The first real graphical computer game was released in 1952 by Alexander S. Douglas, and is called "Noughts And Crosses" (or OXO.) Douglas wrote it on EDSAC for his dissertation.
EDSAC is the first computer, which was built at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 1949. EDSAC had a 35x16 pixels display. The idea of Alexander S. Douglas was to use the display, to display his game.
Douglas was writing a PhD dissertation about Human-Computer interaction, he programmed "Noughts And Crosses," a Tic-Tac-Toe game, to show this interaction. The opponent of a player in "Noughts and Crosses," was the machine. The player used a mechanical telephone dialer to place the nought or cross wherever he/she chose. This dissertation is still stored in the library of the University of Cambridge.
You may wonder why, if "Noughts And Crosses" was the first real graphical computer game, why didn’t it spread worldwide? This in fact, was not possible. There was no other computer similar to EDSAC in the world (it was unique.) So, if somebody wanted to play "Noughts And Crosses," they had to go to the University of Cambridge.
EDSAC is the first computer, which was built at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 1949. EDSAC had a 35x16 pixels display. The idea of Alexander S. Douglas was to use the display, to display his game.
Douglas was writing a PhD dissertation about Human-Computer interaction, he programmed "Noughts And Crosses," a Tic-Tac-Toe game, to show this interaction. The opponent of a player in "Noughts and Crosses," was the machine. The player used a mechanical telephone dialer to place the nought or cross wherever he/she chose. This dissertation is still stored in the library of the University of Cambridge.
You may wonder why, if "Noughts And Crosses" was the first real graphical computer game, why didn’t it spread worldwide? This in fact, was not possible. There was no other computer similar to EDSAC in the world (it was unique.) So, if somebody wanted to play "Noughts And Crosses," they had to go to the University of Cambridge.
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