Origin of Yendor?

[David Court]

Something that's been puzzling me for some time is where the ubiquitous
name of Yendor came from.

Obviously I noticed that it's Rodney spelled backwards, but does this have
any historical significance, or was it just a random name?

I haven't played much old Hack, but what I remember of it, it was
still Yendor back then.

Anyone care to enlighten me?

-Deinos-V
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[paw...@vxdesy.desy.de]

It's earlier than hack, rogue had it as well...

Michal (paw...@vxdesy.desy.de)

[Avrom Faderman]

Anyone know if it's related to "Quendor," Infocom's name for the
civilization that sprung up from the ruins of th G.U.E.? I'd guess
"Yendor" predates the first use of the word, but mi Infocom have
stolen it from Rogue (and modified it, of course)?

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[clas...@news.delphi.com]

Fwiw, in the CoCo version of Rogue, one's character's name defaulted to
"Rodney."

[Ogawa / Taro Stephen (ISE)]

Possibly related to Quendor [Zork Series]
Wizard of Yendor -> Witch of Endor

Taro.
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[Adam Eberbach]

u93...@student.canberra.edu.au (Ogawa / Taro Stephen (ISE)) writes:
: Possibly related to Quendor [Zork Series]

: Wizard of Yendor -> Witch of Endor

I think it's because it was originally written
(at least in part) by a hacker named Rodney.

(reverse '(r o d n e y)) (AI this semester!)

Adam Eberbach, Computer Science student, RMIT. ad...@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au

[Warwick Allison]

ad...@arcadia.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (Adam Eberbach) writes:

>I think it's because it was originally written
>(at least in part) by a hacker named Rodney.

Hmm. In the Atari EPYX version of Rogue, the default name was "Rodney".

WHO IS RODNEY?

ObNewClass:

A new class called "hacker". VERY difficult class to play, intended
for vetrans. No initial equipment, 13 on all stats. Quest setting:
the town of Yendor, mentor: Rodney, enemy: a cheap plastic immitation
of the Wizard of Yendor. Setting is full of bugs of various kinds.
Quest artifact: Rodney's Mace and Rodney's Ring Mail. Crappy items,
but worth a fortune when you leave the game as collector's pieces.

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Warwick