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    Post Crowther's Original Adventure Source Code Found [Slashdot]

    drxenos writes "I don't know how many of you are fans of old-school text adventures (interactive fiction), but Will Crowther's original Fortran source code has been located in a backup of Don Woods's old student account. For fans like me, this is like finding the Holy Grail."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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    I definitely find it interesting that the usually mentioned 1972 date for the game is likely at least three years off. That's a pretty big time frame, especially since this is such an important game historically.

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