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Colossal Cave Adventure

1976 video game
VideoGame video_game Q379904
Colossal Cave Adventure
Will Crowther · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Colossal Cave Adventure

Summary

Colossal Cave Adventure is a video game[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Colossal Cave Adventure's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's instance of is recorded as creative work[4].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's genre is interactive fiction[5].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's genre is text-based video game[6].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's developer is recorded as William Crowther[7].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's developer is recorded as Don Woods[8].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's programmed in is recorded as Fortran[9].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's designed by is recorded as William Crowther[10].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's Commons category is recorded as Colossal Cave Adventure[11].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's platform is recorded as Unix-like operating system[12].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's platform is recorded as mainframe computer[13].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's platform is recorded as PDP-10[14].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[15].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[16].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's language of work or name is recorded as English[17].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's input device is recorded as computer keyboard[18].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's country of origin is recorded as United States[19].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure was published on January 1, 1976[20].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/Neko250/adventure[21].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Colossal Cave Adventure'}[22].
  • Colossal Cave Adventure's has characteristic is recorded as free and open-source video game[23].

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Publication

Colossal Cave Adventure was released on January 1, 1976[20]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[17]. Genres include interactive fiction[5] and text-based video game[6].

Why It Matters

Colossal Cave Adventure has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

computer keyboard Don Woods Fortran PDP-10 United States Unix-like operating system William Crowther

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Xezbeth · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Programmed in → Fortran
    Country of origin → United States
    Has characteristic → free and open-source video game
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Games/Colossal_Cave_Adventure, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293304740|Colossal Cave Adventure (#293304740)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/"
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