The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
I see no X here.
Hackers (and the interactive computer games they write) traditionally favor
this slightly marked usage over other possible equivalents such as ?There's
no X here!? or ?X is missing.? or ?Where's the X??. This goes back to the
original PDP-10 ADVENT, which would respond in this wise if you asked it
to do something involving an object not present at your location in the
game.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
I see no X here.
Hackers (and the interactive computer games they
write) traditionally favour this slightly marked usage over
other possible equivalents such as "There's no X here!" or "X
is missing." or "Where's the X?". This goes back to the
original PDP-10 ADVENT, which would respond in this wise if
you asked it to do something involving an object not present
at your location in the game.
[Jargon File]