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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:ADVENT -- Crowther Woods.png\|thumb\|]] ''~~ADVENT~~'''Colossal Cave Adventure''''', also known as ''~~Adventure~~'' or'ADVENT''''', '''''Colossal Cave''''' or '''''Adventure''''', is the ur-[[Interactive Fiction]] game. Originally written by Will Crowther in the mid-1970s as an attempt at a computer-refereed fantasy game inspired by [[Dungeons ~~and~~& Dragons]], 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. 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. Line 10 ⟶ 11: Developed on BBN's [[Mainframes and Minicomputers\|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. 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 [[Easter Egg]] in the Emacs text editor. The [[Infocom]] classic ''[[~~Zork (Video Game)\|~~Zork]]'' began life as a remake of ''Adventure''. Some [[Stock Shout -Outs\|phrases popularized]] by ''ADVENT'' are: * "A huge green fierce snake bars the way!" Line 20 ⟶ 21: * "With what? Your bare hands?" (When encountering the <s>dragon</s> pretty much anything, and you type "kill [it]") Advent is also responsible for the [[Classic Cheat Code]] [~~http://en.~~[wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~:Xyzzy#xyzzy \|"XYZZY"]]. 'Advent' is believed to be directly responsible for coining the term 'adventure game', and is known to have inspired Roberta Williams to develop her first computer game, Mystery House, which would, in turn, lead to the founding of On-Line Systems (later [[Sierra\|Sierra Online]]) with her husband Ken. Line 33 ⟶ 34: Much of the information on this page comes from the ''[[Jargon File]]'' entry. ~~----~~ ~~=== Tropes ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Alien Geometries]]: When you go west and then east, you might not be in the same room you started from. The problem is not actually the geometries, it's that the various locations are notionally connected by twisty passages, such that you might for instance leave one location heading east and arrive in the next location heading north; but the ''effect'' is the same. * [[Alien Sky]]: On the beach. * [[Artistic License Geology]]: Crowther's original version, drawn from first-hand knowledge, is set in a reasonably accurate version of a limestone cave system. Some of Woods's additions, not so much. Of particular note is the ''active volcano''. * [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: Played straight. However, you die from poisonous fumes if you try crossing the volcano without protection. * [[Cool Sword]]: The Singing Sword. * [[~~Everythings~~Everything's Worse ~~With~~with Bears]]: Well, until you tame it. Then things get worse for somebody else. * [[Guide Dang It]]: It would be quicker to list the puzzles that ''aren't'' illogically difficult. * [[Functional Magic]] Line 51: * [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: In some versions, swearing can have interesting results. * [[The Many Deaths of You]] {{quote\| ''You fell into a pit and broke every bone in your body!''}} * [[The Maze]]: Three mazes complete with [[Alien Geometries]] * [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: 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. Line 59: * [[Wall of Text]]: The volcano. * [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: The Bare Room. Which contains a large, hungry, initially very grumpy ... [[~~Everythings~~Everything's Worse ~~With~~with Bears\|well, guess.]] In some versions there is flask that says "London Dry," containing {{spoiler\|a jinn}}. * [[You Can't Get Ye Flask]]: The Ur-[[Ur Example]]. {{reflist}} {{World Video Game Hall of Fame}} [[Category:Mainframes and Minicomputers]]▼ [[Category:The Seventies]]▼ [[Category:Adventure Game]]▼ [[Category:Interactive Fiction]]▼ [[Category:Colossal Cave]] [[Category:Video Game]] ▲[[Category:Adventure Game]] ▲[[Category:Interactive Fiction]] ▲[[Category:The Seventies]] ▲[[Category:Mainframes and Minicomputers]] [[Category:Linux]] [[Category:Commodore 64]] [[Category:Apple II]] [[Category:TRS-80]] [[Category:IBM Personal Computer]] [[Category:DOS]] [[Category:Amiga]] [[Category:Atari ST]] [[Category:Apple Macintosh]] [[Category:Microsoft Windows]] [[Category:Mac OS]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Video Games of the 1970s]] [[Category:Older Than the NES]]