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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 …
- Released
- 1964
- Genres
- Strategy
- Platforms
- Legacy Computer
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Mabel Addis
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- electronic literature
- Country of origin
- United States
- Platform
- IBM 700/7000 series
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Designed by
- Mabel Addis
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- title
- The Sumerian Game
- language of work or name
- English language
- input device
- computer keyboard
- set in period
- ancient history
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