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A bit of context that's gone missing: In 1977, the Fortran source for Adventure, by Crowther and Woods, leaked from Stanford and starting making the rounds on P
by dws 6y ago
A bit of context that's gone missing: In 1977, the Fortran source for Adventure, by Crowther and Woods, leaked from Stanford and starting making the rounds on PDP-10 magtapes. Zork, from MIT, came along shortly thereafter, and was seen as more than bit of MIT taking a slap at Stanford by saying, "Now, here's how to do this right. First, one creates a Dungeon Definition Language. ..."
- GetLampVR 6y agoBTZ Assembler (better than zork) discussed by Robert Pinsky here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9dj3XiJKhYQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9dj3XiJKhYQ http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/BTZ http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/BTZ