Game
The Sumerian Game
About this game
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.
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Game facts
Release date
Dec 31, 1964
Developer
Mabel Addis
Platforms
Legacy Computer
Genres
Strategy
Themes
Historical
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text
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