William Crowther

William Crowther

William Crowther (* 1936) ist ein Informatiker, Freizeit-Höhlenforscher und Spieleentwickler.

1972 hatte er zunächst ein rudimentäres, textbasiertes Simulationsprogramm über die Begehung eines realen Tropfsteinhöhlensystems in Kentucky geschrieben, das 1975 zum ersten und das Genre benennenden Adventure-Spiel namens Adventure erweitert wurde. In den 1970ern war William Crowther außerdem an der Entwicklung des ersten Multi-User-Dungeon-Spiels beteiligt.


Wikimedia Foundation.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Schlagen Sie auch in anderen Wörterbüchern nach:

  • William Crowther — Nacimiento 1936 Ocupación …   Wikipedia Español

  • William Crowther — William ( Willie or Will ) Crowther (born 1936) is a computer programmer and caver. He is best known as the co creator of Colossal Cave Adventure , a seminal computer game that influenced the first decade of game design and created a new game… …   Wikipedia

  • William Crowther (Australian politician) — Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix = Dr name = William Crowther honorific suffix = FRCS imagesize = small caption = order = 14th office = Premier of Tasmania term start = 20 December 1878 term end = 29 October 1879 deputy = governor =… …   Wikipedia

  • Crowther — is a surname, derived from the old Welsh musical instrument the crwth, and may refer to: Arnold Crowther, stage magician, puppeteer, and promoter of Wicca religion Antony Crowther, British computer programmer Bosley Crowther (1905 1981), American …   Wikipedia

  • Crowther — ist ein Familienname, abgeleitet von dem alten walisischen Saiteninstrument Crwth. Bekannte Namensträger Antony Crowther (* 1965), englischer Spieleentwickler Bertha Crowther (1921–2007), englische Leichtathletin Bosley Crowther (1905–1981), US… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • William Lanne — (also known as King Billy or William Laney) (c. 1835 March 3, 1869) was a Tasmanian Aboriginal, and third husband of Truganini.He is most well known as the last surviving male of the Oyster Cove clan.Lanne was captured along with his family in… …   Wikipedia

  • William Giblin — Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix = name = William Giblin honorific suffix = imagesize = small caption = order = 13th office = Premier of Tasmania term start = 5 March 1878 term end = 20 December 1878 deputy = predecessor = Philip Fysh… …   Wikipedia

  • CROWTHER, William Lodewyk (1817-1885) — premier of Tasmania was the son of William Crowther, for many years resident surgeon at Hobart. He was born at Haarlem, Holland, on 15 April 1817 and came to Tasmania with his parents in 1824. He was educated at a private school at Longford and… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography

  • William Gilbert (author) — William Gilbert, (20 May 1804 ndash;3 January 1890) was a British novelist and Royal Navy surgeon, and the author of novels, biographies, histories and several popular fantasy stories, mostly in the 1860s and 1870s. He is perhaps best remembered …   Wikipedia

  • William Lanne — Oyster Cove William Lanne (* …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”