60'S VIDEO GAMES

LIST OF THE GAMES

• 1962 — Spacewar!
• 1968 — The Sumer Game
• 1969 — Hamurabi

SPACEWAR!

• Had two spaceships called "the needle" and "the wedge"
• They ships shot eachother with limited fuel and ammunition
• There is also a star that appears in the game
• You must defeat the other player while avoiding the star
• If you collide into the star or get shot too many times, you die

SPACEWAR! (FACTS)

• As of May 2006, there is only one working game known to exist
• This working game is found at the Computer History Museum
• This game has had many "remastered" versions over the years

HAMMUARBI

• The player would rule the kingdom
• You could sell and buy land
• Took place in Babylonian times
• Could grow food and sell that to people

HAMMUARBI (FACTS)

• "The Sumer Game" released 1 year earlier
• Creator of Hammurabi, expanded that game
• ...and eventually finished. The finished game was renamed...
• Hammurabi
• No graphics, just words.

PLAY THESE GAMES!

• Spacewar:
• http://www.masswerk.at/spacewar/
• Hammuabi:
• http://www.hammurabigame.com/hammurabi-game.php

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://gamesdbase.com
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_years_in_video_games
• http://www.wheels.org/spacewar/