Negative Space: retro computer games
More Information
- BASIC Computer Games TRS-80 Edition Volume II (ebook)
-
“Hours of entertainment from 84 programmable games designed for use with the Radio Shack TRS-80.” (David Ahl)
- More BASIC Computer Games (ebook)
-
“For the computer combines the possibility of fun, education, challenge, personalization, humor and—most important—interaction, in a way that no other medium can.” (David Ahl)
- 1973: Hunt the Wumpus
-
“Wumpus has been identified as one of the earliest ancestors of the text adventure, a form that would crystallize more completely with Adventure in the second half of the decade. Like the latter game, it has a map that must be explored, challenges to overcome, a memorable adversary, and the first hints of a transporting story.”
David Ahl, editor of Creative Computing and of various BASIC Computer Games books, has released these works into the public domain.
One of the ubiquitous games of the early computer era was reversi. Very simple rules, very simple board, very complex play. It’s easy to see why it was so popular.