| Welcome to Adventure!! Would you like instructions? INPUT: yes |
Somewhere nearby is Colossal Cave, where others have found fortunes in
treasure and gold, though it is rumored that some who enter are never
seen again. Magic is said to work in the cave. I will be your eyes
and hands. Direct me with commands of 1 or 2 words.
Should you get stuck, say "HELP" for some general hints.
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This program was originally developed by Willie Crowther. Most of the
features of the current program were added by Don Woods .
This version was adapted by Richard Rutenberg for use with Asterisk
and Lumenvox's speech recognition engine.
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Bug reports and other correspondence should be sent to:
610dearben@comcast.net
Attn: Adventure Maintenance | You are standing at the end of a road. To the east is a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully. INPUT: inventory | You're not carrying anything. INPUT: inside | You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring. |
There are some keys on the ground here. |
There is a shiny brass lamp nearby. |
There is food here. |
There is a bottle of water here. INPUT: get-lantern | Ok INPUT: get-bottle | Ok INPUT: get-food | Ok INPUT: get-water | You are already carrying it! INPUT: get-keys | Ok INPUT: outside | You're at end of road again. INPUT: goto-grate | You are in a 20-foot depression floored with bare dirt. Set into the dirt is a strong steel grate mounted in concrete. A dry streambed leads into the depression. |
The grate is locked. INPUT: unlock |
The grate is now unlocked. INPUT: on | Your lamp is now on. INPUT: inside | You are in a small chamber beneath a 3x3 steel grate to the surface. A low crawl over cobbles leads inward to the west. |
The grate is open. INPUT: inward | You are crawling over cobbles in a low passage. There is a dim light at the east end of the passage. |
There is a small wicker cage discarded nearby. INPUT: get-cage | Ok INPUT: west | You are in a room filled with debris washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west. A note on the wall says "MAGIC WORD XYZZY". |
A three foot black rod with a rusty star on an end lies nearby. INPUT: west | You are in an awkward sloping east/west canyon. INPUT: west | You are in a splendid chamber thirty feet high. The walls are frozen rivers of orange stone. An awkward canyon and a good passage exit from east and west sides of the chamber. |
A cheerful little bird is sitting here singing. INPUT: get-bird | Ok INPUT: west | At your feet is a small pit breathing traces of white mist. An east passage ends here except for a small crack leading on. |
Rough stone steps lead down the pit. INPUT: down | You are at one end of a vast hall stretching forward out of sight to the west. There are openings to either side. Nearby, a wide stone staircase leads downward. The hall is filled with wisps of white mist swaying to and fro almost as if alive. A cold wind blows up the staircase. There is a passage at the top of a dome behind you. |
Rough stone steps lead up the dome. INPUT: south | This is a low room with a crude note on the wall. The note says, "You won't get it up the steps". |
There is a large sparkling nugget of gold here! INPUT: get-gold | Ok INPUT: north | You're in Hall of Mists. INPUT: descend | You are in the Hall of the Mountain King, with passages off in all directions. |
A huge green fierce snake bars the way! INPUT: free-bird | The little bird attacks the green snake, and in an astounding flurry drives the snake away. INPUT: south | You are in the south side chamber. |
There is precious jewelry here! INPUT: take | Ok INPUT: south | There is no way to go that direction. | You are in the south side chamber. INPUT: north | You're in Hall of Mt King. |
A cheerful little bird is sitting here singing. INPUT: kill | The little bird is now dead. Its body disappears. INPUT: nw | There is no way to go that direction. | You're in Hall of Mt King. INPUT: sw | You are in a secret canyon which here runs east/west. It crosses over a very tight canyon 15 feet below. If you go down you may not be able to get back up. INPUT: west | You are in a secret canyon which exits to the north and east. |
A huge green fierce dragon bars the way! |
The dragon is sprawled out on a persian rug!! INPUT: kill | With what? Your bare hands? INPUT: yes |
Congratulations! You have just vanquished a dragon with your bare hands! (Unbelievable, isn't it?) | You are in a secret canyon which exits to the north and east. |
There is a persian rug spread out on the floor! |
The body of a huge green dead dragon is lying off to one side. INPUT: get-rug | You can't carry anything more. You'll have to drop something first. INPUT: drop-cage | Ok INPUT: get-rug | Ok INPUT: get-dragon | You can't be serious! INPUT: fuck | Watch it! INPUT: quit | Do you really want to quit now? INPUT: yes | Ok You scored 58 out of a possible 350, using 40 turns. | 
| Your score qualifies you as a Novice Class Adventurer. |