September 1973 · Game
Hunt the Wumpus (1973)
Gregory Yob's text game was first mentioned in the People's Computer Company newsletter in September 1973, with a two-page description in November 1973. Source code appeared in Creative Computing in October 1975.
Written in BASIC and later ported to many systems, including the TI-99/4A.
See 1973 in the interactive timeline
Facts
- Date
- September 1973
- Kind
- Game: Text adventure
- Maker or publisher
- Gregory Yob
- Platforms
- BASIC
- Genre
- Text adventure
- Format
- BASIC source listing
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