The Sumerian Game
Strategy
Historical
December 31, 1964
Released 22402 days ago
Legacy Computer
About
The Sumerian Game is a text-based strategy video game of land and resource management. It was developed as part of a joint research project between the Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Westchester County, New York and IBM in 1964–1966 for investigation of the use of computer-based simulations in schools. It was designed by Mabel Addis, then a fourth-grade teacher, and programmed by William McKay for the IBM 7090 time-shared mainframe computer.
The Sumerian Game has been described as the first video game with a narrative, as well as the first edutainment game. As a result, Mabel Addis has been called the first female video game designer and the first writer for a video game.
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Release Dates by Platform
Legacy Computer
Worldwide
Dec 31, 1964
Game Info
- Developer
- Mabel Addis
- Game Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
- Genres
- Strategy
- Themes
- Historical
