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Programming

Activities theme

Player can or must program devices or other things using a language, set of symbols or commands or any other method to perform tasks.

112
games
32
platforms
Baldur's Gate (Windows)
Baldur's Gate
WIN 1998-12-21
Omega (Macintosh OS Classic)
Omega
MAC 1989
Computer Programmer (Magnavox Odyssey2)
Computer Programmer
ODY2 1979
Robot Odyssey I: Escape from Robotropolis (Apple II E)
Robot Odyssey I: Escape from Robotropolis
IIE 1984-12
CROBOTS (MS-DOS)
CROBOTS
DOS 1985
Actionauts (Atari 2600 VCS)
Actionauts
VCS 2008
Mind Rover: The Europa Project (Linux)
Mind Rover: The Europa Project
LIN 2002-12-13
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (Windows)
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
WIN 2013-01-16
Basic Programming (Atari 2600 VCS)
Basic Programming
VCS 1979
Omega (Apple II E)
Omega
IIE 1989
Corewars (MS-DOS)
Corewars
DOS 1990
Omega (Apple IIGS)
Omega
IIGS 1990
Related:
* Teaching - the process may be very similar in some obscure cases.
May be script based, visual, assembly/machine code, high-level, low-level, logic based, mathematical, use preexisting or custom method, & be optional.
Note, this tag does not apply to designing by itself. But actual programming of virtual computers or machines. Or the programs may run something more abstract than a 'computer' or 'machine'. Such as an Artificial Intelligence or a character intended to simulate a real intelligence.

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Games by year

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The first Programming video game was released on August 1961.

Origin Systems, The Learning Company and Zachtronics Industries published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 38
MS-DOS 12
Windows 9
Apple II E 6
Mac OS X 6
Mac OS Classic 6
C64 4
Unix 3
BeOS 2
Tandy Coco 2
NEC PC9801 2
Atari 2600 2
Odyssey2 1
Atari ST 1
Apple IIGS 1
Memotech MTX 1
BSD 1
Solaris 1
Newton 1
Sol-20 1
Dreamcast 1
custom 1
BBC 1
PLATO 1
Switch 1
Amiga 1
COSMAC VIP 1
NES 1
Flash 1
PS 1

Most common companies

Origin Systems7
The Learning Company5
Zachtronics Industries4
Screeps3
Beamdog2
Tomorrow Corporation2
Nintendo2
Funghisoft2
Nival2
Disney2