flowchart TD A["ELIZA (1964-66)
Joseph Weizenbaum - MIT"] --> D["Adventure (1975-76)
Will Crowther & Don Woods"] B["SHRDLU (1968-70)
Terry Winograd - MIT"] --> D C["Hunt the Wumpus (1973)
Gregory Yob"] --> D W["Wander (1974)
Peter Langston"] --> D D --> F["Zork (1977-79)
Anderson, Blank, Daniels, Lebling - MIT"] D --> H["Adventureland (1978)
Scott Adams - TRS-80"] D --> L["MUD1 (1978)
Trubshaw & Bartle - Essex"] D --> G["Eamon (1980)
Donald Brown - Apple II"] F --> I["Infocom (1979-89)
Zork I-III, Deadline, Planetfall, etc."] D --> MS["Magnetic Scrolls (1985-90)
UK"] D --> L9["Level 9 (1981-91)
UK"] G --> J["250+ user-authored modules
BBS & disk-swapping networks"] L --> M["MOOs, MUSHes, MUCKs"] I --> TADS["TADS (1988)
Michael J. Roberts"] I --> K["Inform (1993)
Graham Nelson"] style A fill:#ff9999 style B fill:#ff9999 style D fill:#99ccff style F fill:#99ff99 style I fill:#ffcc99 style L fill:#cc99ff
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