Avatar
Avatar is an early graphics-based multi-user highly interactive role-playing computer game, created on the University of Illinois' Control Data Corporation PLATO system in the late 1970s. It has graphics for…
31 December 1979
Avatar is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Andrew Shapira, released 31 December 1979 on PLATO.
What Avatar is
Avatar is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Andrew Shapira and released in 1979. It is available on PLATO only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Avatar is an early graphics-based multi-user highly interactive role-playing computer game, created on the University of Illinois' Control Data Corporation PLATO system in the late 1970s. It has graphics for navigating through a dungeon and chat-style text for player status and communication with others. It can currently be played online via Cyber1 or a simulation called Javatar. What makes Avatar popular is the high level of interactivity with other players and the sense of community that develops. Development on Avatar began on the University of Illinois PLATO system around 1977; the first version was released by Bruce Maggs, Andrew Shapira, and David Sides in 1979.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy.
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When did Avatar come out?
Avatar was released on 31 December 1979 for PLATO.
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