Rebuilding History: Andrea Contato’s Revival of The Sumerian Game | Retro Gaming News 24/7 (www.retronews.com)
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Andrea Contato, an Italian researcher and author with a deep interest in video game history, has successfully recreated The Sumerian Game, one of the earliest computer games ever developed.

Originally created for educational purposes in 1960s, this text-based strategy game was centred around land management and resource allocation in ancient Sumer. The game, which served as an educational tool about life in prehistoric times, utilized an IBM 7090 mainframe. With the original source code lost to time, Contato managed to rebuild it using available game printouts.

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SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.works on 18 Aug 2024 14:38 collapse

Good stuff, read about this in 50 Years of Text Games, will be nice to check this out

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