Air is a text-based
air combat mainframe computer game written in
1977 by
Kelton Flinn and John Taylor. Air foreshadowed the first graphical
MMOG,
Air Warrior, which was released by the company Flinn and Taylor later founded,
Kesmai. Air Warrior in turn spurred the development of key original MMOG titles including
Neverwinter Nights (
Don Daglow and
Cathryn Mataga,
1991),
Ultima Online (
Richard Garriott and
Origin Systems,
1997), and
Everquest (
Brad McQuaid, Steve Clover, and Bill Trost at
Sony Online Entertainment,
1999).
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