showing 17 games
| name arrow_downward | publisher(developer) | year | description | platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals Four | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Astronaut | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Bagel | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Bio Cycle | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Cannons | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Checkers | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | Checkers is a simple implementation of the classic board game in BASIC. The player plays against the computer, moving pieces diagonally and jump over the opponent's pieces to remove them from the game. The rule that lets players do multiple jumps in one turn is omitted. | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizesubject |
| Craps | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | This program simulates a crap game. The computer rolls the dice and keeps score. In this simulation the computer is one of the two players, you are the other player. For hard way rolls the computer gives you the hard way odds but does not accept hard way bets. You may bet against yourself or the computer if you don't think the point will be made. | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizesubject |
| Dogfight | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Golf | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | Golf is a text-based golfing game for multiple players. Each turn the player must choose a club which makes the ball go closer (or further) from the hole. The distance is randomly generated based on the club used. There are 9 different clubs that can be used. | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizesubject |
| Judy | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Line Up | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Pony | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Roulette | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Sky Diver | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | Sky Diver is a simulated parachute jump on any planet. | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizesubject |
| Space Travel | AT&T | 1969 | Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Travel_(video_game) https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=space-travel&page=detail&id=266068***[media=youtube]rMCsKxx2VKc[/media]***Simulates travel within our solar system to scale in 2D (everything is on a flat galactic plane). Orbits of the planets and moons are limited to being circular and are not calculated themselves. But the mass and scale of every item and the distances are simulated. Scale is synchronized to time, so if you zoom out, time runs faster. This helps pass the time for interplanetary distances. In fact you can zoom out enough to reach Pluto in a few seconds. Nothing past the edge of our solar system is simulated; so don't venture out of site. The player's ship trajectory and speed is fully calculated using the gravity of the center of the closest strongest attractor. This makes landing on some moons very interesting. Phobos' mass is so tiny compared to Mars', you actually have to go beneath the surface of Phobos in order to make it's center the closest strongest attractor. While surface contact is calculated collision damage is not. Acceleration is fixed, but like everything else, is scaled to the display. So acceleration always remains the same when measured in pixels per second per sec second. Rather than rotate the ship, the universe was rotated around it, as far as the display. Coordinates can be displayed and are based on the center the closest strongest attractor. If there is any object to this game, it would be traveling to, and landing on, every planet. Controls: Trust forward Thrust Backward Yaw left Yaw right Scale display up Scale display down Trivia: This was the game that UNIX was created to run. Literally, Ken Thompson invented UNIX to run this game. Thus it is the first UNIX application and the first UNIX game. There was a charge for using the [gametag=multics]Multics time-sharing system[/gametag] on the [gametag=ge-645]GE-645[/gametag] that AT&T owned. AT&T employees were apparently allowed to use 'company money' to cover this cost. Good thing too, because in 1969 this game cost $50–$75 dollars (not cents) per play (about $275–$412 in today's economy). See it in your currency at [url=http://www.xe.com]XE.com[/url]. [Zerothis] | DEC PDP-1 | labelimagesubject |
| Tank | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Teach Me | Scientific Research Inst. | 1977 | DEC PDP-1 | labelminimizeminimize |
