OXO (1952)
Alexander Shafto "Sandy" Douglas, University of Warwick
EDSAC · PC (Microsoft Windows)
2.33 from 3 ratings
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How long? Main story 0h (from 1 logged playthrough)
OXO was a computer game developed by Alexander S. Douglas in 1952 for the EDSAC computer, which simulates a game of Noughts and crosses, also sometimes called Tic-tac-toe. OXO is the earliest known game to display visuals on a video monitor.
To play OXO, the player would enter input using a rotary telephone controller, and output was displayed on the …
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OXO was a computer game developed by Alexander S. Douglas in 1952 for the EDSAC computer, which simulates a game of Noughts and crosses, also sometimes called Tic-tac-toe. OXO is the earliest known game to display visuals on a video monitor.
To play OXO, the player would enter input using a rotary telephone controller, and output was displayed on the computer's 35×16 dot matrix cathode ray tube. Each game was played against an artificially intelligent opponent.
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Details
- Developers
- Alexander Shafto "Sandy" Douglas, University of Warwick
- Publishers
- Alexander Shafto "Sandy" Douglas, University of Warwick
- Genres
- Puzzle, Strategy
- Themes
- Educational
Release dates
- 1952 (Europe) EDSAC
- 2002 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
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