Jerz, notes that sources set the date anywhere from 1968 to 1977. Wikipedia doesn't attempt to date the original, noting only that Crowther was a caver in 1972, and that the Don Woods version was written in 1976.When the Crowthers' marriage ended, William felt estranged from his daughters, and decided to write for them a computer simulation of his caving experiences combined with elements borrowed from Dungeons and Dragons, a role-playing game that he also had been playing. According to A history of 'Adventure' by Rick Adams, in 1972, William and his wife Pat were co-workers for Bolt, Beranek and Newman in Boston.IFRO lists the release year as 1972, and the platform as FORTRAN.According to Compute!'s Guide to Adventure Games by Gary McGath, William Crowther wrote the preliminary version of Adventure in 1975, in FORTRAN, on a DEC PDP-10 computer, and made it available nationwide via ARPAnet.Baf's Guide lists the release year as 1976.The original version was written by Crowther for his two daughters. Also included are Fortran-77 versions of the source code, converted to Fortran-77 by Matthew Russotto. Included are three versions of the Fortran-IV source code, along with two versions of the data file. Download adv_crowther.zip from the IF Archive - Long believed lost, this was found from a backup of Don Wood's student account thanks to the efforts of Dennis Jerz.Adventure ( William Crowther YEAR? FORTRAN).In a nomenclature originating with Russel Dalenberg, the versions and variants of Adventure are often referred to by short abbreviations encoding their latest author's name and their maximum score so for example the original Adventure would be WOOD0350, whereas Donald Knuth's 1990s-era port would be KNUT0350. A graphical Family Tree with emphasis given to historically significant versions is available on Arthur O'Dwyer's site. David Welbourn 15:52, (EST))Īccording to Baf's Guide, the game is also known by all these titles: Abenteuer, ADVENT, Adventure in Humongous Cave, Aventura, Aventure, Avontuur, Colossal Adventure (Jewels of Darkness), Colossal Cave, nuntalyli'u, and Original Adventure.Ī very thorough listing of known versions is available on various "Adventure Family Tree" websites, such as Nathanael Culver's (archive) (the most complete) and Russel Dalenberg's. Also, a summary or overview of differences between all the versions would be a nice thing to have handy. Ideally, we want authors/porters, year of release, platform info, language if not English, and what version was derived from what. It needs to be heavily researched and double-checked. You have no obvious goals, but you might want to open the grate and explore underground. If you explore the surrounding area, you will discover a locked steel grate set in a depression. Inside the building, you can easily find some keys, tasty food, a shiny brass lamp, and an empty bottle. You are standing in the forest, outside a small brick building which is a well-house for a spring. 4.4 Software Toolworks version (375 points).
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