ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER GAMES.

The article examines the history and development of interactive computer games. It states that the earliest known computer games were developed in the early 1960s in U.S. computing institutions, using DEC microcomputers. Computer programmers known as hackers, were the first to exploit the use of com...

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Published in:	Screen Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 52 - 74
Main Author:	Haddon, Leslie
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Spring88
Subjects:	Video games History of video games Electronic games Computer software Interactive multimedia DEC microcomputers Personal computers History
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost