Maze War - Revision history

Jnc: New category

2025-06-27T22:26:56Z

New category

Larsbrinkhoff: Mention original creators Steve and Howard.

2025-06-12T04:41:34Z

Mention original creators Steve and Howard.

Jnc: Avoid redir

2025-06-09T14:52:54Z

Avoid redir

Jnc: Avoid redir

2025-04-13T21:57:38Z

Avoid redir

Jnc: /* External links */ +putting together a demonstration for the 30th anniversary of Mazewar

2023-03-29T14:06:49Z

‎External links: +putting together a demonstration for the 30th anniversary of Mazewar

Jnc: _semi_-stub!

2023-03-27T00:04:08Z

_semi_-stub!

Larsbrinkhoff: /* External links */ Stories.

2022-11-17T09:10:09Z

‎External links: Stories.

Larsbrinkhoff: Links to source code.

2022-11-17T09:04:55Z

Links to source code.

Larsbrinkhoff: Logo version. Naming: "Maze" vs "MazeWar".

2022-11-17T09:00:20Z

Logo version. Naming: "Maze" vs "MazeWar".

Jnc: +cat, +links

2018-12-19T15:01:59Z

+cat, +links

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	* [http://www.ubanproductions.com/imlac.html Imlac Anatomy] - description of putting together a demonstration for the 30th anniversary of Mazewar		* [http://www.ubanproductions.com/imlac.html Imlac Anatomy] - description of putting together a demonstration for the 30th anniversary of Mazewar

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-'''Maze''' (sometimes called '''Maze War''') is a [[video game]] first created for the [[IMLAC PDS-1]]'s at the NASA Ames Research Center.  In 1974, Greg Thompson took it to the Dynamic Modeling group at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], where it was expanded into a multi-player game with a [[server]] running on an [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]] [[mainframe]]. Next, it was ported to the [[MagicSix]] [[operating system]]. Another version was written in [[Logo]] on the [[SITS]] operating system.
+'''Maze''' (sometimes called '''Maze War''') is a [[video game]] first created by Steve Colley, Howard Palmer, and Greg Thompson for the [[IMLAC PDS-1]]'s at the NASA Ames Research Center.  In 1974, Greg Thompson took it to the Dynamic Modeling group at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], where it was expanded into a multi-player game with a [[server]] running on an [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]] [[mainframe]]. Next, it was ported to the [[MagicSix]] [[operating system]]. Another version was written in [[Logo]] on the [[SITS]] operating system.
 In 1977, it was re-written for the [[Xerox Alto]] by Jim Guyton.  This version was called 'Maze War' and received a lot of attention, which is why the game is mostly known by that name.
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 * [https://github.com/PDP-10/its/blob/master/src/imsrc/maze.3 Imlac source code] from MIT
 * [https://github.com/PDP-10/its/blob/master/src/klh/mazser.141 PDP-10 source code] for the server
 * [http://www.ubanproductions.com/imlac.html Imlac Anatomy] - description of putting together a demonstration for the 30th anniversary of Mazewar
 [[Category: Games]]

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−	'''Maze''' (sometimes called '''Maze War''') is a [[video game]] first created for the [[~~Imlac~~ PDS-1]]'s at the NASA Ames Research Center. In 1974, Greg Thompson took it to the Dynamic Modeling group at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology\|MIT]], where it was expanded into a multi-player game with a [[server]] running on an [[Incompatible Timesharing System\|ITS]] [[mainframe]]. Next, it was ported to the [[MagicSix]] [[operating system]]. Another version was written in [[Logo]] on the [[SITS]] operating system.	+	'''Maze''' (sometimes called '''Maze War''') is a [[video game]] first created for the [[IMLAC PDS-1]]'s at the NASA Ames Research Center. In 1974, Greg Thompson took it to the Dynamic Modeling group at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology\|MIT]], where it was expanded into a multi-player game with a [[server]] running on an [[Incompatible Timesharing System\|ITS]] [[mainframe]]. Next, it was ported to the [[MagicSix]] [[operating system]]. Another version was written in [[Logo]] on the [[SITS]] operating system.

