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Core War

Main Game

Core War is a video game released on March 1, 1984 for Call-A-Computer time-shared mainframe computer system. Core War is a 1984 programming game created by D. G. Jones and A. K. Dewdney in which two or more battle programs (called "warriors") compete for control of a virtual computer. These battle programs a…

March 1, 1984
Released 15461 days ago
Call-A-Computer time-shared mainframe computer system

About

Core War is a 1984 programming game created by D. G. Jones and A. K. Dewdney in which two or more battle programs (called "warriors") compete for control of a virtual computer. These battle programs are written in an abstract assembly language called Redcode.

Release Dates by Platform

Call-A-Computer time-shared mainframe computer system Worldwide
Mar 1, 1984

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