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“Local firm develops online game”

Ever get something out of the blue? Bruce Sanders, my former prof from CU, just sent me a newspaper clipping about the first internet game that I developed…way way back in 1997 when Netscape 2.0 was hot stuff and long before MMORPG was a word. The game was UltraCorps and is now owned by Steve Jackson Games.

You can read the whole article here.

Posted on August 17, 2006August 23, 2006Author Categories daily camera, games, ultracorps, wandering

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