Adventure: The Colossal Cave
a.k.a. Microsoft Adventure / ADVENT / Colossal Cave Adventure
type: adventure
genre: Fantasy, Interactive fiction
perspective: other
player options: single player
languages: eng
genre: Fantasy, Interactive fiction
perspective: other
player options: single player
languages: eng
4/5
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Microsoft Adventure was mentioned in the IBM press release that first announced their new Personal Computer, on August 12, 1981. It is, in fact, the only entertainment software product in the list, making it the first commercial game announced (and probably released) for the new IBM PC platform.
Donkey was also among the first games released for the PC, but was not sold as a separate product; it came as a BASIC demonstration program with PC-DOS 1.00, IBM's operating system that they licensed from Microsoft. Notably, Microsoft Adventure did not run on PC-DOS 1.00, but came as a self-booting disk.
Anamon # 2016-11-27 22:00:00 - source
Donkey was also among the first games released for the PC, but was not sold as a separate product; it came as a BASIC demonstration program with PC-DOS 1.00, IBM's operating system that they licensed from Microsoft. Notably, Microsoft Adventure did not run on PC-DOS 1.00, but came as a self-booting disk.
Anamon # 2016-11-27 22:00:00 - sourceAuthors / Staff
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Don Woods (programming)Jim Gillogly (c conversion)Jim Gillogly (unix port)Will Crowther (programming)other
Dave Platt's (adventure 550 version)Don Woods (fictional elements)Will Crowther (spelunking)Will Crowther (map)Tags (4)
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