Habitat

Habitat

Lucasfilm's Habitat was an early and technologically influential online role-playing game developed by Lucasfilm Games and made available as a beta test in 1986 by Quantum Link, an online service for the Commodore 64 computer and the corporate progenitor to America Online. It was initially created in 1985 by Randy Farmer and Chip Morningstar, who were given a "First Penguin Award" at the 2001 Game Developers Choice Awards for this innovative work, and was the first attempt at a large-scale commercial virtual community that was graphically based. Habitat was not a 3D environment and did not...
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Publisher:Fujitsu
Designer:Randy Farmer

Designer of Habitat

Randy Farmer
Randy Farmer

F. Randall "Randy" Farmer is the CEO of Suddenly Social, Inc. and has created and organized numerous online communities. He is probably most famous for his role creating one of the first graphical online MMOGs, Lucasfilm's graphical MUD Habitat, with Chip Morningstar. Farmer was co-founder of the Internet startup Electric Communities, and later involved in the design of Yahoo! 360. He recently co-authored a book for O'Reilly and Yahoo! Press:...
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Publisher of Habitat

Fujitsu
Fujitsu
Headquarters:Tokyo
Founded:June 1935

Fujitsu Limited is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues . Fujitsu's chiefly makes computing products, but the company and its subsidiaries also offer a...
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Frequently Asked Questions about Habitat

  • Q:
    Which modes of game play are included in the game "Habitat"?
  • A:
    "Habitat" is a Multiplayer game.
  • Q:
    Which designers are credited for their work on the video game "Habitat"?
  • A:
    Randy Farmer created the game.
  • Q:
    "Habitat" is compatible with: which gaming consoles?
  • A:
    The game is compatible with: Microsoft Windows, FM Towns and Commodore 64.
  • Q:
    In which genre is the game Habitat considered?
  • A:
    Habitat gaming genres are Massively multiplayer online, MMORPG and Virtual world.
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