Flashback From the 80s: Mystery House.

This game was designed by Roberta Williams, the same woman who would go on to design the Kings Quest Games. It was also the very first computer game to feature graphics! Before this, it was all text-based.

That's right; the first computer game to have graphics was designed by a woman!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Williams

-M

I wish I could read the article linked to but Comic Sans MS makes my eyes bleed.

But the memories, ahhh, the memories.

I love that the article breaks down what made those text-based games so mind-numbing as well. On the positive side, they taught me to type and spell when I was a wee child. On the downside, the mental breakdown I experienced trying to figure out what to do in Space Quest II when you're in the dark underground tunnel still gives me chills.

P.S. Come to think of it, I also experimented with swearing for the first time too.

LOL. http://www.virtualapple.org/mysteryhousedisk.html if you have IE to try it.