The Sumerian Game

The Sumerian Game (1964)

by Mabel Addis
Genres:Strategy
Themes:Historical
Game modes:Single player
Story: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.Show more
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Unfortunately, this game is not currently preserved in its original incarnation. Andrea Corbato constructed a recreation of the game under his Haresoft label, but the code for this game has been lost and cannot be added.
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