Plugh reference

Culture theme

This is a word that can be used in Adventure: The Colossal Cave, but doesn't do anything. Some games make reference to it in source or publicly.

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FORTRAN is extremely limited when it comes to text. Every word in the original Adventure game had to be 5 letters or less. No one is sure what 'plugh' means. Most variations of the game use bigger words and have a unique response to the word 'plugh'. Many videogames, and some profession software, reference this word to this day.

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interactivefiction mazeoftwistylittlepassages

Parent group

Computer In-Jokes

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The first Plugh reference video game was released in 1976.

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Tandy Coco 1
HP3000 1
Linux 1
DEC PDP-1 1