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Re:The History of Computer RPGs by felixgallo on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @10:36AM (#14147976)
Unfortunate that it starts with the PC era, rather than starting from the earliest computer RPGs. Avatar and Oubliette (and their predecessors and cousins) on PLATO were the foundation on which the Wizardry empire was built; from what I can recall there were even successful lawsuits. A critical part of RPG history.
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Re:The History of Computer RPGs by felipepepe on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @10:44AM (#14148038)
The book is still being written. There will an introductory article on the PLATO RPGs, as well as on the first MUDs and MMORPGs.
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Re:The History of Computer RPGs by erikb on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @10:44AM (#14148039)
I think Rogue is a little older than Oubliette and is a computer game. (haven't checked whether it is mentioned in the book)
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