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Computer Games - Ever completed one
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The fact he mentioned one of the few that doesn't actually complete as I will I'd put this one in the 'Cool story bro' camp.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!
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possibly the first computer game ever - colossal cave :-)
( text interface adventure game on IBM VM )
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XYZZYOriginally posted by BR14 View Postpossibly the first computer game ever - colossal cave :-)
( text interface adventure game on IBM VM )

You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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You mean Leisure Suit Larry? (In the land of the Lounge Lizards).Originally posted by WTFH View PostDId anyone ever complete Lounge Lizzard Larry?
Yep. A classic at the time."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike - maze #1Originally posted by DaveB View PostXYZZY
You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.
You are in a maze of little twisty passages, all alike - maze #2
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I thought that would be the tennis game someone wrote for an oscilloscope back in 1958?Originally posted by BR14 View Postpossibly the first computer game ever - colossal cave :-)
( text interface adventure game on IBM VM )
'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!
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i've still got all four of those somewhere, - sad innit?Originally posted by DaveB View PostYou mean Leisure Suit Larry? (In the land of the Lounge Lizards).
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you may be right, but if i may be pedantic, an osciloscope isn't a computer, and i did say COMPUTER game.Originally posted by northernladuk View PostI thought that would be the tennis game someone wrote for an oscilloscope back in 1958?Comment
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I actually got a couple of old games from OS/VS1 up and running on z/OS a while ago and have Snake running there. I think Star Trek on OS/VS1 possibly predates Colossal CaveOriginally posted by BR14 View Postpossibly the first computer game ever - colossal cave :-)
( text interface adventure game on IBM VM )

When I worked in Brentwood on OS/VS1 and then on MVS we had an RJE (with acoustic coupler) and used to dial in to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD1“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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