<s>
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
is	O
a	O
text-based	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Gregory	O
Yob	O
in	O
1973	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sparked	O
multiple	O
variations	O
and	O
expanded	O
versions	O
and	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
several	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
home	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wumpus	O
monster	O
has	O
appeared	O
in	O
several	O
forms	O
in	O
media	O
since	O
1973	O
,	O
including	O
other	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
a	O
novella	O
,	O
and	O
Magic	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Gathering	I-Application
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
is	O
a	O
text-based	O
adventure	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
caves	O
connected	O
by	O
tunnels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1973	O
,	O
Gregory	O
Yob	O
was	O
looking	O
through	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Computer	O
Company	O
(	O
PCC	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
grew	O
annoyed	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
multiple	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Hurkle	O
and	O
Mugwump	B-Application
,	O
that	O
had	O
the	O
player	O
"	O
hide	O
and	O
seek	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
10	O
by	O
10	O
grid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yob	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
"	O
that	O
afternoon	O
,	O
and	O
decided	O
from	O
there	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
would	O
traverse	O
through	O
rooms	O
arranged	O
in	O
a	O
non-grid	O
pattern	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
monster	O
called	O
a	O
Wumpus	O
somewhere	O
in	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
versions	O
of	O
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
were	O
created	O
and	O
distributed	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1978	O
,	O
a	O
book	O
titled	O
Superwumpus	O
,	O
by	O
Jack	O
Emmerichs	O
,	O
was	O
published	O
containing	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
both	O
BASIC	O
and	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
versions	O
of	O
his	O
unrelated	O
version	O
of	O
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
BASIC	O
games	O
,	O
versions	O
of	O
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
have	O
been	O
created	O
for	O
numerous	O
other	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yob	O
had	O
seen	O
or	O
heard	O
of	O
versions	O
in	O
several	O
languages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
IBM	B-Language
RPG	I-Language
and	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
by	O
1975	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
written	O
in	O
November	O
1973	O
by	O
Ken	O
Thompson	O
,	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
Unix	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1974	O
;	O
a	O
later	O
C	B-Language
version	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
bsdgames	B-Operating_System
package	O
on	O
modern	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1978	O
Danny	O
Hillis	O
,	O
working	O
as	O
a	O
summer	O
intern	O
on	O
the	O
TMS9918	B-Architecture
graphics	O
chip	O
,	O
wrote	O
a	O
graphical	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
demonstration	O
with	O
the	O
pattern	O
of	O
caves	O
displayed	O
as	O
a	O
torus	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
dodecahedron	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
published	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1981	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
HP-41C	B-Device
calculator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
has	O
been	O
cited	O
as	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
game	O
;	O
the	O
book	O
Vampires	O
and	O
Zombies	O
claims	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
paper	O
"	O
Restless	O
dreams	O
in	O
Silent	O
Hill	O
"	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
from	O
a	O
historical	O
perspective	O
the	O
genre	O
's	O
roots	O
lie	O
in	O
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
was	O
listed	O
on	O
Times	O
All-Time	O
100	O
greatest	O
video	O
games	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wumpus	O
monster	O
has	O
appeared	O
in	O
several	O
different	O
forms	O
of	O
media	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
several	O
"	O
Wumpus	O
"	O
creature	O
cards	O
in	O
Magic	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Gathering	I-Application
including	O
a	O
"	O
Hunted	O
Wumpus	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
1983	O
video	O
game	O
M.U.L.E.	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Cory	O
Doctorow	O
's	O
2011	O
novella	O
The	O
Great	O
Big	O
Beautiful	O
Tomorrow	O
.	O
</s>
