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Fifty years ago, a single lantern and a few lines of text lured a whole generation underground — and gave birth to the entire adventure genre. Now that legend is yours to walk through in full 3D, reimagined by Roberta Williams, creator of King's Quest. For one week only, Colossal
We’ve just released a fun new option, with a new approach to Colossal Cave. We’ve added an “Easy” mode, for those simply looking to wander the halls without random, pesky attacks from the wandering droves of War Dwarves. From the desk of Ken Williams … “Colossal Cave is a game th
From the Desk of Roberta Williams … I am very proud to announce our updated Colossal Cave 2.0, our new ‘enchanted cave’ version! I have always admired this historic text adventure, referring to it as deeply engaging and captivating -- and arguably the spark that ignited the onset
Today marks a momentous occasion, a confluence of technological innovation and a nostalgic nod to the origins of digital gaming. After months of relentless labor, an avalanche of creative thinking, a steady stream of community feedback, and an excitingly engaging approach to user
Howdy, Colossal Cavers! Over 300,000,000 years ago, water started tricking through some limestone, eventually carving what is currently known to be the longest known, connected cave system on the planet: Mammoth Cave , in Kentucky, USA. Did you know that the woman who made this d
• Fix for PC Hall of Mists' Secret Canyon entrance (was a grey box blocking it). • Fix to allow re-spawning after player dies by falling through the floor or a crash - to return to a known safe location. • Misc. Bug fixes for localization, Wellhouse Stairs, Repository Scoreboard,
Colossal Cave has a new price! We have heard our gamers, and the price of Colossal Cave is now $24.99. From Ken Williams - "Thank you all! And, there is good news. We are repricing the game. If you look now, the game is $24.99. The fact that we lowered the price says that we list
Fix to being able to open menus while in the beanstalk growing cutscene. Fix to being able to open menus while in the diamond dwarf startle cutscene. Fix to Repository hint being available after already turning the rod into dynamite. Fix to not being able to drop items in the nor
Added hints to some puzzles to make player experience better. Improved translations in German and Russian.
Colossal Cave, originally released in 1977 from Will Crowther and Don Woods has been revived and reimagined for modern audiences. Read the full article here:
• Music pauses when opening a menu and resumes when closing, instead of stopping it altogether. • Localization/translation fixes. • Grate hint particle effect properly appears after first time. • Maps can fully reset without needing to close and reopen the game. • Added a more de
Fix for Mac Achievements not working
Colossal Cave is an adventure game that predates its own genre and arguably everything we know as 'the rules' of modern game design. It began life as 700 lines of code on a PDP-10 mainframe computer in the 1970s, eventually making its way to IBM and Apple home computers by the ea
Happy New Year 2023!! Wishing you all a happy & prosperous New Year in 2023! This is the year that Colossal Cave finally releases! We've been working a long time on this, and we hope you enjoy it. We think it's something special, and we can't wait to share it with you all! La