The Cave of Time

This is a multiple-choice adventure based on the first book in the popular "Choose Your Own Adventure" series for kids, written by Edward Packard. The Bantam Books publishing success sold 250 million domestic copies in the U.S. alone between 1978 and 1998, making it one of the most successful children's book series ever.

In the game, you are a kid who enters the Cave of Time to recover four items stolen by the Time Grouches and must return them to their proper places and times. The items are: a golden crown, Abraham Lincoln's hat, the Loch Ness Monster's egg, and a piece of flint.

When entering the cave, you can choose 3 options: up or down which take you to one of the 4 time periods, or go to the Time Grouches' lair where they will attack you two at a time. Using your sword you swing at them until you connect when their guard is down. If you defeat enough of them, you will get one of the required items behind 4 doors.

When you go to each time period, you will have to correctly choose the proper actions in order to solve the required puzzle. You may have to go through each several times until you are able to get everything that is needed.

Added February 12, 2021
Published By Bantam Software
Developed By Bantam Software
Front Cover (United States) (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (United States) (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Manual (United States) (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Introduction (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Select Your Path (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Battling Time Ghouls (Apple II) from mobygames.com
The Time Ghoul Attacks (Apple II) from mobygames.com
I Found Abraham Lincoln's Hat (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Rowing through Loch Ness (Apple II) from mobygames.com
I Meet Cavemen (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Riding the Mammoth (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Encountering a Sloth (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Medieval Times (Apple II) from mobygames.com
On a Train to Gettysburg (Apple II) from mobygames.com
I Meet Lincoln (Apple II) from mobygames.com
Beginning (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Starting location (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Confront them or run away? (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Arcade sequence - ride the mammoth by moving your hands left and right with it. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Another arcade sequence inside the dungeon. Move your sword (the white line) over the screen and press fire at the right moment to attack. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
1985

Genre(s):
Interactive Fiction Puzzle Adventure

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Text Parser

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