• You wake up finding yourself in a large limestone cave.
• A nasty bat is awaiting you while you notice a short hand gun is lying on the floor...
• With your wisdom and determination, you will be able to recover "The missing piece"

• This game was written for submission to Interactive Competition 2008.
• The game engine (V3) has a vast improvement in GUI Interface over all the previous games that I have written.
• There are still problems with text cluttering up due to different resolution of the PC. The latest download link attempted to fix this (with not much success).
  

• You wake up and find that you are in a completely strange situation...What happened?

• This game was submitted for Interactive Competition 2007.
  
• The game engine (I would call it Game Engine V2) represents a vast improvement over all previous games that I have written.
  
• Most of my time was spent on programming, hence the story may be lacking in this game. However the elements of fun are still there.
  
• Besides, lack of testers made me quite frustrating sometimes, as all of my friends would prefer to play the latest 3D action-packed games.

• Get Yoshi his favourite present...

You received a birthday invitation from Yoshi. You determined to give Yoshi a most memorable birthday in his life.

For a start, there is a problem: You don't have a present for him yet.

He would definitely appreciate a present of popsicle sticks from you.

But the local store is closed for the weekend, and giving Yoshi an I.O.U. (I owe you) is pretty lame.

Better scour around and find what you needs!

• The town is pretty weird (just like this game)...

Be warned! The town is pretty weird (just like this game).

The graveyard down the street is really scary! And there have been rumours about animals growing large and ferocious in the sewers...

• More than one possible endings...

Depending on what you did during the game, there are more than one possible endings...

• Based on Original game "Yoshi Birthday" in DOS version ...

Yoshi Birthday II is based upon the original game "Yoshi Birthday" in DOS version by Chris Kulgler (KCCK Designs).

Current GUI version of Yoshi Birthday II retained most elements of the original game with some extras being added: Title screen, music, some sound effects, and additional adventure puzzles.

• Humorous and weird gameplay turned me on...

It is the humorous and slightly weird kind of gameplay that prompt me to convert the game into the GUI format and improved upon it.

The conversion was worth my time as it improved my current GUI text adventure engine further to another level.

Your father needs your help! He is trapped! Now descend to the Land of Demogorgon and find your father . . .

Addtional Information:

• Land of Demogorgon - Strange title ?!

Strange title isn’t it? When I run out of ideas while developing Land of no return, I start playing through some weird adventure games.

• A game designed after playing the Anamagon, Spectrum 128K version

This is a game designed after playing through the spectrum version of "Anamagon".

The original game was written in the Quill. Based on the description from the solutions provider, it is said to contain numerous logical errors and it is probably written by children for children.

This turned me on and proceed to go through the whole solutions and subsequently do a conversion with improvements in content and make it more logical.

Well, this may not be a most enjoyable game on the planet but it does spark me some ideas in improving the GUI text adventure engine at that time.

• Imagine that you are young children ...

The game has many shadows/elements of the original game.

And I tried to put it in such a way that it is from the point of view of a young school-going children.

So imagine that you are young children (if you are an adult) while playing this game.

If there is any suggestion in improving this game along this thread, please drop me an email.

• Somewhere nearby is a colossal cave, where others have found fortunes in treasure and gold...
• It is rumoured that some who enter the cave are never seen again. Magic is said to work in the cav

The historic first text adventure game ...

The GUI Colossal Cave in this site is written based on the Colossal Cave Adventure game, produced in the '70s. The original colossal cave game was the historic first text adventure game. (Text adventure game is a game in which the computer would simulate and describe a situation and the user would type in what to do next, in simple English).

Was initially named "Adventure" ...

The original version of “colossal cave”  was initially named "Adventure" written during the period that Crowther's marriage ended. Feeling estranged from his two daughters and wanting to be closer to them, he decided to write a program that they might enjoy: a simulation of his cave explorations that also contained elements of his fantasy roleplaying. Crowther's daughters enjoyed the game, and it was passed from friend to friend during the early days of the Internet world.

Original game "Adventure" is a reference to an actual cave within the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky.

The "Colossal Cave" mentioned by the original game adventure is a reference to an actual cave within the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky, US. However, the game is not actually based on that cave, but is instead a remarkably faithful reproduction of nearby Bedquilt Cave.

Please note that the GUI colossal cave that you are about to download from this site is a modification version adapted for beginners like myself, thus it is not a faithful reproduction of the originals although many elements of the game are still retained.

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