1982 · Adventure

Colossal Adventure

Colossal Adventure takes its cue from the very earliest mainframe text adventures. Our hero must rescue the elves and find fifteen pieces of treasure. There are many dark areas, so lights and batteries are at a premium. Be careful of vicious dwarves, who can be killed using axes.

Released: 31 December 1982
Platforms: Amstrad CPC Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Commodore C64/128/MAX MSX ZX Spectrum
Genres: Adventure
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Perspective: Text
Themes: Fantasy
Country: England
Languages: English

About

Colossal Adventure is a text based adventure game published by Level 9 Computing in 1982. It was originally released for the Nascom.

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Colossal Adventure is an expanded version of the original Adventure by Will Crowther and Don Woods. Over 70 additional locations were added.

Development

Colossal Adventure was the first commercial game from Level 9.

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."

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."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
BBC Microcomputer System	31 December 1982	Europe
Atari 8-bit	31 December 1983	Europe
Commodore C64/128/MAX	31 December 1983	Europe
ZX Spectrum	31 December 1983	Europe
Amstrad CPC	31 December 1984	Europe
MSX	31 December 1984	Europe