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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