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Ep. 90: Colossal Cave Adventure with Roberta Williams

Video Game History Hour

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What Is a Teletype Machine?

Scott Adams was working as a contract programmer for Children's Hospital in the 1980s. He got into one of the server sides of the mainframe computer and found an adventure game that he wanted to play. It took him about a month or more, but he finally solved it. The best players get 350 points maximum. That's the best. And I can't do it.

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