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==References== {{reflist|refs= <!-- Gameplay / Development --> <ref name="BOCC_247-248">{{cite book |title=The Best of Creative Computing |volume=1 |editor-last=Ahl |editor-first=David |editor-link=David H. Ahl |publisher=[[Creative Computing (magazine)|Creative Computing Press]] |date=1976 |isbn=978-0-916688-01-1 |url=https://www.atariarchives.org/bcc1/showpage.php?page=247 |pages=247β248 |access-date=2018-05-11 |archive-date=2017-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220171337/https://www.atariarchives.org/bcc1/showpage.php?page=247 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="SynergyDate">{{cite web |url=https://dynamics.org/SYNERGY/Synergy_History_to_1988.html |title=The History of Synergy |last=Altenberg |first=Lee |date=1988 |publisher=Lee Altenberg |access-date=2019-01-10 |archive-date=2016-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821234252/http://dynamics.org/SYNERGY/Synergy_History_to_1988.html |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="PCCsep73">{{cite magazine |title=Our Games: Past Present and Future |magazine=[[People's Computer Company|People's Computer Company Newsletter]] |publisher=People's Computer Company |url=https://purl.stanford.edu/sd114rg2966 |volume=2 |issue=1 |page=20 |date=September 1973 |access-date=2018-01-27 |archive-date=2020-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114001607/https://purl.stanford.edu/sd114rg2966 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="PCCnov73">{{cite magazine |title=Hunt the Wumpus |magazine=[[People's Computer Company|People's Computer Company Newsletter]] |publisher=People's Computer Company |url=https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2017/09/102661095/102661095-05-v2-n2-acc.pdf |volume=2 |issue=2 |page=23 |date=November 1973 |access-date=2019-01-10 |archive-date=2024-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718213758/https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2017/09/102661095/102661095-05-v2-n2-acc.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="BOCC2_244">{{cite book |title=The Best of Creative Computing |volume=2 |editor-last=Ahl |editor-first=David |editor-link=David H. Ahl |publisher=[[Creative Computing (magazine)|Creative Computing Press]] |date=1977 |isbn=978-0-916688-03-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/bestofcreativeco00ahld/page/244 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bestofcreativeco00ahld/page/244 244] |url-access=registration}}</ref> <ref name="return">{{cite book |title=What to Do After You Hit Return: A Computer Games Book from People's Computer Company |publisher=Hayden Book Company |author=People's Computer Company |date=1977 |pages=63β64 |isbn=<!--not found for the 1977 edition, only the 1980-->|author-link=People's Computer Company}}</ref> <ref name="CPiB">{{cite book |title=Computer Programs in BASIC |last=Friedman |first=Paul |publisher=[[Prentice Hall]] |date=1981 |page=91 |isbn=978-0-13-165225-5}}</ref> <!-- Legacy --> <ref name="PCCjan75">{{cite magazine |title=Wumpus |magazine=[[People's Computer Company|People's Computer Company Newsletter]] |publisher=People's Computer Company |url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/tm228cf3459 |volume=3 |issue=3 |page=24 |date=January 1975 |access-date=2019-01-10 |archive-date=2019-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110223143/https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/tm228cf3459 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="PCCjan74">{{cite magazine |title=Order Form |magazine=[[People's Computer Company|People's Computer Company Newsletter]] |publisher=People's Computer Company |url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/tw627qp9263 |volume=2 |issue=3 |page=23 |date=January 1974 |access-date=2019-01-11 |archive-date=2016-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101162725/https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/tw627qp9263 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="super">{{cite book |title=Superwumpus |last=Emmerichs |first=Jack |date=1978 |publisher=[[Byte (magazine)|Byte Publications]] |isbn=978-0-931718-03-8}}<!--advertisement in Byte magazine: http://thedoteaters.com/?attachment_id=9284--></ref> <ref name="Thompson">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/ken-games.html |title=Ken, Unix, and Games |last=Ritchie |first=Dennis |author-link=Dennis Ritchie |magazine=[[ICGA Journal]] |publisher=International Computer Games Association |volume=24 |issue=2 |date=June 2001 |issn=1389-6911 |access-date=2019-01-11 |archive-date=2016-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601063929/https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/ken-games.html |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Thompson74">{{cite book |title=Unix Programmer's Manual, Fifth Edition |first1=Ken |last1=Thompson |author-link1=Ken Thompson |first2=Dennis |last2=Ritchie |author-link2=Dennis Ritchie |url=https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/Dennis_v5/v5man.pdf |publisher=[[Bell Labs|Bell Telephone Laboratories]] |page=278 |date=June 1974 |access-date=2019-07-05 |archive-date=2019-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414211525/https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/Dennis_v5/v5man.