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Fortran programming language

Software theme

General-purpose language most suited for numeric and scientific computing. High-level languages were only theory before Fortran because they were considered inherently slower than handwritten assembly.

25
games
6
platforms
The Sumerian Game (custom platform)
The Sumerian Game
CSTM 1964
Space Travel (DEC PDP-1)
Space Travel
PDP1 1969-12-31
A Chess Playing Program for the IBM 7090 Computer (custom platform)
A Chess Playing Program for the IBM 7090 Computer
CSTM 1962-05
Adventure: The Colossal Cave (DEC PDP-1)
Adventure: The Colossal Cave
PDP1 1976
MAX
CSTM 1970-01-07
Baseball
CSTM 1976
Delmar
IIE 1978
Tanktics
PDP1 1976
Chess
PDP1 1979-12-25
N. F. U. Football
CSTM 1973
Tic-Tac-Toe Learning Program
CSTM 1967
Mr. Turk
CSTM 1971

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Parent group

Programming languages

Games by year

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The first Fortran programming language video game was released in 1962.

IBM published all these games.

Related site

Fortran at Wikipedia

Platforms

custom 16
DEC PDP-1 5
Unix 1
KIM-1 1
Apple II E 1
HP3000 1

Most common companies

IBM3