A vast blue crystal cavern, lit by glowing crystals and hanging lanterns

Colossal Cave 3D Screenshots

Official screenshots and gameplay art from Colossal Cave 3D — Roberta Williams’ full 3D reimagining of the original 1976 adventure. Click any image to view it at full resolution.

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Screenshots

Scenes from inside the cave — its creatures, its treasures, and one persistent pirate.

A dwarf mining gold and giant gemstones deep inside Colossal Cave — Dwarves mine for gold, diamonds, and silver. Coal? They eat the coal.

Colossal Cave 3D inventory screen showing seven item slots and collected spells — Up to 7 items, auto-magic maps, and all the spells you can find!

A huge green dragon blocking the player’s path in Secret Canyon — Just one of the many fantastic creatures you’ll face!

An auto-magic map charting explored cave passages and dropped items — Auto-magic maps show where you’ve been and what you’ve left behind!

The Soft Room, a cozy 1970s-style hippy lounge hidden in the cave — Any great game from the 1970’s must have a chill, hippy room!

A giant treasure chest glowing gold in the sand of the Shell Room — The cave abounds with treasure!

The little blue bird perched in the rocky Cobble Crawl passage — Some say the blue bird is a warning!

Grog the red bridge troll demanding treasure before letting anyone cross — Grog loves treasure and needs dental work.

A full pirate ship lodged inside the cavern of the pirate’s den — You know it’s a colossal magic cave when it grows up and around a pirate’s ship!

A dwarf sizing up an enormous gold nugget in the Nugget Room — Snoog isn’t the brightest, but he tries to guess the troy ounce weight anyway.

The Giant’s chamber in Colossal Cave, its enormous occupant conspicuously absent — One noticeably absent giant!

A giant green snake coiled in the Hall of the Mountain King — Beware the cave snakes. Hark the blue bird’s warning!

Armed security dwarves patrolling a torch-lit cave corridor — Beware the security dwarves roaming the corridors. They’re on a mission!

The dashing pirate of Colossal Cave 3D with his sword drawn — Keep this handsome fella from your booty!

An ornate ancient stone dragon carving found deep in the cave — Just one of many ornate, ancient elements you’ll find throughout the cave!

Gameplay

How Colossal Cave 3D actually plays — exploration, auto-magic mapping, inventory strategy, classic puzzles, and the cave’s less friendly residents.

Title card reading ‘The Legend Reimagined — from the creators of King’s Quest,’ with a cobra coiled before a stone shrine in Colossal Cave — The legend reimagined — Colossal Cave, from the creators of King’s Quest.

‘Explore & Interact — Auto-Magic Mapping’ over a hand-drawn parchment map of the cave marking the Echo Chamber and Underground Lake — Explore and interact — auto-magic mapping charts every passage as you go.

‘Seek 15 Treasures — Strategic Inventory Management’ beside a dwarf hauling a giant gold nugget in a wheelbarrow past a sign reading ‘You won’t get it up the steps’ — Seek 15 treasures — strategic inventory management. (Snoog, you won’t get it up the steps.)

‘Vivid Underground Worlds — many of them!’ over a glowing grotto of neon mushrooms and a crystal geode lantern — Vivid underground worlds — many of them!

‘Solve Classic Puzzles — Use Your Wits!’ with Grog the troll guarding his rope-and-post toll bridge — Solve classic puzzles — use your wits! (Grog accepts treasure. Grog does not negotiate.)

‘Outsmart Dangerous Foes — Danger Lurks!’ with the green dragon spreading its wings atop a stone bridge — Outsmart dangerous foes — danger lurks around (and above) every corner.

‘XYZZY — Secret Magic Incantations: PLUGH, PLOVER & more’ over the inventory screen, beside a torn note reading XYZZY and PLUGH — XYZZY. PLUGH. PLOVER. The cave’s secret magic incantations are all here — write them down.

‘Colossal Non-Linear World — Try the Path Less Taken!’ showing a ladder descending through an open hatch into a gray vaulted chamber — A colossal, non-linear world — try the path less taken!

‘Fully Narrated Adventure — Immersive Storytelling at Every Turn’ with the pirate riding a rope lift up a blue crystal shaft — A fully narrated adventure — immersive storytelling at every turn.

‘Become the Ultimate Adventurer — play the game that inspired Zork, King’s Quest, Monkey Island & more’ with a boardroom of blue elves planning over cave maps — Become the ultimate adventurer — play the game that inspired Zork, King’s Quest, Monkey Island, and more.

Curious where it all began? Play the original 1976 text adventure.

Colossal Cave 3D — Adventure Game Re-Imagined by Ken & Roberta Williams
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