<s>
Moria	B-Application
is	O
a	O
dungeon	O
crawl	O
style	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
beginning	O
around	O
1975	O
by	O
Kevet	O
Duncombe	O
and	O
Jim	O
Battin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
ten	O
players	O
can	O
simultaneously	O
journey	O
through	O
a	O
dynamically-generated	O
dungeon	O
,	O
presented	O
to	O
the	O
players	O
in	O
first-person	O
wireframe	B-Algorithm
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moria	B-Application
allows	O
parties	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
ten	O
players	O
to	O
travel	O
as	O
a	O
group	O
and	O
message	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
dynamically	O
generating	O
dungeons	O
(	O
instead	O
of	O
pre-computing	O
them	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
featuring	O
a	O
wireframe	B-Algorithm
first-person	O
perspective	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moria	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Kevet	O
Duncombe	O
and	O
Jim	O
Battin	O
beginning	O
in	O
either	O
1975	O
or	O
1976	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
begun	O
as	O
a	O
top-down	O
two-dimensional	O
dungeon	O
crawl	O
game	O
,	O
inspired	O
by	O
contemporary	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
game	O
Dnd	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
beginning	O
in	O
1975	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
such	O
as	O
Orthanc	O
(	O
1978	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moria	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons-inspired	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
network	I-Operating_System
developed	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
development	O
,	O
Battin	O
suggested	O
converting	O
the	O
game	O
into	O
a	O
3D	O
game	O
,	O
inspired	O
by	O
other	O
early	O
3D	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
games	O
such	O
as	O
Panther	B-Application
,	O
Spasim	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Airfight	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Moria	B-Application
was	O
suggested	O
by	O
Dnd	B-Application
developer	O
Dirk	O
Pellett	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moria	B-Application
,	O
like	O
all	O
other	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
programs	O
,	O
was	O
originally	O
monochrome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CYBIS	O
(	O
short	O
for	O
CYber-Based	O
Instruction	O
System	O
)	O
was	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
for	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
after	O
CDC	O
sold	O
the	O
trademark	O
to	O
The	O
Roach	O
Organization	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
