OXO

OXO
OXO
OXO emulated screenshot.png
OXO played in an EDSAC emulator for System 6/System 7 running in Classic in Mac OS X v10.4.3.
Developer(s) A.S. Douglas
Designer(s) A.S. Douglas
Platform(s) EDSAC
Release date(s) 1952
Genre(s) Traditional game and Paper and pencil game
Mode(s) Single player
Media/distribution Delay line memory

OXO was a computer game written for the EDSAC computer in 1952, an implementation of the game known as Noughts and Crosses in the UK, or tic-tac-toe in the United States. It was written by Alexander S. Douglas as an illustration for his Ph.D. thesis on human-computer interaction for the University of Cambridge. OXO was the first digital graphical game to run on a computer.[1]

The simulation was played using a rotary telephone controller. OXO is often listed as the first computer game.[citation needed]

In OXO the player played against the computer, and output was displayed on the computer's 35×16 pixel cathode ray tube. The source code was short, yet it played a perfect game of noughts and crosses. OXO did not have widespread popularity because the EDSAC was a computer unique to Cambridge.

Contents

Startscreen

9 8 7       NOUGHTS AND CROSSES
6 5 4               BY
3 2 1       A S DOUGLAS, C.1952

LOADING PLEASE WAIT...

EDSAC/USER FIRST (DIAL 0/1):  

Program output

EDSAC/USER FIRST (DIAL 0/1):1
DIAL MOVE:6
DIAL MOVE:1
DIAL MOVE:2
DIAL MOVE:7
DIAL MOVE:9
DRAWN GAME...
EDSAC/USER FIRST (DIAL 0/1):

See also

References

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Oxo — was the first digital graphical computer game, a version of Tic tac toe. It is also the first puzzler game; As seen on Ginuess World Records 2010 Gamer s Edition. OXO Was first released in 1951, That makes it one of the oldest games standing. OXO …   Wikipedia

  • OXO — Игра OXO, запущенная на эмуляторе компьютера EDSAC. Разработчик …   Википедия

  • Oxo — ist der Name einer Handelsmarke für Brühwürfel unterschiedlicher Geschmacksrichtungen in Großbritannien. Neben der ursprünglichen Sorte Rinderbrühe werden die Brühwürfel heute auch als Hühner , Lamm und Gemüsewürfel sowie in einigen „exotischen“… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • oxo — ● oxo adjectif invariable Réaction oxo, réaction de formation d un aldéhyde ou d une cétone par action du monoxyde de carbone et de l hydrogène sur un alcène ou un alcyne, en présence d un catalyseur. ● oxo (expressions) adjectif invariable… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Oxo™ — [Oxo] noun [U] a popular British make of ↑stock cube (= the dried juices of meat and vegetables). Oxo is used for adding flavour to sauces, soups, etc • The grav …   Useful english dictionary

  • oxo — oxo; oxo·phen·ar·sine; oxo·trem·o·rine; …   English syllables

  • oxo- — or ox pref. Oxygen: oxime.   [From oxygen.] * * * …   Universalium

  • Oxo... — Oxo...   [gekürzt aus Oxygenium], Chemie: Bezeichnung der chemischen Nomenklatur, die bei organischen Verbindungen ein an ein Kohlenstoffatom doppelt gebundenes Sauerstoffatom, =O (z. B. in den Oxocarbonsäuren), bei komplexen anorganischen… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Oxo... — Oxo... gekürzt aus Oxygenium (mit dem Bindevokal o )> Wortbildungselement aus der Chemie mit der Bedeutung »ein doppelt gebundenes Sauerstoffatom an einem Kohlenstoffatom enthaltend« …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Oxo — proper name of a brand of beef extract, 1899, British …   Etymology dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”