New release! Colossal Cave, an award-winning game known to millions, has been reimagined for the Meta Quest 3 by Roberta Williams, the multi-million copy bestselling author of King's Quest, Phantasmagoria and many other #1 hits. Colossal Cave is credited as foundational for the entire gaming industry, providing the inspiration for virtually every adventure game you can name, from Zork to Monkey Island, King's Quest, and more. Cygnus Entertainment has been in development for over three years to create a game that will challenge every Meta Quest 3 user. Now utilizing a mixed-media format, it has no in-game advertising, no subscription, and no in-app purchases for uninterrupted game play. Buy once, play forever!
ABOUT COLOSSAL CAVE:
Colossal Cave Adventure (AKA: Adventure or ADVENT) was released in 1976 by developer Will Crowther for the PDP-10 mainframe computer. It was expanded in 1977 by Don Woods. In the game, the player explores a cave system rumored to be filled with treasure and gold. It is the first well-known example of interactive fiction, as well as the first well-known adventure game, for which it was also the namesake.
Originally based on Crowther's maps and experiences caving in Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, the longest cave system in the world; further, it was intended, in part, to be accessible to non-technical players, such as his two daughters. Woods's version expanded the game in size and increased the number of fantasy elements present in it, such as a dragon and magic spells. Both versions, typically played over teleprinters connected to mainframe computers, were spread around the nascent ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, which Crowther was involved in developing.
Colossal Cave is regularly noted as one of the most influential video games, and in 2019 was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame by The Strong and the International Center for the History of Electronic Games.
In 2020, Ken and Roberta Williams, best known for having founded and ran Sierra On-Line over a twenty-year period, started an effort to completely redesign the game for modern devices, as a totally immersive 3D experience.
- Hardware requirement: Meta Quest 3
- Title: Colossal Cave 3D
- Publisher: Cygnus Entertainment
- Redesign for Meta Quest 3: Roberta Williams
- Launch Price: $12.99
- Release date: July 8th, 2024
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LINKS:
- Meta Quest 3
(https://www.meta.com/experiences/4277263562355260/) - Screenshots for Meta Quest 3
(https://photos.app.goo.gl/dy9XLWbftdhGnUF96) - Trailer on YouTube
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvdbo9HtNAs) - Personal photos of Ken and Roberta Williams
(https://photos.app.goo.gl/PmicwrCnCpbADaUU8) - Game logo and Cygnus Entertainment Logo
(https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ed91Q7fN7JhxE3kp8)
PRESS CONTACT:
press@cygnusentertainment.com
Ken and Roberta Williams are available for interviews upon request.