Developer(s) Daniel M. Lawrence Release date(s) 1977 | Platform(s) PDP-10 | |
Genre(s) Role-playing video game | ||
DND is one of the earliest role-playing video games. The name DND is derived from the abbreviation "D&D" from the original tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The video game was first released in 1977.
History
DND was written in BASIC by Daniel Lawrence for the PDP-10 and released around 1977. Later the game found its way to DEC and was there rewritten 1983 to Pascal. The game was later reworked and re-released as Telengard by Daniel Lawrence. Due to the BASIC source code availability the game was later ported and adapted to newer systems and programming languages.
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