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✓ Awesome Blast To the Past!I've been waiting for a text adventure for the iPhone, and this is the original! Please bring back some of the Infocom Classics like Zork and The Lurking Horror! Great fun, especially for those who remember the glory days of text adventures!.Version: 0
✓ The ancient classic lives!This brought me way back to a computer lab late one night (ok, several night) in 1980... Still the same! I am glad the writers didn't add graphics, it would ruin the experience. Still, a little scrollback would be welcome. Hooray!.Version: 0
✓ FunI give this 5 stars because it does what it is, a free text style game that works just fine on my phone, I think it's fun alittle hard at times but fun..Version: 0
✓ Classic OldieYou have to have been playing games a long time ago to appreciate this game. I remember these type of games from the early 80's. If you remember what is a "text adventure", then you'll like this game..Version: 0
✓ Old schoolGreat to play one of these games again. Brings back many an old memory and still just as fun. Computer games don't have to be all about the flashy graphics. Text based adventure is a true test of memory, logic and the father and mother of all RPG and adventure games that are out there today. I would have given it 5 stars but there are a few things that could be improved on in the app. It would be nice to have the normal iPhone predictive spelling recognition work in the game as it is text based and you can't help but make the odd mistake with the touch keyboard. Also if you turn on the continue game button on the start page then home button out of the game, which sometimes you have to do (without saving as if you save you can't re-enter for 45 mins (also very annoying)) sometimes when you re- enter the game you are dropped in a totally different part of the cave. I'm not sure whether this is intentional or not, but it's very annoying especially when it drops you back into one of the mazes. Fix these problems and it will be a perfect little app with endless hours of puzzling gameplay..Version: 0
✓ Great Game from the PastI remember this game from my first incarnation of playing on a Honeywell Terminal back in 1978 (Paper Feed). I am not sure if this is the same creator, but I think it is....I played this game in Madison Wisconsin on the city mainframe TSS. I actually got to speak to the creator on the phone back 30 years ago with some questions about the game. This game spawned my interest in programming and PC gaming. I am glad to see that it has made it to the iPhone even after over 30 years of age. I downloaded it today for some great memories of the past. It may be kind of old in comparison to what is out there now, but this is what started it all....please keep that in mind. Thanks guys, and I hope you read this from an original player from the past..Version: 0
✓ Not truePretty good game.Version: 0
✓ I no like read n thinkieThis almos as bad as movie by beavis n buthead "idiocracy" or Wall-e. All i want is to wack snakes with sticks+1 preferably powerlevel healer help me. :( oh just typing hurts why'd seacular power teach Ug to read n right but not spelunking ironie or satyr.Version: 0
✓ Old School FunI never played this specific game when I was a child but I was introduced to text-based games when I was 5 years old. I had an Atari and a Nintendo but just couldn't seem to drag myself away from a text-based game that actually made me think instead of just sitting at the tv mashing buttons. It's absolutely GREAT that someone brought a classic to the iPhone. I had always wanted a chance to play Colossal Cave and now I FINALLY got a chance to. I am now 26 and still enjoy the old-school command-prompt games. PS: If you're not using your immagination (yes, a game that actually makes you think) AND you're not writing things down, you will get lost and frustrated VERY easily. Takes a lot of patience and a lot of mistakes to get anywhere in these types of games. :).Version: 0
✓ GoodHey all you ignorant haters who can't figure out how to play this game, please shut up. I hate having to look at all the crap you put out. honestly, if you don't like it, don't freaking say anything! I think it's a very clever game but the only thing I don't like is the fact that the idiotic dwarves always pop up and kill me. if there was a certain part of the game where if you wanted the dwarves around you would go to like a certain room that would be okay. I always die because of that..Version: 0
✓ Great to play againOf course listening to the reviewers with no imagination you can see they likely don't read books either. Oh my no graphics what will I do!.Version: 0
