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Reference number: CH001007
When was the first video and computer game released?
Question:
What was the first video and computer game released?
Answer:
The first graphical game
The first graphical computer game is considered to be
"OXO" a variant of the Tic-Tac-Toe game that was created by
Alexander Sandy Douglas in 1952
on the EDSAC.
The first computer game
Although OXO may have been created first most still
consider the first true computer game or digital game to be "Spacewar!",
a game programmed by Steve Russell and first released in February
1962. The game ran on the DEC
PDP-1 computer and consisted of two spaceships that maneuvered
around a star that affected and pulled at ship with its gravity. The
objective of the game was to avoid colliding with the star while
trying to shoot the other ship with missiles. The
player controlled the game using control switches or a control box
and had the ability to rotate the ship clockwise or
counterclockwise, provide the ship with thrust, fire missiles, and
go into hyperspace. |