TCW Podcast Episode 085 - Computer Game BASICs
Now that we have explained how timesharing works, it's time to discuss games! In the 1960s, students and professional programmers alike created computer games that were played by dozens, if not hundreds of their peers on timeshared computers. In the early 1970s, some of these programs began to spread across the country thanks to the efforts of early pioneers in computer book and magazine publishing like Bob Albrecht and David Ahl. By the time the first microcomputers appeared in the late 1970s, these games were so widespread that they started being converted to platforms like the Apple II and TRS-80 as well. As a result, games like Lunar Lander, Star Trek, and The Oregon Trail continued to be played decades after they were first created and became recognized as some of the earliest classic computer games.
Kill us all on sight reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Lc_1aNdZA
1969 Lander: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkFCo4F0_U
Making Games by Year (Remaking Lunar Lander in Python): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJxNUdsnsos
Atari Lunar Lander: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McAhSoAEbhM
The Oregon Trail Franchise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fEWA3WGkZ0
The Oregon Trail Card Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg8lCvF1-Oc
Hamurabi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb9Z8FaaVZU
101 BASIC Computer Games: http://www.ccapitalia.net/descarga/docs/1975-101-basic-computer-games.pdf
Star Trek Text Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLKw4AU4KHU&t=86s
Star Trek C64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p6qQEDp0Ug
Hunt the Wumpus Text: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETjYJBJrfq4
Hunt the Wumpus Graphical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkWJMU16GrU
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Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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