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{~} Monkeys & Advent {~}
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 18 Sep 2001 22:08:49 GMT
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> In lugnet.harrypotter, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> So, what's this about eye biting monkeys? I need a little help on that one
Well, the tale of the ‘eye-bitin’ monkey’ may not have the illustrious past
of 'advent,' but I'll be happy to direct you towards the path of mayhem.
http://news.lugnet.com/harrypotter/?n=552
[At the bottom of this ^ post there is an outline of his adventures.]
> This game possibly predates your birth
BTW, I'm 21, is this ‘granddaddy’ really before my time…
(I didn’t know computers even existed before 1980!?!)
<ducks and runs>
;) It’s fun to taunt the enfeebled & elderly,
--==Richard==--
> Ah, the youth of the world... This is a reference to the granddaddy of all
> computer RPG games: 'advent'. This game possibly predates your birth, it's a
> text adventure and it first ran on mainframes, although it was ported
> *everywhere* (1). The game Zork from Infocom supposedly is an outgrowth of
> it, IIRC.
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> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/jargon.html#ADVENT (start at the jargon
> file for anything hackish..)
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> http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/ (semioffical appearing, well indexed)
> http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/a_history.html (good history)
> http://www.gamespy.com/articles/january01/muds1/index4.shtm
> http://members.nbci.com/Cybrnaut/advent/history.htm
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> (the above is by no means a complete reference, this game is in CompSci
> folklore and lots of pages are out there)
> ++Lar
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| (...) The first version was done in 1972 i think. (...) The PET and the Apple and the TRS/80 model I all predate 1980, so ya. (...) When you see some, let us know. No enfeebled here. (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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