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Ken and Roberta Williams, two of the most influential figures in video game history, are bringing<\/a> the original 1976 text adventure Colossal Cave Adventure<\/em><\/a> <\/em>to virtual reality, as well as Mac and Windows PC. <\/p>\n
It sounds pretty straightforward when I put it like that, right? And then I remind you that the game in question looked like this:<\/p>\n
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    Colossal Cave Adventure running on a PDP-11\/34 with a monitor.<\/em><\/figcaption>Photo by Autopilot<\/a> (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/cite><\/p>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
And then I remind you that Roberta and Ken have been retired for the past 25 years. <\/p>\n
And then<\/em> I remind you that \u2014 while Roberta and Ken made King\u2019s Quest<\/em> and Phantasmagoria<\/em> AND are credited with the first graphical adventure game ever<\/em> in Mystery Quest <\/em>AND founded storied game company Sierra, which published everything from The Incredible Machine <\/em>to Leisure Suit Larry <\/em>to Half-Life<\/em> \u2014 they weren\u2019t actually involved with Colossal Cave Adventure<\/em>, aka Adventure<\/em>, aka Advent<\/em>. It was simply the game that inspired them. <\/p>\n\n  <\/p>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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    Ken and Roberta Williams in the early Sierra days.<\/em><\/figcaption>Photo via Cygnus Entertainment<\/cite><\/p>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\nSo this is a remarkable turn of events, to say the least, spanning almost 50 years of video game history from games you originally played on mainframes<\/a> all the way to the Oculus Quest 2, history in which Roberta and Ken played important roles. But why? \u201cKen was bored, and I suggested he write a book<\/a> about Sierra. The process of writing the book brought back long-forgotten memories resulting in Ken deciding to learn Unity and deciding to make a game,\u201d Roberta Williams explained to PC Gamer<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n
I would say that I have no idea what to expect \u2014 if their new company Cygnus Entertainment hadn\u2019t already released a graphically barebones trailer that you can watch right here:<\/p>\n
\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"kKPPBe\">Cygnus currently has 12 full-time employees working on the game. \u201cIt has not yet been determined whether future games will be developed by Cygnus Entertainment LLC or if Colossal Cave 3D was a one-shot effort. Time will tell,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossalcave3d.com\/about-cygnus\">reads the new company\u2019s website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p id=\"irFS3c\">If you\u2019re not familiar with Ken and Roberta Williams\u2019 seminal work, one of their former employees who goes by Metal Jesus on YouTube just sat down with them for an extensive retrospective last week. I\u2019d highly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LAemLilaNjk\">giving it a watch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"PEiZP5\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LAemLilaNjk?rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"unK4F6\">And if you want to try the original <em>Colossal Cave Adventure<\/em> (which <a href=\"https:\/\/killscreen.com\/previously\/articles\/rediscovered-mainframe-game-from-1974-might-first-text-adventure\/\">may not technically be<\/a> the first text adventure game), you can <a href=\"http:\/\/rickadams.org\/adventure\/advent\/\">play it on the web right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UoLF3T\">Thank you for all the games, Roberta and Ken. I grew up with <em>King\u2019s Quest<\/em> and <em>Dr. Brain<\/em> and <em>Quest for Glory<\/em> and many, many more, and I probably wouldn\u2019t be here if not for them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/25\/22996436\/sierra-ken-roberta-williams-colossal-cave-adventure-advent-vr-oculus-quest-2\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/25\/22996436\/sierra-ken-roberta-williams-colossal-cave-adventure-advent-vr-oculus-quest-2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Ken and Roberta Williams, two of the most influential figures in video game history, are bringing the original 1976 text adventure Colossal Cave Adventure to virtual reality, as well as Mac and Windows PC. It sounds pretty straightforward when I put it like that, right? 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