✓ Remember the Commodore Vic 20?I first played these types of games on the Vic 20 and became hooked on them. So when I saw this game in the App Store I had to have it. This is a must have for any fan of this type of game. If you haven't tried a text adventure game, give it a try, you might just like it. Besides...it's free! And what could be cooler than having a game this old on one of the most sophisticated pieces of modern technology like the Ipod touch and the Iphone?.Version: 0
✓ AwesomeGreat. You have to give commands to eat and stuff. You use your BRAIN to figure out what to do, but not like a logic puzzle, like you're actually having the advent. Great fun, Get it!.Version: 0
✓ One of the best games on my iPodIt's really good but I'm stuck in the hall of mists at the snake how do I get by it?.Version: 0
✓ Good gameGood way to get to know the key board for newbies like me. good game.Version: 0
✓ For the oldsters onlyI spent hours with this game back in the 80's. I'd get called at 1 am to fix an 0C7 and while waiting for the job to complete, I'd play Adventure. For those who remember, it's a hoot. Was soooooo glad to see it here. But if you've never seen it before, you might not quite understand. This is ancient technology, but far more challenging than stoot-em-ups. You actually have to think and reason and use logic in the game. So far, looks just like the original..Version: 0
✓ Good version of a timeless classicThe Original Adventure (or advent) is a classic from old-school computing. The very first example of the genre of Interactive Fiction, reproduced in all its glory on your iPhone! Automatic game saving is included. Even the background picture (two hiking boots) shows attention to detail. It's not green text on a black screen, but in all other ways, the game is as you remember it from long, long, ago, back when Federal Gravitation Laws required you to walk uphill both ways to school. Download it already! It's free, and (let's be honest here) it's not really a computer if Adventure doesn't run on it..Version: 0
✓ Great game but stay out of the maze.Come on Guys. Why the bad rap? This was the first text adv game ever written and should deserve some respect. I remember trudging through the Hall of the Mountain King at 3:00 in the morning at Melb State back in 1980. Besides, what do you want for free?.Version: 0
✓ GoodGreat to see text adventures on the iPhone. What I'd really like to see is a good implementation of zork. Do that next..Version: 0
✓ HELP PLEASE!!I got stuck in the ''Hall of Mists'' place...and my lamp just burned out and I can't go anywhere or else I'll "fall into a pit". And there's a creepy little dwarf that follows me and throws things at me. :( Then it said there's a vending machine somewhere and stuff. So can someone please help me? Thank you!! Overall, I think this game is pretty fun!! One thing it could improve, though, is the giving commands thing. It would be so much simpler and better if there were options to choose from! So yeah, I like this app. :).Version: 0
✓ I love it!On a whim, I searched the App Store for my favorite text adventure from my mainframe support days in the 80's. I was thrilled to se it here, and this is it in all of it's mind immersing glory..Version: 0
✓ Memories...The first time I played this, there was no CRT display. I dialed into a time sharing session from the teletype with a paper printer displaying my input and the hosts output. You could save programs on punched paper tape to reload later. xD.Version: 0
✓ Yay!Great classic adventure game - free! Two non-issues: first, go east to a new location, then go back west. The few times I tried this, I was not in the place I should be. Second, I echo another review - if possible, it would be nice to keep the keyboard on (as an option) and possibly create a cache of already-used commands so you didn't have to retype..Version: 0
✓ Why?Why can't u go into the building any more u say enter building and it says "what?" and it doesn't understand downstream either u should bring back the old commands,.Version: 0
✓ Great GameThis game is only for those who can truly apreciate the old classic games. This game is very good for it's type. It's like judging the quality of fruit. You can't judge the quality of a lemon with the same standards as you would to judge a strawberry. With a strawberry, the sweeter the better. A lemon would obviously not taste sweet..Version: 0
✓ Flick the switch on the wayback machineI played a couple text games on a apple II when I was a kid. I never played this one before so this is great. Low tech meets hi tech..Version: 0
