That and lunar lander were the first games I encountered on the PDP-8 back in ancient times. Somebody transliterated them into FOCAL… Possibly downscaled due to memory limitations but it let us all start tinkering and encouraged making our own.

christkv · 4h ago

The pre cursor to all out city building games.

ahazred8ta · 2h ago

Ranks right up there with the classic Old Testament Text Adventure game. You have no boils. You have 100 goats. You have pottage. https://web.archive.org/web/20130704104410/https://old-testa...

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