Comments on: Adventure http://game-research.com The art, business, and science of video games Sat, 17 May 2008 20:35:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Dennis G. Jerz http://game-research.com/index.php/info-pages/history-and-genre/adventure-games/#comment-46683 Dennis G. Jerz Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:51:01 +0000 http://game-research.com/2/index.php/history-and-genre/adventure-games/#comment-46683 Crowther's original Adventure contained fantasy elements such as combat with dwarves, a crystal bridge that appears out of thin air, and teleportation via magic words. While Woods greatly expanded the fantasy elements, he was building on a theme initially supplied by Crowther. I wrote more about this in "<a href="http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/001/2/000009.html" rel="nofollow">Somewhere Nearby is Colossal Cave: Examining Will Crowther's Original “Adventure” in Code and in Kentucky</a>" (Digital Humanities Quarterly) Crowther’s original Adventure contained fantasy elements such as combat with dwarves, a crystal bridge that appears out of thin air, and teleportation via magic words. While Woods greatly expanded the fantasy elements, he was building on a theme initially supplied by Crowther.

I wrote more about this in “Somewhere Nearby is Colossal Cave: Examining Will Crowther’s Original “Adventure” in Code and in Kentucky” (Digital Humanities Quarterly)

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