Avatar cover art

Game

Avatar

1979 · PLATO · Role-playing (RPG)

About this game

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.

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Game facts

Release date

Dec 31, 1979

Developer

Andrew Shapira, Bruce Maggs, David Sides, Greg Janusz

Platforms

PLATO

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)

Themes

Fantasy

Game modes

Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Perspective

First person

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Game data and artwork via IGDB.

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