# Adventure (Colossal Cave)

> Adventure is the original text adventure.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/ms-dos/games/colossal-cave-adventure/
Page updated: 2026-10-04

- Developer: Will Crowther and Don Woods (PC version by Kevin Black)

Adventure is the original text adventure. You explore Colossal Cave with commands of one or two words, gathering treasures, solving puzzles and avoiding the dwarves, and score points for every treasure you bring back to the building above ground.

Will Crowther wrote it in the 1970s and Don Woods expanded it. This is a 1987 PC version.

## How to set it up

1. Install [DOSBox Staging](/microsoft/ms-dos/emulator/dosboxstaging/) or another DOS emulator.
2. Unzip the download into a folder of its own.
3. Start DOSBox Staging and type `mount c "<folder>\adventure"`, where `<folder>` is where you unzipped the download, then `c:`.
4. Type `ADV.BAT` to start the game.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/ms-dos/games/colossal-cave-adventure/#download

- (MS-DOS, 79 KB)