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Debian">{{cite web |url=http://packages.debian.org/stable/games/bsdgames |title=Package: bsdgames |website=Debian Packages |publisher=[[Software in the Public Interest]] |access-date=2018-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106092341/https://packages.debian.org/stable/games/bsdgames |archive-date=2018-11-06 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="librach198102">{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1981-03/1981_03_BYTE_06-03_Programming_Methods#page/n231/mode/2up |title=Hunt the Wumpus with Your HP-41C |magazine=[[Byte (magazine)|Byte]] |date=February 1981 |access-date=2013-10-18 |last=Librach |first=Hank |pages=230, 232 |publisher=[[UBM plc|UBM]] |issn=0360-5280 |volume=6 |issue=3}}</ref> <ref name="TI">{{cite web |url=https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-history-of-wumpus/ |title=The History of Wumpus |date=2005-12-05 |last=Atwood |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Atwood |publisher=Coding Horror |access-date=2019-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513203826/http://blog.codinghorror.com/the-history-of-wumpus/ |archive-date=2016-05-13 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Mueller">{{cite book |last1=Fischer-Hornung |first1=Dorothea |last2=Mueller |first2=Monika |year=2016 |title=Vampires and Zombies: Transcultural Migration and Transnational Interpretations|publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |page=235 |isbn=978-1-4968047-7-8 |quote=A comparatively well-established subgenre of the horror game, survival horror aims to create an experience of entrapment, persecution, tension, suspense, and discomfort. Traditionally, the protagonist of such games is an ordinary individual trapped in some isolated, monster-infested location . . . ''Hunt the Wumpus'', ''Sweet Home'', and ''Alone in the Dark'' represent early examples of the genre.}}</ref> <ref name="Kirkland2005">{{cite journal |last=Kirkland |first=Ewan |title=Restless Dreams in Silent Hill: Approaches to Video Game Analysis |journal=Journal of Media Practice |volume=6 |issue=3 |date=2005 |pages=167β178 |doi=10.1386/jmpr.6.3.167/1 |s2cid=144390289 |quote=From a historical perspective the genre's roots lie in ''Hunt the Wumpus''.}}</ref> <ref name="scarygames">{{cite book |title=The World of Scary Video Games: A Study in Videoludic Horror |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |last=Perron |first=Bernard |date=2018-05-31 |isbn=978-1-5013-1622-7 |pages=142β146 |quote=It is, however, a bit of a stretch to talk about the game in these generic terms and to place it in a horrific context.}}</ref> <ref name="1up">{{cite web |url=http://crucialclassics_10.1up.com/ |title=Crucial Classics: Wumpus |last=Cogger |first=Kevin |date=2005-03-31 |website=[[1Up.com]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228134442/http://crucialclassics_10.1up.com/ |archive-date=2005-12-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="time">{{cite magazine |last=Grossman |first=Lev |title=All-Time 100 Video Games |url=https://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/all-time-100-video-games/slide/hunt-the-wumpus-1972/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=2012-11-15 |access-date=2016-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118054313/http://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/all-time-100-video-games/slide/hunt-the-wumpus-1972|archive-date=2012-11-18 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="mtg">{{cite web |url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=hunted%20wumpus |title=Hunted Wumpus |publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] |access-date=2018-01-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131024025/http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=hunted%20wumpus |archive-date=2018-01-31}}</ref> <ref name="mule">{{cite book |title=Classic Home Video Games, 1985β1988: A Complete Reference Guide |last=Weiss |first=Brett |chapter=M.U.L.E. |publisher=McFarland & Company |date=2012-11-12 |isbn=978-1-4766-0141-0}}</ref> <ref name="Cory">{{cite web |url=https://www.tor.com/2011/11/01/progress-or-change-cory-doctorows-the-great-big-beautiful-tomorrow/ |title=Progress or Change? Cory Doctorow's The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow |work=[[Tor.com]] |publisher=[[Tor Books]] |last=Raets |first=Stefan |date=2011-11-01 |access-date=2019-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828170243/https://www.tor.com/2011/11/01/progress-or-change-cory-doctorows-the-great-big-beautiful-tomorrow/ |archive-date=2018-08-28 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="AIbook">{{cite web |url=https://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~holder/courses/AI/wumpus/ |title=Wumpus World Simulator |publisher=[[Washington State University]] |last=Holder |first=Larry |access-date=2020-06-18}}</ref> <ref name="cleveland2011a">{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/2011/09/clevelands_ingenuityfest_an_in.html |title=Cleveland's Ingenuityfest kicks off Friday with an intriguing blend of art, technology |publisher=[[The Plain Dealer]] |last=Donald |first=Rosenberg |date=2011-09-15 |access-date=2022-09-16 |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171106/https://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/2011/09/clevelands_ingenuityfest_an_in.html |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="ideastream2012">{{cite web |url=https://www.ideastream.org/programs/sound-of-applause/lombardi-jared-bendis-mary-davis-and-road-trip/ |title=Lombardi, Jared Bendis, Mary Davis and Road Trip! |publisher=[[Ideastream]] |last=DeOreo |first=Dave |date=2012-09-12 |access-date=2022-09-16 |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163621/https://www.ideastream.org/programs/sound-of-applause/lombardi-jared-bendis-mary-davis-and-road-trip/ |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="azimuthcave">{{cite web |url=http://azimuthcave.com/ |title=Azimuth Cave |last=Bendis |first=Jared |access-date=2022-09-16 |archive-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170837/http://azimuthcave.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> }}
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