33:
379:
Richard A. Bartle · MMOs from the Inside Out: The
History, Design, Fun, and Art ... 2015- 50b: "PLATO was a more integrated system, running on Control Data Corporation machines. It was way ahead of its time... It also saw several multiplayer games, the most celebrated of which,
166:
and Andrew
Shapira, who were junior high school students at the time. They were soon joined by David Sides, who was a student at the University of Illinois. The first version was released in 1979.
181:, written by Jim Schwaiger and published on the PLATO system in 1977. It was so difficult that one could not play it alone; in order for players to survive, they had to run in groups. Following
336:) had a first-person point of view and used line graphics to render the scene ahead. In late 1979, the first ever fully functional graphical virtual world was released:
460:
426:
344:, it was to become the most successful PLATO game ever--it accounted for 6% of all the hours spent on the system between September 1978 and May 1985.
17:
97:
50:
69:
139:
218:
engine, which was not quite the same as playing through the original engine. The NovaNET system was shut down in
November 2015.
450:
356:
76:
83:
158:
popular is the high level of interactivity with other players and the sense of community that develops. Development on
445:
317:
280:
116:
394:
465:
65:
177:
was a successor to several innovative and highly successful role-playing games on the PLATO system, most notably
54:
239:
455:
90:
308:
187:
143:
135:
43:
150:
and chat-style text for player status and communication with others. It can currently be played
198:
are operating on Cyber1. When the NovaNET system existed, it hosted original versions of both
8:
313:
276:
427:"Want to see gaming's past and future? Dive into the "educational" world of PLATO"
303:
421:
439:
430:
163:
214:
on
Novanet. These last two games operated with the old game data on the
32:
357:"PLATO History: August 31, 2015: The End of the Road for NovaNET"
270:
147:
162:
began on the
University of Illinois PLATO system around 1976 by
151:
422:
PLATO@50: Games Panel Video with Co-Author Dr. Andrew
Shapira
146:
in the late 1970s. It has graphics for navigating through a
134:
is an early graphics-based multi-user highly interactive
154:
via Cyber1 or a simulation called
Javatar. What makes
275:(First ed.). Pantheon Books. pp. 298–305.
57:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
437:
395:"The Game Archaeologist: The PLATO MMOs, part 2"
332:and Chuck Miller's earlier multiplayer game,
264:
262:
260:
340:. Written by a group of students to out-do
206:. It was also possible to play versions of
461:Video games developed in the United States
257:
117:Learn how and when to remove this message
296:
194:Classic as well as modified versions of
229:is inherently a MMO multi-player game.
14:
438:
302:
384:, would today be regarded as an MMO".
55:adding citations to reliable sources
26:
185:, also on PLATO, was a game called
24:
25:
477:
415:
191:written in 1977, copyright 1978.
31:
18:Avatar (PLATO system video game)
268:
42:needs additional citations for
387:
373:
349:
13:
1:
451:PLATO (computer system) games
250:
240:Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol
66:"Avatar" 1979 video game
7:
312:. New Riders. p. 741.
232:
221:
10:
482:
324:Jim Schwaiger's 1977 game
169:
446:Role-playing video games
309:Designing Virtual Worlds
272:The Friendly Orange Glow
466:Fiction about purgatory
136:role-playing video game
330:Dungeons & Dragons
243:- a PC based clone of
140:University of Illinois
361:www.platohistory.org
269:Dear, Brian (2017).
51:improve this article
138:, created on the
127:
126:
119:
101:
16:(Redirected from
473:
456:1979 video games
409:
408:
406:
405:
391:
385:
377:
371:
370:
368:
367:
353:
347:
346:
300:
294:
293:
291:
289:
266:
122:
115:
111:
108:
102:
100:
59:
35:
27:
21:
481:
480:
476:
475:
474:
472:
471:
470:
436:
435:
418:
413:
412:
403:
401:
393:
392:
388:
378:
374:
365:
363:
355:
354:
350:
320:
304:Bartle, Richard
301:
297:
287:
285:
283:
267:
258:
253:
235:
224:
172:
123:
112:
106:
103:
60:
58:
48:
36:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
479:
469:
468:
463:
458:
453:
448:
434:
433:
424:
417:
416:External links
414:
411:
410:
386:
372:
348:
334:Mines of Moria
318:
295:
281:
255:
254:
252:
249:
248:
247:
234:
231:
223:
220:
171:
168:
125:
124:
39:
37:
30:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
478:
467:
464:
462:
459:
457:
454:
452:
449:
447:
444:
443:
441:
432:
428:
425:
423:
420:
419:
400:
396:
390:
383:
376:
362:
358:
352:
345:
343:
339:
335:
331:
328:(inspired by
327:
321:
319:0-13-101816-7
315:
311:
310:
305:
299:
284:
282:9781101871553
278:
274:
273:
265:
263:
261:
256:
246:
242:
241:
237:
236:
230:
228:
219:
217:
213:
212:Man 60 Avatar
209:
205:
201:
197:
192:
190:
189:
184:
180:
176:
167:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
145:
141:
137:
133:
132:
121:
118:
110:
107:February 2013
99:
96:
92:
89:
85:
82:
78:
75:
71:
68: –
67:
63:
62:Find sources:
56:
52:
46:
45:
40:This article
38:
34:
29:
28:
19:
431:Ars Technica
402:. Retrieved
398:
389:
381:
375:
364:. Retrieved
360:
351:
341:
337:
333:
329:
325:
323:
307:
298:
286:. Retrieved
271:
244:
238:
226:
225:
215:
211:
207:
203:
199:
195:
193:
186:
182:
178:
174:
173:
159:
155:
144:PLATO system
130:
129:
128:
113:
104:
94:
87:
80:
73:
61:
49:Please help
44:verification
41:
288:31 December
164:Bruce Maggs
440:Categories
404:2018-11-11
366:2018-11-11
251:References
77:newspapers
342:Oubliette
326:Oubliette
216:Avatar 95
208:Avatar 84
204:Avatar 90
200:Avatar 95
196:Avatar 84
183:Oubliette
179:Oubliette
399:Engadget
306:(2003).
233:See also
222:Gameplay
170:History
148:dungeon
91:scholar
382:Avatar
338:Avatar
316:
279:
245:Avatar
227:Avatar
175:Avatar
160:Avatar
156:Avatar
152:online
131:Avatar
93:
86:
79:
72:
64:
188:Moria
98:JSTOR
84:books
314:ISBN
290:2017
277:ISBN
210:and
202:and
70:news
429:by
53:by
442::
397:.
359:.
322:.
259:^
142:'
407:.
369:.
292:.
120:)
114:(
109:)
105:(
95:·
88:·
81:·
74:·
47:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
