[game_preservation] MIT Research

[Henry Lowood]

Devin,

Is that true?  There is quite a bit on SHRDLU, for example, or the Game 
of Life (I think the computer version was at MIT).  Also, Eliza, if you 
consider that a game.   Was there a game in particular that you had in 
mind? 

Also, for non-MIT games, the PLATO (Empire, Mines of Moria, etc.) games 
and Adventure.  Are you looking at non-academic games like Hunt the 
Wumpus?  There were a lot of BASIC games, and those are pretty well 
documented. 

Henry

Devin Monnens wrote:

> Henry,

>

> I don't mind contacting them over telephone or e-mail. Do you think 

> any of them might be interested in talking to a game history 

> researcher about this? I'm trying to understand why there were so few 

> games aside from Spacewar mods documented from that time period.

>

> -Devin

>

> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu 

> <mailto:lowood at stanford.edu>> wrote:

>

>     Devin,

>

>     All the MIT people I know from that era probably live within ten

>     miles of Stanford these days.  Another confirmation of how smart

>     they are!

>

>     Henry

>

>     Devin Monnens wrote:

>>     I am interested in doing research on mainframe computer games

>>     produced before 1975. I will be in Boston from November 6-9 on an

>>     unrelated trip, but will be visiting MIT for their open house. I

>>     was curious if anyone here knew someone at MIT who would have

>>     knowledge about this period who I could meet with while there.

>>     Any other resources would also be greatly appreciated!

>>

>>     -Devin

>>

>>     -- 

>>     Devin Monnens

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