Fischer-Schneider is a chess program developed at the University of Stuttgart by two math students. The program is written in assembly language dubbed TEXAS (Telefunken Externcode Assembler) for a Telefunken TR-4 mainframe computer. Later ported to IBM System 360.
Core War is a two player programming game similar to Darwin. The goal is to copy a program into memory as much as possible while trying to break the opponent’s program which is trying to do the same.
Civil War is a war strategy simulation. You play as the confederacy in the American Civil War, and need to allocate funds and decide on a strategy to win as many battles as you can.
Chess is a chess game on the CDC 6600 computer. The program was continuously iterated on and knew many versions which became progressively better. The game won the ACM North American Computer Chess Championships eight times and the second WCCC in Toronto in 1977.
Prof. Quizmaster is a quiz machine. Questions are projected on the screen which the player must answer with buttons representing multiple choice answers.
This pool simulation was first displayed at the open house at David Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, New Jersey on a RCA Spectra 70/25 computer with an IDI vector display.
PDP 10 Timesharing Basketball is a turn-based textual college basketball game written in BASIC. We do not have much control over the game, but we can determine what kind of defense and which throw we use.
Publisher: Nutting Associates Developer: Nutting Associates Release date: 1967Platform: ArcadeType: Educational/QuizCountry: U.S.A.Alternative titles: I.Q. ComputerMore info: – Related games: Knowledge Computer Computer Quiz is a trivia game that can ask over 2500 questions. Questions are displayed on the screen and the player answers them with the multiple choice buttons. It’s Read more…
Publisher: Digital Equipment Computer Users’ Society (DECUS)Developer: –Release date: 1967. Aug.Platform: Mainframe (DEC PDP-10)Type: Sport/BaseballCountry: U.S.A.More info: – Baseball is a BASIC game that plays out the 1967 world series between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals. All the players are present and probabilities for their actions can Read more…
Publisher: –Developer: –Release date: 1966Platform: Mainframe (DEC PDP-1 )Type: SoccerCountry: U.S.A.More info: – Frogmaster is a soccer game for one to four players. The players control frogs on the pitch, which react to joystick input which act as rewards. The player must train the frogs to score goals by reaching Read more…