Re: [SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
On 16 Dec 2002 at 16:47, Ron Daniel wrote: Does anybody remember the name of the game which people used to play on their mainframes at university in the late seventies where you explored a labyrinth of caves and tunnels interactively on a teletype machine? Known variously as rogue or hack -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 10:52:11AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16 Dec 2002 at 16:47, Ron Daniel wrote: Does anybody remember the name of the game which people used to play on their mainframes at university in the late seventies where you explored a labyrinth of caves and tunnels interactively on a teletype machine? Known variously as rogue or hack You'd have a tough time playing hack/rogue on a real teletype. The answer is, I believe, adventure aka colossal cave aka advent aka dungeon, a direct linear ancestor of the classic text game zork. Takes me back! I used to sneak in to the computer labs at unsw late at night to play it on the pdp11's using my brothers account. Ah those were the days. Amazing how engrossed you can get with just text on a greenscreen accompanied by the occasional soft feep. Matt jargon file entries: advent: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/ADVENT.html pdp10: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/PDP-10.html zork: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/Zork.html feep: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/feep.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
russell == russell ashdown [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: russell On 16 Dec 2002 at 16:47, Ron Daniel wrote: Does anybody remember the name of the game which people used to play on their mainframes at university in the late seventies where you explored a labyrinth of caves and tunnels interactively on a teletype machine? russell Known variously as rogue or hack No rogue and hack work only on glass ttys --- they use character graphics and the curses package to draw the maze on-screen. Peter C -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
--- Ron Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody remember the name of the game which people used to play on their mainframes at university in the late seventies where you explored a labyrinth of caves and tunnels interactively on a teletype machine, usually resulting in demise by some foul or painful process often involving a creature that you were certain was not around that corner the first time you looked ? If you're looking for 'Colossal Cave Adventure', try here: http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/ (And watch out for the dwarf!) involving a creature that you were certain was not around that corner the first time you looked ? That sounds like 'hunt the wumpus' to me, a much simpler game. As already posted, if you're a Debian user then they're in the wonderful 'bsdgames' package. - mark = mark a. bell http://www.users.bigpond.com/m487396 __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
Does anybody remember the name of the game which people used to play on their mainframes at university in the late seventies where you explored a labyrinth of caves and tunnels interactively on a teletype machine, usually resulting in demise by some foul or painful process often involving a creature that you were certain was not around that corner the first time you looked ? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
Could you mean Hunt the Wumpus? David x2707 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
nethack? On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:47, Ron Daniel wrote: Does anybody remember the name of the game which people used to play on their mainframes at university in the late seventies where you explored a labyrinth of caves and tunnels interactively on a teletype machine, usually resulting in demise by some foul or painful process often involving a creature that you were certain was not around that corner the first time you looked ? -- Regards, Ian Su SIRCA (Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific) Tel: 8374-5078 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
rogue? :-) -G -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:47:19PM +1100, Ron Daniel wrote: Does anybody remember the name of the game which people used to play on their mainframes at university in the late seventies where you explored Advent? Also known as Adventure or Colossal Cave. You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. Source should be available at: ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/doc/misc/if-archive/games/source/advent.tar.Z Cheers, John -- whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key id: 0xD59C360F http://kirriwa.net/john/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question about text computer game from late seventies/eighties
Ron Daniel wrote:
Does anybody remember the name of the game which people used to play on
their mainframes at university in the late seventies where you explored
a labyrinth of caves and tunnels interactively on a teletype machine,
usually resulting in demise by some foul or painful process often
involving a creature that you were certain was not around that corner
the first time you looked ?
It seemed to be called various things, but I think Crystal Caverns was
what you are talking about.
Something like you are in a maze of twisty passages...
I remeber it well because as sole OP on the backup shift, I could play
it and go home late, or not play it and go home early {:-).
The other stuff, wumpus, star trek, etc came later.
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