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1980: origins of PC gaming, Zork, Sierra On-Line, Colossal Cave Adventure (PC Gaming Chronicles)

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Are you interested in the history of PC gaming? Then check out my new documentary about the dawn of the computer industry! You'll learn about games, developers and technologies that defined PC gaming and shaped it the way we know it today.

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Special thanks to David Crane, Robert Woodhead, Scott Adams, and Steve Meretzky for kindly agreeing to spend their time to answer to my questions.

David Crane website - https://dcrane.com/Home.html

Robert Woodhead family page - https://www.madoverlord.com/

Scott Adams new gamdev studio site - https://www.clopas.net/ Check out Adventureland XL on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1171560/Adventureland_XL/

Steve Meretzky personal page - http://www.boffo.us/

I'm also grateful to Mind.in.a.box band for allowing me to use their amazing music as the soundtrack of this video. By the way, the new album is coming soon, so check out their page! http://www.mindinabox.com/ and https://open.spotify.com/artist/7oFwFLcW5btR2tHAnPqnDH

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Twitter - https://twitter.com/InquisitorAles

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00:00 Intro
02:57 The origins of PC gaming
19:54 Back to BASIC
32:09 1977 Trinity
43:31 Atari 400/800 personal computers
56:06 Colossal Cave Adventure (ADVENT), and the birth of an industry
01:13:14 Adventure International
01:26:18 On-Line Systems / Mystery House
01:38:06 Zork, and the rise of Infocom
01:50:18 Outro

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