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Today I discovered an absolute gem from the past.
If you were around in 1984 you might have been super awesome and played core wars.
Core Wars is a programming game in which two or more programs run in a simulated computer with the goal of terminating every other program and surviving as long as possible. Known as Warriors, these programs are are written in an assembly language called Redcode.
Basically it's Counter-Strike/COD for programmers where you can fight in a team team, as a free-for-all, or one-vs-one.
What other cool things from the past might us youngun programmers have missed or not have an appreciation of?
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Q: Why haven't you graduated yet?
A: Well, Dad, I could have finished years ago, but I wanted
my dissertation to rhyme.
(Score: 1) by cats on Friday October 24 2014, @08:32PM
Check out the SDFMuD [sdf.org] as well as the rest of the SDF Public Access UNIX System [sdf.org].
Also NetTrek [netrek.org] the MMO from 1988 that's still going strong (and is where the OGG got its name [wikipedia.org]!)
(Score: 2) by mattie_p on Friday October 24 2014, @08:37PM
I got a MUD up and running [soylentnews.org] on the servers for a while on April 1st. I know its still there but probably shut down right now. Maybe I'll reactivate it tonight.