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FeuerFrei · Mar 02, 2006, 03:47 AM // 03:47

Well....just yesterday..i was thinking about technology and games and well....several questions came to my mind......

*What's the First ever computer game to come out?
*What's the First ever Online game to be released?
*What's the First ever MMORPG to be released?

Thats about it....if anybody knows the answers to these questions....PLEEEASE.....tell me...

Btw...i tried using google and wikipedia....and i found nothing..lol

PS:Thread Title should be "Answers to Some Game Questions that im dying to find out"

Mercury Angel · Mar 02, 2006, 06:55 AM // 06:55

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Originally Posted by FeuerFrei

*What's the First ever MMORPG to be released?

That one is probably debatable. What makes an MMORPG? However, MUDs, the forefathers of MMORPG's of today, I can get you-

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The first mud was created by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle at Essex University in 1979 (for those interested, the now obsolete predecessor to the C language, BCPL was used for development, with some assembly language routines used). The original version merely allowed a user (player) to move about in a virtual location, later versions provided for more variation including objects and commands which could be modified on or offline. The goal for developing the first MUD was to test a newly developed shared memory system, the gaming aspect came later.

Jiao Yang · Mar 02, 2006, 07:27 AM // 07:27

Isnt Pong the 1st ever computer game?

FeuerFrei · Mar 02, 2006, 07:39 AM // 07:39

Whoa cool...didnt know MUDs existed at all....thats some good info Mercury..thanks....Hmm...i might have to agree with Jiao Yang....i think its Pong by Atari....not sure though....

heavy metal rules · Mar 02, 2006, 07:41 AM // 07:41

no pong wasn't the first COMPUTER game, per say, it was just the first console game. i remember my grandpa gave it to me as a chrismas gift when i was a little kid....man that was a long time ago..

LordDeArnise · Mar 02, 2006, 08:41 AM // 08:41

If you're talking about graphical MMO's, then it's more than likely Ultima Online. EQ, though, was the one that put the genre on the map.

Guillaume De Sonoma · Mar 03, 2006, 01:11 AM // 01:11

This isn't what your asking but I find it neat. Castle Wolfenstien was the first FPS ever (pretty sure)

Old Dood · Mar 03, 2006, 01:18 AM // 01:18

I remember playing Hammurabi on a TS-80 with a cassett tape drive in 1980.

FeuerFrei · Mar 03, 2006, 03:48 AM // 03:48

oooo...juicy info...keep em coming..

Wow....a cassette tape drive? whats that?

Ultimate_Gaara · Mar 03, 2006, 04:57 AM // 04:57

Typing stuff in DOS was fun, not much of a game, but fun nonetheless.