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Kemeny, John G.; Kurtz, Thomas E. (11 October 1968).
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218:. One of "many games" in library of 500 programs.
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46:adding citations to reliable sources
1500:The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
57:"List of text-based computer games"
2954:Michael R. Wilk (1 January 1987).
2943:from the original on 4 March 2016.
945:A space game originally hosted on
620:The first multi-user dungeon. See
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3003:"Richard A. Bartle: Reviews - UK"
3045:from the original on 2014-06-01.
3027:from the original on 2015-11-18.
3009:from the original on 2015-12-28.
2977:from the original on 2015-12-05.
884:Michael Toy, Glenn Wichman, and
133:Years listed are those in which
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2884:List of graphic adventure games
1187:Commercial text adventure games
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205:Unnamed American football game
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216:Dartmouth Time Sharing System
2929:10.1126/science.162.3850.223
2076:Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I.
594:Hysick, Bob and Potter, Jeff
2969:Lives, Avalon, The Legend.
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1596:A Mind Forever Voyaging
1444:Adventure International
1230:Adventure International
446:Colossal Cave Adventure
1403:Valley of the Minotaur
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129:On mainframe computers
120:The following list of
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1436:Mysterious Adventures
1191:These are commercial
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1109:Quest of the Sangraal
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2000:The Guild of Thieves
1160:Cambridge University
1127:Cambridge University
1077:Cambridge University
1046:Cambridge University
977:Cambridge University
947:University of Oregon
863:Cambridge University
836:Cambridge University
805:Cambridge University
624:for later examples.
573:Cambridge University
42:improve this article
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1717:Brøderbund Software
1423:The Wizard of Akyrz
1411:Nicolas van Dyk of
1311:Spectral Associates
1193:interactive fiction
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1147:Jonathan Partington
1118:Jonathan Partington
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942:, and James Walters
827:Jonathan Partington
796:Jonathan Partington
667:Philosopher's Quest
564:Jonathan Partington
175:Baseball simulator
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2956:"Enchanted Castle"
2817:Chronology of MUDs
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2684:Lords of the Earth
2355:clone for Kaypro.
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1689:Bored of the Rings
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2009:Magnetic Scrolls
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1849:Melbourne House
1808:Electronic Arts
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1783:Melbourne House
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1334:Veronika Megler
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