| The Very Big Cave Adventure |
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| Aliases | Unexpurgated Caves |
| Release Date | 1986 |
| Original Publisher | CRL Group PLC (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Authored with | The Quill Adventure System |
| Original Price | £7.95 |
| Themes | Parody |
| Inspirations | Advent/Colossal Cave (Software) from Crowther & Woods (USA) |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 74.00% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 81.4% (14 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - G.I. Games (UK) | (1991) | ||
| #2 - Zenobi Software (UK) | (1992) |
Authors/Contributors
| St. Bride's School (Ireland) | - ? | ||
| Ian Ellery (UK) | - ? |
Review Awards
| "ZX Computing Globella" | at ZX Computing | issue #29 - 1986/Sep | page 44 |
Compilations
| Full version in | Your Sinclair issue 88: Beaut Box 3 | (1993/Apr) | by Magazine Your Sinclair - covertape from issue #88 - 1993/Apr | ||
| Full version in | Your Sinclair issue 89: Beaut Box 4 | (1993/May) | by Magazine Your Sinclair - covertape from issue #89 - 1993/May | ||
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | VeryBigCaveAdventureThe(different).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - (different) |
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe(G.I.Games).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe(ZenobiSoftware).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe(ZenobiSoftware).mgt.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | ||
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe(ZenobiSoftware).dsk.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 128 +3 | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe.gif | 2,763 | Original | Running screen | |||
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe_Front.jpg | 611,544 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe_Back.jpg | 631,610 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe_Media.jpg | 99,525 | Original | Media scan | |||
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe.txt | 6,320 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| VeryBigCaveAdventureThe.jpg | 169,896 | Original | Scanned instructions | English | ||
| vbcadventure.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Chris Marriott (with rollback) |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #32-1986/Sep | page 64 | - Review: 82% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #93-1986/Sep | page 12 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.5 #34-1986/Aug/21 special "week#3" | page 21 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #53-1986/Aug | page 77 | - Review: 3/5 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #9-1986/Sep | page 80 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| ZX Computing | issue #29-1986/Sep | page 44 | - Review: Great |
Magazine References
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