Microsoft Adventure

Microsoft Adventure is a text game in which the player explores caves and acquires treasure, using one- or two-word commands to move or manipulate objects, and the game awards points for successfully exploring areas and gathering treasure. There are 130 rooms containing 15 treasures, 40 useful objects, and 12 problems for the player to solve. The progress of two separate games can be saved on a diskette. The game includes most of the content from Colossal Cave Adventure, along with a few locations unique to this version.

Carrington Dixon reviewed Microsoft Adventure in The Space Gamer No. 49. Dixon commented that "No game that exists on several different computers can fully demonstrate the potential of any one computer. Even so, your [money] buys many hours of cave exploring and treasure snatching.

There is only one 'setup' but that one is rich and complex enough to keep anyone busy for many games. I suspect that many people will come back to this one after some flashier games have been permanently set aside." PC Magazine also reviewed the game positively, writing, "This hoary old classic should be included in any player's collection of games for the IBM PC."