★ Who Invented Boss Battles in Videogames? - The RPG Fanatic Show
89https://rpgfanatics.com On today's episode of RPG(ology) we'll talk about the origin of boss battles in video games! This is one of the best videos for learning about videogame history
tl:dr:
Gary Whisenhunt and Ray Wood implemented the first boss encounters into their game 'dnd', an unofficial port of the Dungeons & Dragons ruleset to the PLATO system. Previously games had no boss battles.
Source
All about dnd (1974) for PLATO - game @ UVL
http://www.uvlist.net/game-160118-dnd
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