Comments on: 6 chars ought to be enough for anyone. http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/ Drama! Intrigue! Geekiness! Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rajeshvj http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-7833 rajeshvj Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:54:56 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1361#comment-7833 X. Colossal Cave Adventure. Y. Creating Virtual worlds ? X. Colossal Cave Adventure.
Y. Creating Virtual worlds ?

]]> By: Mayukh Bose http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-7829 Mayukh Bose Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:36:32 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1361#comment-7829 and I would like to change my above answer to MUDding :) and I would like to change my above answer to MUDding :)

]]> By: Mayukh Bose http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-7828 Mayukh Bose Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:34:09 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1361#comment-7828 For the record, since the original OS only supported 6 char file names, the game's name was shortened to ADVENT For the record, since the original OS only supported 6 char file names, the game’s name was shortened to ADVENT

]]> By: Mayukh Bose http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-7827 Mayukh Bose Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:33:25 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1361#comment-7827 X = ADVENTURE Y = MUDding?? or Spelunking? Oddly enough, I have a port of that game running on a really old computer: http://www.mayukhbose.com/images/kaypro.jpg X = ADVENTURE
Y = MUDding?? or Spelunking?

Oddly enough, I have a port of that game running on a really old computer:
http://www.mayukhbose.com/images/kaypro.jpg

]]> By: Chandrakant Nair http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-7826 Chandrakant Nair Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:18:12 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1361#comment-7826 The game is COLOSSAL CAVE ADVENTURE created by Will Crowther for his daughters n based on his exploration of a real Kentucky cave...The activity which resulted from this game was MUD , ie Multi User Dungeon/Domain/Dimension... The game is COLOSSAL CAVE ADVENTURE created by Will Crowther for his daughters n based on his exploration of a real Kentucky cave…The activity which resulted from this game was MUD , ie Multi User Dungeon/Domain/Dimension…

]]> By: malcaluffin http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-7824 malcaluffin Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:14:46 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1361#comment-7824 Adventure Adventure

]]> By: Gurupad http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-7822 Gurupad Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:39:02 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1361#comment-7822 x- ADVENT x- ADVENT

]]> By: haroon siyech http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-7820 haroon siyech Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1361#comment-7820 is this monkey island? is this monkey island?

]]> By: sidsen http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-7813 sidsen Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:34:28 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1361#comment-7813 collosal cave adventure or advent and interactive fiction? collosal cave adventure or advent and interactive fiction?

]]> By: kamalrathi http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/24/6-chars-ought-to-be-enough-for-anyone/comment-page-1/#comment-7812 kamalrathi Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:22:04 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1361#comment-7812 X - Colossal Cave Y - ARPANET X – Colossal Cave
Y – ARPANET

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