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''dnd'' is one of the first [[Dungeon Crawling]] video games, written in 1974-75 by Gary Whisenhunt and Ray Wood for the [[Mainframes and Minicomputers|PLATO Network]] and based, as its title says, on ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''. It was the first video game to use [[Boss Battle|bosses]] as well as the [[Ur Example]] of the genre that would later be known as [[Roguelike]]s.

You create a character, by [[Honest Rolls Character|rolling the dice]] on five stats and [[Character Class System|choosing a class]]. Then you enter the Whisenwood Dungeon in search of [[Plunder]] and the [[MacGuffin|Orb]].

Being the PLATO Network, the game has graphics, and uses a [[Three Quarters View]] similar to the dungeons of ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', with the walls in top view, and your character in front view. You explore the dungeon, fighting monsters and collecting treasure. At the end of each level is a [[Mini Boss]] guarding a teleporter to the next level.

You can leave the dungeon to rest, and use your treasure to buy items from a weapons shop and a magic shop. On your way back in, the teleporters let you skip completed levels.

At the end of the last level is the [[Final Boss]], the Golden Dragon, who guards the Orb.

Later versions added more dungeons, a Grail to collect in addition to the Orb, and more monsters and items.

''dnd'' inspired several more PLATO games, including ''[[Avatar (video game)|Avatar]]'' and ''[[PLATO Moria|moria]]''. Daniel Lawrence ported ''dnd'' to the PDP-10 minicomputer, and from there to 8-bit microcomputers as ''Telengard''.
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* [[Three Quarters View]]
* [[An Adventurer Is You]]
* [[An Economy Is You]]: Aumakua's Alchemy and Korona's Armory.
* [[Character Level]]
* [[Class and Level System]]
* [[Critical Existence Failure]]
* [[Dungeon Crawling]]
* [[Final Boss]]: The Golden Dragon. The [[Ur Example]].
* [[Hit Points]]
* [[Heroic Fantasy]]
* [[Honest Rolls Character]]
* [[Level Grinding]]
* [[MacGuffin]]: The Orb.
* [[Mini Boss]]: Guarding the entrance to the next level.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]
* [[Plunder]]
* [[Roguelike]]: The [[Ur Example]].
* [[Role-Playing Game]]: The first RPG videogame that still survives.
* [[The Six Stats]]: Minus Charisma.
* [[Trauma Inn]]: Rest when you leave the dungeon.

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