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Pixel-Peeping Gaming's Close Cousins 20

Posted by timothy from the your-chocolate-got-on-my-peanut-butter dept.
First time accepted submitter richtaur writes "A passionate classic game collector took the time to document the shared lineage between over thirty of gaming's finest cousins. The article contains side-by-side screenshots and videos to show the similarities and shared assets between such classic relatives as Bomberman/Lode Runner, Gradius/Life Force, and Renegade/River City Ransom. Fascinating stuff for fans of games of yesteryear."
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Gaming Roots: MUD and the Birth of MMOs 99

Posted by timothy from the you-are-reading-a-page-of-twisty-passages-all-alike dept.
angry tapir writes "I recently had a chance to interview Richard Bartle — the creator of MUD, considered the grandfather of modern massively multiplayer online games. MUD had a text-based interface, but despite that, its design was hugely influential on modern MMOs."

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