Adventure 1
Release Date  1982
Original Publisher  Abersoft (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: Text-Only
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £9.95
Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX  6.95
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Inspirations  Advent/Colossal Cave (Software) from Crowther & Woods (USA)
Other Platforms  Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, MSX
Martijn's WoS score  70% (10 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - CP Software (UK)(1982)as "Colossal Caves"
     #2 - Melbourne House (Australia)(1983)as "Classic Adventure"

Authors/Contributors
     John Jones-Steele (UK) - ?
     Steinar Lund (Norway) - Inlay/Poster Art

Remarks
     Other renditions of this adventure, that was originally written on a mainframe, are Adventure and La Aventura Original.

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
Adventure1(different).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English - (different)
Adventure1(different)_2.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English - (different)
Adventure1.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
Adventure1.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
Adventure1(ColossalCaves)(CPSoftware).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
Adventure1(ClassicAdventure)(MelbourneHouse).tap.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
Adventure1(ClassicAdventure)(MelbourneHouse).tzx.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     Adventure1.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     Adventure1.gif3,007OriginalRunning screen
     Adventure1.jpg34,855OriginalInlay - Front
     Adventure1_SideA.jpg54,335OriginalMedia scan
     Adventure1(ColossalCaves)(CPSoftware)_Front.jpg314,245#1Inlay - Front
     Adventure1(ColossalCaves)(CPSoftware)_Tape.jpg91,846#1Media scan
     Adventure1(ClassicAdventure)(MelbourneHouse).jpg350,034#2Inlay - Front
     Adventure1(ClassicAdventure)(MelbourneHouse)_Back.jpg145,472#2Inlay - Back
     Adventure1(ClassicAdventure)(MelbourneHouse)_Tape.jpg58,550#2Media scan
     Adventure1(ClassicAdventure)(MelbourneHouse).txt2,309#2InstructionsEnglish

Magazine Reviews
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     Your Computerissue v.4 #7-1984/Julpage 49- Tips
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