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

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 tunne

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 tun

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"

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 proc

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 littl

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

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 d

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

[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 creatur