PLATO: The Greatest Computer Network You’ve Never Heard of - The Retro Hour EP181

Episode 181,   Jul 12, 2019, 12:44 AM

We get the untold story of the dawn of cyberculture and on-line gaming on the greatest computer network you've never heard of, PLATO with Brian Dear.

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Nintendo designers always wanted Super Mario Maker: https://bit.ly/2xq8HL1
Infocom cabinet archived: https://bit.ly/1Qnwpeg         
N64 and Gamecube Games coming to Switch?: https://bit.ly/2Y0XnnC
Cyber1 PLATO system: https://www.cyber1.org/