[Simh] Don Daglow's Dungeon

[Zane H. Healy]

At 12:49 PM -0500 12/31/11, Pierre Francesco wrote:
>I am interested in the early history of computer role-playing games, 
>and so I have been seeking out and playing early examples of the 
>genre. The PLATO games (pedit5, orthanc, DND, Oubliette, etc.) are 
>easy enough to find on Cyber1. However, one game has eluded me: Don 
>Daglow's 1975 (or 1976) rpg Dungeon. According to Wikipedia 
>(<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_%28computer_game%29>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_%28computer_game%29), 
>Daglow wrote it on Claremont University Center's PDP-10 (although it 
>does not state for which operating system). The article also says 
>that the game was widely distributed via DECUS; while I did not find 
>anything looking through the tape archives on 
><http://pdp10.trailing-edge.com>pdp10.trailing-edge.com, I do not 
>think I know what to look for.
>
>Has anyone ever seen this game on any archive tapes on the net? 
>Otherwise, does anyone know where a possible copy may be found?
>
>NOTE: This is NOT the prototype of Zork; this is an earlier game 
>that bears the same name.

If it ran on the PDP-10, I'd recommend asking on the PDP-10 USENET 
group.  Someone there might know something.

Zane




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