tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704609740408129865.post5426343164608782874..comments2023-12-16T09:13:12.371-05:00Comments on Forgotten Runes: Old School Computer DnD Pedit 5imredavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791259426241403181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704609740408129865.post-63113230678810792062023-12-05T12:17:30.481-05:002023-12-05T12:17:30.481-05:00Looking at Swords and Sorcery it is close but more...Looking at Swords and Sorcery it is close but more evolved than Magic Fountain. When I was involved had to be 1976 since I did not do much on PLATO after that. I had the now outdated notion back then that I needed to stop playing games and get a serious career. Ended up in Mechanical Engineering.imredavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791259426241403181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704609740408129865.post-20330160475281161712023-08-27T11:52:36.488-04:002023-08-27T11:52:36.488-04:00Hello, I think you are right about the date you pl...Hello, I think you are right about the date you played pedit5, and I think your friend is Don Gillies, and his game is now preserved as Swords and Sorcery in PLATO emulator Cyber1.Exploradorrpghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491422055928443184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704609740408129865.post-25685013235719789182023-08-24T10:12:55.841-04:002023-08-24T10:12:55.841-04:00I think pedit5 was released in August 1975, so you...I think pedit5 was released in August 1975, so you remember well.<br /><br />By the way, the Magic Fountain game is very reminiscent of Jim Mayeda's think2 from 1976 or Don Gillies' sorcery from 1978.<br /><br />Could it be based on them?Exploradorrpghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491422055928443184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704609740408129865.post-3518929694179844092014-06-14T22:49:13.761-04:002014-06-14T22:49:13.761-04:00I suspect I was playing the early release versionI suspect I was playing the early release versionimredavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791259426241403181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704609740408129865.post-28909063614984712302014-06-14T12:33:42.153-04:002014-06-14T12:33:42.153-04:00Interesting... It must be the first fantasy strate...Interesting... It must be the first fantasy strategy ever in the history of computer games. Did that game have level/experience system as well?<br /><br />Also may I ask one more thing? Mr.Rusty Rutherford stated "I wrote it all in about 4-6 weeks in the fall and winter of 1975" in his interview, but you " played pedit5 a lot in fall of 1975"... It's a bit confusing. Does that mean you played very early version of the game? Or the correct development period should be 1974 rather than 1975?hally(VORC)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14254855792751231953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704609740408129865.post-67602123585759004282014-06-10T21:45:07.117-04:002014-06-10T21:45:07.117-04:00Much different game. Worked a bit like the old, ol...Much different game. Worked a bit like the old, old Trek computer game. However instead of sectors we had walled gardens; instead of Klingons, werewolves; instead of photon torpedoes, arrows. One of the great things about the old Plato system it was build to handle foreign languages so had a pretty good font editor, so we made a font of monsters pictures to use in the game (actually I only did the troll). Afraid I gave up my game programming to focus on mechanical engineering, so I am just a rocket scientist, instead of some rock star game programmer. Not sure what happened to my friend.imredavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791259426241403181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704609740408129865.post-73038251402994189252014-06-08T21:57:16.915-04:002014-06-08T21:57:16.915-04:00One more missing piece in the history of computer ...One more missing piece in the history of computer roleplaying game... that's more than interesting! Could you please let me know details about Magic Fountain as far as possible? Was that based on pedit5 ? Or much different game?<br />hally(VORC)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14254855792751231953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704609740408129865.post-5559824279378899472014-06-08T09:20:37.222-04:002014-06-08T09:20:37.222-04:00Nope pedit5 was the first DnD based game I played....Nope pedit5 was the first DnD based game I played. A friend of mine was working on a game we called Magic Fountain which I let him store in my file cryo5. However, the University may have deleted it, when they kicked us off the computer for playing too many games with it.imredavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791259426241403181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704609740408129865.post-46495573008811929382014-06-07T13:09:39.618-04:002014-06-07T13:09:39.618-04:00Hello from Japan. Thanks for such a rare story. Di...Hello from Japan. Thanks for such a rare story. Did you also play some other DnD-based PLATO games prior to pedit5? Some people say there was a game called m199h at least.hally(VORC)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14254855792751231953noreply@blogger.com