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Adventure

Microsoft Adventure

by Will Crowther·published by Microsoft, IBM

197920
PC BooterApple IITRS-80Heath/Zenith H8/H89

Reader score

6.5/ 10

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About

The earliest commercial home computer port of the first mainframe adventure game, Colossal Cave. Players explore said cave, searching for treasure, solving puzzles, using magic, avoiding threatening little dwarves, and navigating mazes of twisty passages, all alike.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Text

Port of

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English——

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

5.25" Floppy Disk

Text Modes Supported

40×25

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard

Number of Players Supported

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel 8088 / 8086

Min. RAM Required

32 KB

Box art

Also known as

Heath H-8 Adventure — Heath H8 release

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Facts

Developer

Will Crowther

Publisher

Microsoft, IBM

Released

1979

Platforms

PC BooterApple IITRS-80Heath/Zenith H8/H89

Standing

Top 40% by visits

Tags

Text-based / SpreadsheetInteractive fiction / text adventurePuzzle elementsText parser