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Teletype/DND1
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DND1 is a game available to play inside of Shroud of the Avatar by using the Teletype. This text-based game was originally created by Richard Garriott, and ported by Richard Fleming for Lord British's Royal Challenge.
Gameplay[edit]
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Upon starting the game, the Teletype will display DUNGEONS & DRAGONS #1, then ask if you need instructions. Enter YES or Y to get help for the game, or any other response to continue.
Select a DUNGEON #, which is used to create the dungeon, choose if MONSTERS LEVEL UP ON RESET, and then you can begin your character creation.
Character Creation[edit]
The character's stats are randomly generated. You can choose to be a FIGHTER, CLERIC or WIZARD, or to REROLL your stats.
Once your character is created and a profession selected, you will enter the weapons shop.
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Story[edit]
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Development[edit]
DND1 was a free-time project of Richard Garriott, inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. He wrote it in 1977 while in high school. It was coded using BASIC, and most of it was written on punched tapes fed into the school's PDP-11 computer, using a teletype as the output to print the game screen as it changed.
Two years later, Garriott's successor to this game (DND28) was ported to an Apple II computer as D&D28b, which added dungeons in 3D from a first person perspective and became his first commercial game, Akalabeth.[1]
In April of 2014, Portalarium ran a contest for community developers to port DND1[2], offering prizes for the best Web and Unity version. The winners were announced in Update 78[3]. The Teletype was added to the Add-On Store during Release 22, and was first playable in Release 23.
The game features only black and white graphics and no sound.
Versions and Ports[edit]
- The version available in Shroud of the Avatar is itself a port of Richard Garriott's original code, written for the PDP 11 in 1977.
- The Winner of Best Native Web Version for Lord British's Royal Challenge was created by Mundi King.
- Scans of the original source code can be found here.
Video[edit]
Here is a video of Richard Fleming’s winning entry:
References[edit]
- ↑ Maher, Jimmy. "Lord British". The Digital Antiquarium. 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
- ↑ Richard Garriott’s DND #1 Contest!
- ↑ Update of the Avatar [https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?p=41386 #78 - Lord British's Royal Challenge