Short: The original text adventure Uploader: kinder@teaching.physics.ox.ac.uk Type: game/role Adventure was the first ever text adventure, written by Will Crowther and Don Woods, circa 1977. Enclosed in this archive are three versions: A 350 point version, believed to be very close to the original. It has been converted to Inform (a very powerful adventure game language (which is available from Aminet)). Inform and the conversion were both written by Graham Nelson. A 550 point version, originally written by David Platt. This version adds all sorts of new features and puzzles to the original. Ported to the Amiga by David Kinder. A 660 point version, written by Mike Arnautov, based on several earlier versions (including the 550 point version). Ported to the Amiga by David Kinder. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 268 57.3% 06-Jan-96 17:35:28 Adventure.info 94208 57662 38.7% 29-Dec-95 11:11:22 +Adventure 512 197 61.5% 20-Jan-96 15:37:16 +Adventure.info 189296 81520 56.9% 06-Jan-96 17:19:56 +Adventure4 228109 131678 42.2% 21-Aug-95 15:55:46 +Adventure4.dat 498 175 64.8% 06-Jan-96 17:35:28 +Adventure4.info 2920 1422 51.3% 06-Jan-96 17:34:46 +Adventure4.txt 835 313 62.5% 06-Jan-96 17:36:48 +Adventure4.txt.info 32352 17033 47.3% 06-Jan-96 17:20:00 +Adventure550 498 173 65.2% 06-Jan-96 17:35:28 +Adventure550.info 20288 7320 63.9% 14-Oct-95 14:24:48 +Adventure550.key 130782 51591 60.5% 14-Oct-95 14:24:48 +Adventure550.rec 4581 2096 54.2% 06-Jan-96 17:33:48 +Adventure550.txt 835 317 62.0% 06-Jan-96 17:35:28 +Adventure550.txt.info 75160 38871 48.2% 20-Jan-96 17:01:14 +Frotz 107012 58806 45.0% 31-Dec-95 13:54:42 +bgui.library 1480 755 48.9% 20-Jan-96 15:36:48 +ReadMe 831 302 63.6% 20-Jan-96 15:37:04 +ReadMe.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 890825 450499 49.4% 04-Feb-96 05:01:42 18 files