<s>
Colossal	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
a	O
text	O
based	O
adventure	B-Application
game	O
published	O
by	O
Level	O
9	O
Computing	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nascom	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colossal	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
an	O
expanded	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Adventure	B-Application
by	O
Will	O
Crowther	O
and	O
Don	O
Woods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colossal	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
game	O
from	O
Level	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Jewels	B-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Level	O
9	O
Computing	O
have	O
a	O
winner	O
here	O
in	O
this	O
excellent	O
rendition	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Crowther/Woods	O
mainframe	O
Adventure	B-Application
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Conquest	O
for	O
Big	O
K	O
said	O
"	O
Even	O
by	O
Level	O
9	O
's	O
present	O
standards	O
,	O
Colossal	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
not	O
the	O
best	O
game	O
available	O
,	O
nor	O
the	O
most	O
engrossing	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
difficult	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
fun	O
,	O
or	O
indeed	O
the	O
most	O
anything.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Stuart	O
Menges	O
for	O
Acorn	O
User	O
said	O
"	O
Colossal	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
in	O
its	O
class	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
said	O
"	O
Level	O
9	O
is	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
software	O
house	O
for	O
adventures	B-Application
,	O
and	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Micro	O
Adventurer	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
first-class	O
version	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Adventure	B-Application
,	O
while	O
Amstrad	O
Action	O
said	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
still	O
the	O
best	O
and	O
lengthiest	O
version	O
of	O
this	O
text-only	O
classic	O
available	O
for	O
a	O
micro	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
retrospective	O
review	O
in	O
The	O
Spectrum	O
Show	O
said	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
want	O
the	O
granddaddy	O
of	O
all	O
adventures	B-Application
,	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
one	O
to	O
get	O
,	O
closely	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
Abersoft	O
one	O
that	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Melbourne	O
House	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
Classic	O
Adventure.	O
"	O
</s>
