Category:PLATO

P.L.A.T.O. (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations) is the oldest local computer network used for educational purposes. The mainframe was active in the university in Illinois (United States) since the year 1960.

The earliest known role-playing video games were programmed on this system. One of said games (Oubliette) was plagiarized and commercialized: it was the first title in the series.

Original PLATO games
Iconographic lineage (precursors of ?):
 * (1975) The Dungeon (pedit5): ,
 * (1975) The Game of Dungeons (dnd): ,
 * (1975) Orthanc:

First-person lineage (plagiarized by ):
 * (1975) Moria: ,
 * (1977) Oubliette:
 * (1979) Avatar:
 * (1982) Camelot: ...

Trek lineage:
 * (1978) Swords and Sorcery:

PLATO legacy
Iconographic lineage:
 * (1976) Dungeons & Dragons (1976):
 * (1978) Telengard: ,
 * (1979) Dungeon of Death:
 * (1981) Dungeons and Dragons (Heathkit):
 * (1983) The Standing Stones:, ,
 * (1984) Caverns of Zoarre: ,
 * (1984) Dungeons of the Necromancer's Domain: ,
 * (1987) AtariRogue: ...

First-person lineage:
 * (1981) Nemesis (CP/M):
 * (1983) Oubliette (1983):
 * (1995) Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol: ...