Adventure: Reawakened!

The 1976 adventure cave game that started it all — now hand-painted and fully narrated. Type the classic commands or tap to explore. Free to start; one unlock, no sub.

The cave that started it all is back — and for the first time, you can see it and hear it.

Before the dungeon crawlers. Before the choose-your-path novels. Before nearly every game that ever asked "what do you do next?", there was one cave and a single line on a screen:

"You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building."

In 1976, Colossal Cave Adventure by Will Crowther and Don Woods invented the text adventure and lit the fuse for interactive fiction, role-playing, and the whole adventure genre. This is the game that inspired Zork and Infocom's classics. Adventure: Reawakened is that original game, faithfully rebuilt for iPhone and iPad — true to the last room, treasure, and creature, and finally brought to life with hand-painted art and a storyteller's voice.

TWO WAYS TO PLAY — PURIST OR NEWCOMER

• Type the classic commands. Open the terminal and enter GET LAMP, GO NORTH, XYZZY — the real parser, exactly as it was in 1976.
• Or tap and swipe. Tap an object to pick it up, swipe or use the brass compass to move. No manual required.
• Listen or read. Every room and every reply is narrated in a rich, theatrical voice — or play in silence and read at your own pace.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• The complete 350-point classic: all 15 treasures to carry home, every twisty passage, and the long climb back to daylight.
• Hand-painted artwork for every room, from sunlit forest to lantern-lit depths.
• The creatures and puzzles you remember: the bird and the snake, the dragon, the troll's bridge, the bear, the giant's beanstalk, the pirate and his chest — and a few surprises.
• A cave that grows darker the deeper you go, so your lamp truly matters.

NO NONSENSE

• No ads. No loot boxes. No subscription. No tracking. No account.
• Free to explore the opening. One single purchase unlocks the entire game forever.

Whether you cut your teeth on interactive fiction decades ago or have never typed a command in your life, this is where it all began.

Xyzzy

What's New (version notes for 1.0)

Welcome to the cave. This first release brings the complete classic adventure to iPhone with hand-painted rooms, full spoken narration, tap-and-swipe controls, and the original typed commands for purists. Free to start; unlock the full game with one purchase.