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Play the computer game seen in the movie Big photo

The 1989 film Big, in which a child wishes himself into becoming a grown-up, is probably something you're familiar with. One of the interesting elements of the movie is a graphical text-based adventure game which the main character, Josh Baskin, plays in a couple of different scenes and serves as a link between his childhood and the premature adulthood he finds himself experiencing. At the time, the game looked awesome and I really wanted to play it but, sadly, the game never actually existed.

Twenty years later, BoMToons has sought to remedy this situation by creating a little Flash game which very closely resembles the one seen in the film. There isn't a whole lot to it, as there was very little to work with from the source material (which consists of one room in a cave and one text command entered). The game, called The Cavern of the Evil Wizard, takes place entirely in that one room and is solved in exactly the same manner as in the film, but there are a few other commands in the text parser that you can play around with.

It is a neat little trip down memory lane and those of us who have a fondness for Big should get a kick out of it. Go ahead and give it a try.








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XGC TheDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 09:12
XGC TheDude
Call me when they have a power glove that worked as good in the wizard
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 09:15
Jim Sterling
New avatar? Hotness.
timtheterrible's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 09:56
timtheterrible
I was just about to beat him, but my mom wanted me to take out the trash.
bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 10:07
bluemeep
Fuuuuck, I always wondered if that was a real game or not.
Bacchus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 10:31
Bacchus
throw thermal pod
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 11:25
DaedHead8
haha! Thats pretty neat.
timtheterrible's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 12:01
timtheterrible
Can the sword be used?
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 12:06
Chris Carter
Just introduced Big to my wife for the first time a few weeks ago: amazing movie.
DarkMagic56's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 12:41
DarkMagic56
Type "Throw Sword"
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 16:38
ArrestedDeveloper
Type "Bang Elizabeth Perkins"
fox01313's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2009 19:59
fox01313
Between this & the recent discovery at a few stores selling new PC games that came out not too long ago (Dirty Dancing & Princess Bride), I think demand for this now isn't all that great to spend time on making it or playing it.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/19/2009 12:36
Rockvillian
"I wish to play the wizard game from Big."



IT CAM TRUE
Circle Davis Pasto's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:04
Circle Davis Pasto
I think it was released in 1988, not 1989 as listed.
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 00:29
The Amazing Shenazin
haha, this is great!
Guybrush Threepwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2009 14:18
Guybrush Threepwood
I ALWAYS wanted to play this games. This is a dream coming true.
Justin Wilson's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/23/2010 22:37
Justin Wilson
type throw pod it will melt the wizard
The Final Prodigy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/23/2011 13:10
The Final Prodigy
Cool!! Only one complaint--the game should be longer C:
vierarino50's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2011 17:30
vierarino50
sweetly indeed: we enjoyed a smoother interchange of thought; old buy rhinocort
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