✓ Text? You mean I have to read??C'mon people. Why re-release this? Why re-release Shakespeare? Why all those countless movie adaptations of Jane Austen novels? OK, I admit, I have to wonder about that one myself. This is the precursor to all the modern MMORPGs and others. Yes, the game is old and clunky, and without a keyboard it is quite tedious. If you have never played this classic adventure game, do it on a real computer with a real keyboard. But as far as a free iPod game goes, this is a great port..Version: 0
✓ Love it!This game is classic. I used to play these games when I was younger. I hope this games gets updated an a regular basis to add more adventures..Version: 0
✓ BugWhere the stairs after the bird chamber it freezes when you press d or down.Version: 0
✓ Historical gameThis is the game that launched a hundred subgenres. It later was commercially rewritten as zork, with probably half a dozen rewrites in between. Is it playable? You'll need patience and cleverness. And you'll need imagination, like reading a book instead of watching tv..Version: 0
✓ Adventure Old Times !!This is an excellent and unique idea concerning the iphone. The person who had written this app is a genius. Try this application and keep it to the iphone. It will keep you company at lonely moments. Thank you for the nice application..Version: 0
✓ Classic text adventure rebornThis is a very good copy of humungus cave. However it is not the original adventure, it is as stated humungus cave. That is the name for the 1000 point version. However only four stars due to the "put water in pitcher" glitch..Version: 2.1
✓ Not badI am just a little too young to remember the text based games (I started gaming when Return to Zork came out) but this game is actually pretty good if you like adventure styled games (when can we get Kings Quest games on here). The interface IS a little clunky. It would be nice if we could get a better input system and a compass. Just a thought, but an output system similar to the SMS messages might help this game out. Either way, 4 stars from me..Version: 0
✓ Good^^.Version: 0
✓ Idk why this game is so funBut it is... I've hated text based games my whole life. But when ur bored and u dnt have worldof world craft. This is the next best substitute. It has dwarfs and dragons and lots of puzzles. Ives died 3 times in the past 4 hours. The one thing I'd change is the word recognition. For ex. The game doesn't understand the phrase "use key" that's the annoying part(s)..Version: 0
✓ Good conncept, but..There is simply too much guesswork involved. I would like this game better if it gave a little more direction and didn't apologize before reciting a shortened description..Version: 0
✓ ExcellantI remember the original version of this from the early eighties A fantastic game makes you think probably why a lot don't like it Thanks for hours of fun.Version: 0
✓ Just the way I remember it!Just downloaded this app. I used to play the original Adventure game for HOURS. Did finally beat the game - big thing about this is it makes you think - it's not graphic. You need to draw a map as you go and track your movements. There are secrets and uses for each of the items. The snake is the first trick. Get the bird - but to get the bird you need to first find the cage. But you can't get the bird in the cage until you drop something. Use reasoning, imagination, and draw a map as you go. You should be able to have hours of fun too. For older - not Gen X mostly us boomers that were into computers in the early days - before GUIs and mice - back when the command line ruled - this was the type of games that wasted hundreds of hours in university labs, company computer centers and other such places. I played this game and others (trek, hammurabi, etc) on PR1ME mini-computers on text terminals. Ahh nostalgia. This implementation of Adventure (or the Colossal Cave) is very well done. My compliments to those that created it. Thanks!!.Version: 0
✓ Well It's A Text Adventure Game...Sadly, many people nowadays fail to enjoy these kinds of games, so I think a lot of people aren't going to like this much. However, if you remember the original, or you're younger but easily amused (like me), you'll probably enjoy this. I knew it was a text-based game when I downloaded it and thought it would be incredibly boring, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it pretty fun. However, I don't ever play video games, so I'm sure that makes a difference. I'm sure my younger brother, who loves video games, would get bored with this game after about five seconds. But if you think it might be mildly entertaining, I suggest giving it a try because you might enjoy it more than you think. (Plus it's free, who can resist that?).Version: 0
