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Hi! Colossal Cave Adventure has quite a number of different names, and was actually also known as Adventure (or sometimes just ADVENT, after its filename). I usually stick to the Adventure name, not just because of its genre-naming quality but also because of the classic original title screen ("WELCOME TO ADVENTURE!!"). In fact, Robinett created his Adventure as an adaptation of (the 1977 Don Woods version of) the text game, basically establishing the template for translating the narrative experience of a keyboard-controlled, text-based computer game to the joystick-driven interface and visual language of a console game.

Thanks for the clarification! I thought Robinetts Adventure was only inspired by Crowthers Adventure. I did not know that he actually made his game an adaption. It's just great when developers clearly are invested in the history of the genre they're developing for. Keep it up!