In Dungeon, the intrepid explorer delves into the forgotten secrets of a lost labyrinth deep in the bowels of the earth, searching for vast treasures long hidden from prying eyes, treasures guarded by fearsome monsters and diabolical traps!
No DECsystem should be without one!
Dungeon was created at the Programming Technology Division of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling. It was inspired by the Adventure game of Crowther and Woods, and the Dungeons and Dragons game of Gygax and Arneson. The original version was written in MDL (alias MUDDLE). The current version was translated from MDL into FORTRAN IV by a somewhat paranoid DEC engineer who prefers to remain anonymous (a C translation of this now exists as well).
| Title | Dungeon |
|---|---|
| Original Title | Zork |
| Authors | Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and David Lebling |
| Difficulty | Standard |
| Version | Release Date | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| MDL Zork | June-September 1977 | Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and David Lebling |
| FORTRAN IV Zork (Dungeon) | January 1978 | A somewhat paranoid DEC engineer |
| FORTRAN-77 Dungeon | November 1981 | Randy Dietrich, Lynn Cochran, and Sig Peterson |
| PDP to VAX | December 1985 | Bill Randle |
| C Dungeon | March 1991 | Ian Lance Taylor |