| Microsoft Adventure | |
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 TRS-80/Apple II cover | |
| Developer(s) | Softwin Associates |
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| Programmer(s) | Gordon Letwin |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, IBM PC, TRS-80 |
| Release | 1979: TRS-80, Apple II 1981: IBM PC |
| Genre(s) | Interactive fiction |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Microsoft Adventure is a interactive fiction game published in 1979 by Microsoft for the TRS-80 and Apple II, then released in 1981 by IBM for the IBM PC. It is based on the PDP-10 mainframe game Colossal Cave Adventure. It was programmed for Microsoft by Gordon Letwin of Softwin Associates.[1]
- ^ "Microsoft Consumer Products Continuing the Microsoft Tradition". Byte. 4 (12): 179. December 1979.
Only Microsoft offers Adventure complete, as originally written for the DEC PDP-10, now implemented on personal computers. The ultimate fantasy/logic game, Adventure allows you to explore the depths of the "Colossal Cave,' [...] Adventure fills an entire disk with everything you need for your exploration. Written by Gordon Letwin, of SOFTWIN, Associates. Adventure for the TRS-80 requires a single-disk, 32K system. For the Apple II" a single-disk, 32K system with either the standard disk or language card system. For just $29.95.