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Article #165065Re: Crowther (pre-Woods) "Colossal Cave"
From: Welmoed Sisson
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 00:00
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Gosh, I remember playing "Adventure" at Boskone in ... let's see, it had to be late '77 or early '78. It was a really big deal then: you got a little coupon when you registered that allowed you 15 minutes at the teletype terminal to play; there were about eight terminals set up in a little room. People would get groups of four together and kibbitz so they could play for an hour, taking turns typing for 15 minutes. At the end of my turn I remember one of the things I ended up with was a tame bear following at my heels! Trying to explain to a bunch of 7th and 8th graders just how big a deal it was to play a game on a computer is like pounding sand. --Welmoed
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