| PLATO | |
|---|---|
| The logo for PLATO. | |
| Developer(s) | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Year introduced | [[1975]] |
| Genre(s) | Role-Playing Games |
| Website | https://www.cyber1.org/ |
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 Wizardry series.
See also
All these games were reviewed by the Computer Role-Playing Games Addict.
Original PLATO games
Iconographic lineage (precursors of Rogue?):
- (1975) The Dungeon (pedit5): Part 1, Won
- (1975) The Game of Dungeons (dnd): Part 1, Won
- (1975) Orthanc: Part 1
First-person lineage (plagiarized by Wizardry):
Trek lineage:
- (1978) Swords and Sorcery: Part 1
PLATO legacy
Iconographic lineage (precursors of Rogue?):
- (1976) Dungeons & Dragons (1976): Part 1
- (1978) Telengard: Part 1, Part 2,
- (1979) Dungeon of Death: Part 1
- (1981) Dungeons and Dragons (Heathkit): Part 1
- (1983) The Standing Stones: Part 1, Part 2, Won
- (1984) Caverns of Zoarre: Part 1, Won
- (1984) Dungeons of the Necromancer's Domain: Part 1, Part 2
- (1987) AtariRogue: ...
First-person lineage (plagiarized by Wizardry):
- (1981) Nemesis (CP/M): Part 1
- (1983) Oubliette (1983): Part 1
- (1995) Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol: ...