How did Bulletin Board Systems in the late 80s and early 90s work?
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You would call in to a phone number and browse through different areas of the system using your keyboard, no graphics at all. Early gaming was just commands,
“you are at a cross road with bushes and a sign pointing left that says Town and a sign pointing right that says Mountains, what do you do?”
Look in bushes
“There is nothing to see”
Right
“You have been ambushed by a wandering orc”
Fight
“you have stuck the orc and he is wounded, he struck you back for 5 points.”
Run
“While getting away you were struck with an arrow”
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