its pretty much where Zork came from. I believe someone did eventually port this over to DOS
anyone have it or know where to get it?

thanks

Isn't this the one where there's text at the bottom of the screen and some rudimentary pictures above it? I think I played it on an old Apple or something. Some kid was playing it in a Tom Hanks movie or something I think.

The actual title is "Colossal Cave" aka "Adventure." I remember playing it all the time on my school's Apple ][. No pictures (in the original version anyway).

Here's a real good webpage about it:

http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/