open-adventure ☆
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Description:
Colossal Cave Adventure, the 1995 430-point version
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 1.20@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 24, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Other
Tags: text-adventure game interactive-fiction retro c
Install: brew install open-adventure
About:
Open Adventure is a portable C implementation of the original Colossal Cave Adventure, also known as ADVENT. It faithfully recreates the 1995 430-point version, allowing users to explore the famous cave system via text commands. The project serves as a historical preservation effort and a modern, buildable version of the classic text-based adventure game.
Key Features:
  • Faithful recreation of the 430-point Colossal Cave Adventure
  • Portable C source code for modern systems
  • Supports both traditional and modern command interfaces
  • Includes the original game data and parser
Use Cases:
  • Playing the classic text adventure game on modern operating systems
  • Studying the history of interactive fiction and early computer games
  • Exploring a codebase of a historically significant piece of software
Alternatives:
  • advent – The original FORTRAN version, which is less portable and harder to compile on modern systems.
  • frotz – A Z-machine interpreter for playing Infocom games, which is a different lineage of text adventures.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Dec 24, 2025 12:37pm 1.20 0 VERSION_BUMP b9c7d4da
Oct 29, 2025 9:25pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 05f3a99c
Oct 14, 2025 2:58am 0 VERSION_BUMP 18311bd6
Oct 13, 2024 12:33am 0 VERSION_BUMP b0a07ca0
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