Editing Colossal Adventure

{{Short description|1982 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
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| title = Colossal Adventure
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| publisher = [[Level 9 Computing]]
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| platforms = [[Nascom]] 
| released = 1982
| genre = Adventure
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'''Colossal Adventure''' is a text based adventure game published by [[Level 9 Computing]] in 1982. It was originally released for the [[Nascom]].<ref name="maher20121022">{{cite web | url=http://www.filfre.net/2012/10/level-9/ | title=Level 9 | work=The Digital Antiquarian | date=2012-10-22 | accessdate=10 July 2014 | author=Maher, Jimmy | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711194242/http://www.filfre.net/2012/10/level-9/ | archivedate=11 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/nascom/colossal-adventure|title=Colossal Adventure for Nascom (1982) - MobyGames|website=MobyGames|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/12074/Colossal-Adventure/|title=Colossal Adventure - Computing History|website=www.computinghistory.org.uk|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
''Colossal Adventure'' is an expanded version of the original ''[[Colossal Cave Adventure|Adventure]]'' by [[Will Crowther]] and [[Don Woods (programmer)|Don Woods]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/vgmuseum_rainbird_colossaladv-alt2-manual/page/n1/mode/2up|title=MOCAGH.ORG: Rainbird Software: colossaladv alt2 manual|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/ElectronUserVolume6/Electron-User-06-09/page/n23/mode/2up|title=Electron User Volume 6 1988-1989|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/vgmuseum_redherring_redherring7/page/n21/mode/2up|title=redherring redherring7|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Over 70 additional locations were added.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/retro_gamer/RetroGamer_006/page/56/mode/2up|title=Retro Gamer|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Your_64_Issue_006/page/9/mode/2up|title=Your 64 Issue 006|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/zx-books-UK/SpectrumAdventures/page/20/mode/2up|title=ZX-Books (UK)|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Sinclair User Magazine Issue 038 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive | website=Internet Archive | date=2020-06-10 | url=https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-038/page/n59/mode/2up | access-date=2021-04-16}}</ref>

==Development and release==
[[Image:Colossaladventure.gif|left|thumb|250px|Opening screen of ''Colossal Adventure'' for MS-DOS]]
''Colossal Adventure'' was the first commercial game from Level 9.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Page6-34-Jul88/page/n11/mode/2up|title=Page6 34 Jul88|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=CVG Magazine Issue 010 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive | website=Internet Archive | date=2020-06-10 | url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-010/page/n15/mode/2up | access-date=2021-04-16}}</ref>

It was later released as the first game in the ''[[Jewels of Darkness]]'' trilogy.

==Reception==
Allan J. Palmer for ''[[Page 6]]'' said "Great Scott (Adams?)! Level 9 Computing have a winner here in this excellent rendition of the original Crowther/Woods mainframe Adventure game."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Page_6_Issue_10_1984-07_ABACUS_GB/page/n35/mode/2up|title=Page 6 - Issue 10 (1984-07)(ABACUS)(GB)|date=July 9, 1984|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Steve Cooke for ''[[Personal Computer Games]]'' said "Although by contrast with some programs available on other machines this program looks a little dated, it shines out like a star in an empty sky as far as Lynx owners are concerned."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Personal_Computer_Games_Issue_05/page/100/mode/2up|title=Personal Computer Games Issue 05|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

John Conquest for ''[[Big K (magazine)|Big K]]'' said "Even by Level 9's present standards, ''Colossal Adventure'' is not the best game available, nor the most engrossing, the most difficult, the most fun, or indeed the most anything."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Big_K_Magazine_Issue_07/page/n55/mode/2up|title=Big K Magazine Issue 07|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Stuart Menges for ''[[Acorn User]]'' said "''Colossal Adventure'' is one of the best in its class. I would recommend it to any adventurer."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/AcornUser019-Feb84/page/n145/mode/2up|title=AcornUser019-Feb84|date=February 9, 1984|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Philip Garritt for ''Acorn User'' said "The program [...] is good value and will give many hours of entertainment."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/AcornUser1982/Acorn%20User%20005%20Dec%2082/page/n41/mode/2up|title=Acorn User 1982 Magazine|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

''What MSX?'' said "Level 9 is the number one software house for adventures, and this is the number one title. MSX owners start here."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/WhatMSX/What%20MSX%3F%20Vol1%20No4%201985%20Winter/page/n43/mode/2up|title=What MSX? (GB)|date=April 16, 1984|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

''Micro Adventurer'' referred to the game as a "first-class version" of the original ''Adventure'',<ref>{{cite web | title=Micro Adventurer Issue 07 : Sunshine Books : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive | website=Internet Archive | date=2020-06-10 | url=https://archive.org/details/MicroAdventurer07-May84/page/n23/mode/2up | access-date=2021-04-16}}</ref> while ''[[Amstrad Action]]'' said "it's still the best and lengthiest version of this text-only classic available for a micro".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Amstrad_Action_Issue_001/page/42/mode/2up|title=Amstrad Action Issue 001|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

''[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]'' considered the game "Recommended."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/Crash_Magazine_004/page/72/mode/2up|title=Crash Magazine 004|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

A retrospective review in ''The Spectrum Show'' said "If you want the granddaddy of all adventures, this is the one to get, closely followed by the Abersoft one that was bought by Melbourne House and released as Classic Adventure."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/the_spectrum_show/TheSpectrumShow005/page/28/mode/2up|title=The Spectrum Show|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

==Reviews==
*[[Your Computer (British magazine)|Your Computer]] - September 1983
*Home Computing Weekly - Jun 11, 1985
*Home Computing Weekly - Aug 30, 1983
*Happy Computer - Feb, 1984

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://archive.org/details/ColossalAdventure/Colossal%20Adventure/mode/2up Game manual]
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[[Category:1980s interactive fiction]]
[[Category:1983 video games]]
[[Category:Adventure games]]
[[Category:BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games]]
[[Category:BBC Micro and Acorn Electron-only games]]
[[Category:Level 9 Computing games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom]]