block you from exiting a room, randomly appear as soon as you attempt to leave, and can randomly throw their knife just as soon as they appear. This means you need to wear a the magic cloak to prevent being insta-killed, and keep it for the whole game because there's an infinite number of them.

* RandomEncounter: Dwarves. In the AGT version, not equipping the clock allows them to insta-kill you.

* MissingSecret: Two rooms with a window facing another window across a room, with a "Shadowy Figure" in that other window. The player would like to know who the heck he is, and what the heck to do with him. Turn's out [[spoiler:the two windows are over the giant mirror room, and the "Shadowy Figure is your own reflection]].

* ShoutOut: There are [[Literature/SnowWhite seven]] dwarves in the cave.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: In some versions, swearing can have interesting results.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou
-->''You fell into a pit and broke every bone in your body!''
* TheMaze: Three mazes complete with AlienGeometries
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: The parser doesn't know a command for melee fighting, so the only way you can attack something with the axe is to throw it.

** In some versions there is flask that says "London Dry," containing [[spoiler: a jinn]].

* TrollBridge

[[caption-width-right:350:WELCOME TO ADVENTURE!! WOULD YOU LIKE INSTRUCTIONS?]]

According to legend, Don Woods played Adventure in its original form, and attempted to contact Crowther for permission to expand the program. Naturally, Woods didn't have Crowther's mailing address, so he resorted to the fledgling Internet and e-mail; as the Internet itself had only about three hundred networked systems at the time, Woods [[TakeAThirdOptiom simply sent a blanket e-mail to]] 'crowther@' ''[[AllOfThem every]]'' network.

According to legend, Don Woods played Adventure in its original form, and attempted to contact Crowther for permission to expand the program. Naturally, Woods didn't have Crowther's mailing address, so he resorted to the fledgling Internet and e-mail; as the Internet itself had only about three hundred networked systems at the time, Woods simply sent a blanket e-mail to 'crowther@' ''every'' network.

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Well, until you tame it. Then things get worse for somebody else.

** The Bare Room. Which contains a large, hungry, initially very grumpy ... [[EverythingsWorseWithBears well, guess.]]

* YouCantGetYeFlask: The Ur-UrExample.

Developed on BBN's [[MainframesAndMinicomputers PDP-10]], the game was written in FORTRAN and later ported to C under {{UNIX}}. Further iterations of the game were re-written in custom languages developed specifically to handle the unique features of text-based interactive adventure games.

''[=ADVENT=]'', also known as ''Adventure'' or ''Colossal Cave Adventure'', is the ur-InteractiveFiction game. Originally written by Will Crowther in the mid-1970s as an attempt at a computer-refereed fantasy game inspired by DungeonsAndDragons, based on his map of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky. His version was ready by 1976. The game was then greatly expanded by Don Woods in 1977.

* "With what? Your bare hands?" (When encountering the [[strike:dragon]] pretty much anything, and you type "kill [it]")

* InfiniteFlashlight: ...after you install fresh batteries. (Which require you to sacrifice some treasure to purchase, and therefore prevent you from [[strike:winning the game]] getting the best ending.)

* InfiniteFlashlight: ...after you install fresh batteries. (Which require you to sacrifice some treasure to purchase, and therefore prevent you from winning the game.)

Many versions of the game have been released, mostly under the title ''Adventure'' or some variation thereof (e.g., Adventure II, Adventure 550, Adventureland, etc.) Even Microsoft published a version of the game, packaged with its original MS-DOS 1.0 for the IBM PC, and a version of the game is buried as an EasterEgg in the Emacs text editor. The {{Infocom}} classic ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' began life as a remake of ''Adventure''.

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* AWorldwidePunomenon:

Many versions of the game have been released, mostly under the title ''Adventure'' or some variation thereof (e.g., Adventure II, Adventure 550, Adventureland, etc.) Even Microsoft published a version of the game, packaged with its original MS-DOS 1.0 for the IBM PC, and a version of the game is buried as an EasterEgg in the Emacs text editor. The {{Infocom}} classic ''{{Zork}}'' began life as a remake of ''Adventure''.