Historically exploring Adventure

"Adventure" is the classic text-adventure game. New historical work -- including interviews, examinations of the author's student account at Stanford, and a walkthrough of Kentucky's Colossal Cave -- reveal how it was developed:

In addition, new interviews with Crowther, Woods, and their associates (particularly members of Crowther's family) provide new insights on the precise nature of Woods's significant contributions. Real locations in the cave and several artifacts (such as an iron rod and an axe head) correspond to their representation in Crowther's version; however, by May of 1977, Woods had expanded the game to include numerous locations that he invented, along with significant technical innovations (such as scorekeeping and a player inventory).

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