	In 1977, it was re-written for the [[Xerox Alto]] by Jim Guyton. This version was called 'Maze War' and received a lot of attention, which is why the game is mostly known by that name.		In 1977, it was re-written for the [[Xerox Alto]] by Jim Guyton. This version was called 'Maze War' and received a lot of attention, which is why the game is mostly known by that name.

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-'''Maze''' is a [[video game]] first created for the [[Imlac PDS-1]]'s at the NASA Ames Research Center.  In 1974, Greg Thompson took it to the Dynamic Modeling group at [[MIT]], where it was expanded into a multi-player game with a [[server]] running on an [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]] [[mainframe]]. Next, it was ported to the [[MagicSix]] [[operating system]]. Another version was written in [[Logo]] on the [[SITS]] operating system.
+'''Maze''' (sometimes called '''Maze War''') is a [[video game]] first created for the [[Imlac PDS-1]]'s at the NASA Ames Research Center.  In 1974, Greg Thompson took it to the Dynamic Modeling group at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], where it was expanded into a multi-player game with a [[server]] running on an [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]] [[mainframe]]. Next, it was ported to the [[MagicSix]] [[operating system]]. Another version was written in [[Logo]] on the [[SITS]] operating system.
-In 1977, it was re-written for the [[Xerox Alto]] by Jim Guyton.  This version was called '''Maze War''' and received a lot of attention, which is why the game is mostly known by that name.
+In 1977, it was re-written for the [[Xerox Alto]] by Jim Guyton.  This version was called 'Maze War' and received a lot of attention, which is why the game is mostly known by that name.
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 ===External links===
-* [https://www.digibarn.com/history/04-VCF7-MazeWar/index.html Maze War 30 Year Retrospective], including stories by Colley, Palmer, Lebling, Guyton.
+* [https://www.digibarn.com/history/04-VCF7-MazeWar/index.html Maze War 30 Year Retrospective], including stories by Colley, Palmer, Lebling, Guyton
-* [http://globalwahrman.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-mazewar-escaped-from-lab-at-mit-in.html How Mazewar Escaped from a Lab at MIT in 1977], Wahrman's account.
+* [http://globalwahrman.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-mazewar-escaped-from-lab-at-mit-in.html How Mazewar Escaped from a Lab at MIT in 1977], Wahrman's account
-* [https://github.com/PDP-10/its/blob/master/src/imsrc/maze.3 Imlac source code] from MIT.
+* [https://github.com/PDP-10/its/blob/master/src/imsrc/maze.3 Imlac source code] from MIT
-* [https://github.com/PDP-10/its/blob/master/src/klh/mazser.141 PDP-10 source code] for the server.
+* [https://github.com/PDP-10/its/blob/master/src/klh/mazser.141 PDP-10 source code] for the server
 [[Category: Games]]

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-'''Maze War''' is a [[video game]] first created for the [[Imlac PDS-1]]'s at the NASA Ames Research Center.  In 1974, Greg Thompson took it to the Dynamic Modeling group at MIT, where it was expanded into a multi-player game with a [[server]] running on an [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]] [[mainframe]]. Next, it was ported to the [[MagicSix]] [[operating system]].
+'''Maze''' is a [[video game]] first created for the [[Imlac PDS-1]]'s at the NASA Ames Research Center.  In 1974, Greg Thompson took it to the Dynamic Modeling group at MIT, where it was expanded into a multi-player game with a [[server]] running on an [[Incompatible Timesharing System|ITS]] [[mainframe]]. Next, it was ported to the [[MagicSix]] [[operating system]].  Another version was written in [[Logo]] on the [[SITS]] operating system.
-In 1977, it was re-written for the [[Xerox Alto]].
+In 1977, it was re-written for the [[Xerox Alto]] by Jim Guyton.  This version was called '''Maze War''' and received a lot of attention, which is why the game is mostly known by that name.
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 [[Category: Games]]