Video game · 1976
Colossal Cave Adventure
Released 1976 on mainframe computer, Unix, PDP-10, PDP-11 and Commodore 64
- Developer
- William Crowther, Don Woods
- Made in
- United States
- Genre
- Adventure
- Themes
- Fantasy
IGDB PLAYERS768 ratings
About Colossal Cave Adventure
Colossal Cave Adventure is a text adventure game, developed originally in 1976, by Will Crowther for the PDP-10 mainframe. The game was expanded upon in 1977, with help from Don Woods, and other programmers created variations on the game and ports to other systems in the following years. In the game, the player controls a character through simple text commands to explore a cave rumored to be filled with wealth. Players earn predetermined points for acquiring treasure and escaping the cave alive, with the goal to earn the maximum amount of points offered.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| mainframe computer | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Unix | 1976 |
| PDP-10 | 1976 |
| PDP-11 | 1977 |
| Commodore 64 | later, date unknown |
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