Panther is a simulator, released 31 December 1975 on PLATO.
What Panther is
Panther was released in 1975. It is available on PLATO only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Panther, a battle tank-driving simulation named after the Panther tank, was one of a handful of early first-person computer games developed by John Edo Haefeli and Nelson Bridwell in 1975 at Northwestern University. The game was developed for the multi-user interactive computer-based education PLATO system and programmed in the TUTOR programming language and utilized scalable vector graphics called linesets. A 1977 development of Panther, with more refined graphics, was named Panzer. The game features team-based deathmatch. There are two teams, Squares and Triangles. The object of the game is to destroy the opposing team's base. Game play is straightforward; the player selects a pseudonym…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are warfare.
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When did Panther come out?
Panther was released on 31 December 1975 for PLATO.
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