Video game history is colliding: Sierra founders are bringing a seminal text adventure game to VR

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Ken and Roberta Williams, two of the most influential figures in video game history, are bringing the original 1976 text adventure Colossal Cave Adventure to virtual reality.

Ken and Roberta Williams, two of the most influential figures in video game history, are bringing the original 1976 text adventure Colossal Cave Adventure to virtual reality, as well as Mac and Windows PC. It sounds pretty straightforward when I put it like that, right? And then I remind you that the game in question looked like this: And then I remind you that Roberta and Ken have been retired for the past 25 years.

But why? “Ken was bored, and I suggested he write a book about Sierra. The process of writing the book brought back long-forgotten memories resulting in Ken deciding to learn Unity and deciding to make a game,” Roberta Williams explained to PC Gamer. I would say that I have no idea what to expect — if their new company Cygnus Entertainment hadn’t already released a graphically barebones trailer that you can watch right here: Cygnus currently has 12 full-time employees working on the game.

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