✓ GreatI am not old enough to remember it, but I've played the original. The only annoying thing for me is when I attack the snake it doesn't say "with what, you're bare hands?" Other than that, the game us great. If you want to know what a real adventure was (or what it was to people in '82) play this game. If an update with sideways typing comes out, I will give it a 5..Version: 0
✓ Great gameThis game is lots if fun. If you get stuck though, they have parts of the solution online. Don't let the flashlight batteries die..Version: 0
✓ Advent the gameThis game is wicked i recommend it to people the best thing is that it is free.Version: 0
✓ Does exactly what it says it doesWhy they published this as opposed to a generic z-file interpreter like frotz is beyond me, although this does very well at what it says it does.Version: 0
✓ Colossal!Reviews are even funnier, mind ;).Version: 2.0
✓ Learning curveWhat do u do at grate??? And by the way it is simple dun with steep learning curve.Version: 0
✓ Great game with one minor issueI definitely am not old enough to remember the text adventures, but that doesnt mean that they can not be fun for me. When I first got this game I didnt expect much from it, but I turned it on and gave it a try. Once I finally found a way to actually get inside of the cave, I was taken to a world that could be anything I wanted it to. I like the updates from this game from the older versions such as being able to type in "downstream" and it takes you downstream. The only problem that I found with this game, and the only reason it is not five stars, is the fact that a bug crashes your game and your whole ipod. You cannot get very far into the game before you have to start over again. If advent can fix this bug so there will be no crashes I would definitely give it five stars! Vote yes if you agree to fix the bug!!.Version: 0
✓ AdventureWow...this is a trip down memory lane...I played this on my IBM computer back in the stone age....I'm in a maze with twisty passages all alike... If you never played a text game, try this...the amazing graphics are produced with your imagination...the better your imagination...the better your graphics card. Google Infocom...another set of text games that kept me up all night as a computer geek teen. :).Version: 0
✓ Great game - needs some tweakingWell done for putting this classic on my mobile device. Great for the waiting rooms. It needs a couple of tweaks. I would like to see a landscape mode. I would like the keyboard to be up all the time or as i touch the screen it just appears without me having to touch the text box. And as a special touch, I would like a special note pad, where I could scribble notes and make maps. As for the silly comments from people who are obviously too young to know about this great genre of game, do a bit of googling, there is a wealth of wonderful gaming awaiting you..Version: 0
✓ Awesome text adventureNever played this type of game before, so I was confused at first. But if you just google "adventure game", you can figure out what to do pretty quickly. There's even walk throughs to help out newbies like me..Version: 0
✓ WowThis game truly is a great game. This was the first text adventure game that I had ever played, and it was great. I played the game for about a half hour or so, and when I unlocked the grate in the river and dropped down, I walked down the tunnel until the game said that a giant snake was blocking the path. When I typed "n" for north, to run back the way I came, my iPod froze. For four ducking hours. I had to sit there and wait for it to die before I could plug it back into the charger and boot it up again. Did anyone else have this problem? I would love to play this game again, but I'm afraid it might freeze again. Still a fun game though. I've downloaded this and other text adc.Version: 0
✓ Love itBut how do you get around the snake in the cave ????? HELP?!!!.Version: 0
✓ Irritatingly Addictive Nostalgia!OMG this takes me back! For those old enough to remember the irritatingly addictive UNIX original, this will definitely bring a smile to your face. Like the original, I don't have the patience to get out a piece of paper and scribble out the map as I go, so hence, I'm just as rubbish at it as I was 25+ years ago! LOL.Version: 0
✓ Great game! Now we need Rogue and Larn tooNow all we need are Rogue and Larn - If you don't know what I'm talking about you sure missed out on 80's Unix computer games. Rogue and Larn were graphically based games using character graphics. There was a VGA graphical version of Larn for Windows and that would be great on the iPhone too..Version: 0
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