From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id f9813d60 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2019 14:48:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CB1DD9BCD5; Sat, 7 Dec 2019 00:48:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93FF894BF4; Sat, 7 Dec 2019 00:48:32 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="U//HADSJ"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 518B694BF4; Sat, 7 Dec 2019 00:48:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f169.google.com (mail-oi1-f169.google.com [209.85.167.169]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE80993D35 for ; Sat, 7 Dec 2019 00:48:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f169.google.com with SMTP id k196so6398460oib.2 for ; Fri, 06 Dec 2019 06:48:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=MoAMRXVskbNzUMqn9cdXCetiP4x3aRS0WsChdmBbrNM=; b=U//HADSJzaso5FGr2hP+Ibo9XQ7JvvVtNFh3YrUeP+tLlWNnD35MR+0LLkgECuyGmO TPni3JIKwnSqixG6QxY4QnKbm2AkypHJYjt2n+wue2DRTcCWm96KIUbljpbCtYaIcZO5 CaNR20FDyfSzUW+h+YMxl8FPupJbNjrB32rJ5OlGWtS55vz2Gc92sWnyOVieU9ir1HeB FKSwPBIRPQPONp83JnpGKB2it4+8+r3JeFL4Lw8OeXlh+i7t/pUFxNdVtR17MjvIHN02 b+ouLvTg8D9tk6A0CO91FxkjmF+9Gr7A7MAT/cN5lc5h9xAtcs3rdBZLl+8PhELmznzU NxnQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=MoAMRXVskbNzUMqn9cdXCetiP4x3aRS0WsChdmBbrNM=; b=jYVVa2p+O5Oou+ckyDHG7BHPtdd/o3StLK9WysTubX8zWh69K54Uu07iiSn3jiM8V4 53pZzscByKB09HEY5Dwp2SKaWrQM3G0+OlK8xuWrZTKJjFxi5UoJSUGSXwVTvqtl9GUH ctnhfIB/Mp31SnZxinBxmd43en+baeNoI5u40venFpaU50nfpKww9+X9R1ufesdOdLBW 9TgDuobvbdNmv8BZ8m4EY89Jb5B0/KNtKBatD8oxxLDQ3Quilqv+bOArQNbfO5uj5hyo 6gr46P4rrWbSEVC6WR8x/QqMxFnrwIM8OST40ly6TgUkrUlMZ68gump397Rx0fnaqMsV to6A== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVGN4pZWi2Cai5Ziq+yaKoeU3ozkIsshrRsJYUQwHGv7Ym+AJoz xFhFb9oWtph834VZBlEGjAh4xb3u5amOdKNCsJGFFQmn X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxmpJhrUKWELOId/kJaPxXc4p5H9oupZ57HiNHb5an22NMWYUwNT2R5DwlOQ6cPHbpNdfZrVKGtDdNibt8mXEY= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:f:: with SMTP id u15mr12067202oic.164.1575643709246; Fri, 06 Dec 2019 06:48:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: "A. P. Garcia" Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 09:48:08 -0500 Message-ID: To: Gabriel Diaz Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Gaming on early Unix X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Unix Heritage Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 9:23 AM A. P. Garcia wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 5:52 AM Gabriel Diaz wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Source code has been published of some early games. > > > > Were those games playable on Unix machines at the time? What was your favourite game? > > > > > > https://kryptonradio.com/2019/04/18/zork-source-code-presumed-lost-forever-has-been-uploaded-to-github/ > > > > > > Gabi > > Ken Thompson has made a number of significant contributions to > computer chess, but I'm not familiar with chess programs that ran on > early Unix. The earliest and most influential game that originated on > Unix was probably rogue, which was included in 4.2 BSD. Another early > and influential game was Colossal Cave Adventure, but that didn't run > on Unix, AFAIK. I just remembered another one called Hunt the Wumpus. From Wikipedia: "A version in C, written in November 1973 by Ken Thompson, creator of the Unix operating system, was released in 1974; a later C version can still be found in the bsdgames package on modern BSD and Linux operating systems." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt_the_Wumpus]