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William Crowther

Video Game Technology Pioneers

American programmer and caving enthusiast, creator of Colossal Cave Adventure, written around 1976 and based partly on his own experience exploring Kentucky's Mammoth Cave system. The game is widely regarded as the first interactive fiction and text adventure game, establishing conventions later expanded by Don Woods.

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