History of Virtual Worlds Flashcards
When was the first age of Virtual Worlds?
1978-1985
Who created “Sceptre of Goth” and when?
Alan Klietz 1978
Who created “Avatar” and when?
Bruce Maggs, Andrew Shapira & David Sides, 1979
Who created “Island of Kesmai” and when?
Kelton Flinn & John Tayor 1981
Who created “Habitat” and when?
Randy Farmer & Chip Morningstar 1985
Who created “Monster” and when?
Rich Skrenta 1989
What kind of graphics did Island of Kesmai have?
ASCII
What kind of virtual world was Habitat?
Social
When was the second age of Virtual worlds?
1985-1989
Name some of the direct MUD1 descendants
Federation ii – space opera – The zone – adult (score to score) – Dark city – cyberpunk – Strat – holiday on the moon – Trash – “fire-breathing cabBages and inflatable hover-cars” – void – magical adult – prodigy – ancient britain – Empyrion – underwater city – Spacers – generation spaceship
Name the BIG 3
mud1, shades and gods
Name the BIG 4
mud1, shades, gods and mirror world
Name the BIG 5
mud1, shades gods, mirrorworld and Federation II
What was ABERMUD different?
Ran on UNIX
When was the third age?
1989-1995
Name some of the games from the Third Age
Tinymud, LPmud, dikumud, tinymuck, tinymush, moo
When was the fourth age?
1995-1997
What was the reason for neverwinter nights’ $5,000,000 profit?
Per-hour charging
When was the fifth age?
1997-2012
What started the fifth age?
Ultima Online
What were the western big 3 in the fifth age?
Ultima online, Everquest and Asheron’s call
What was added to become the big 4?
Anarchy Online
What was added to become the big 5?
Dark Age of Camelot
What has been dominant since 2004?
World of Warcraft
