The Birth of PC Gaming

jayintune writes "2old2play has an article up talking about the birth of PC gaming and how computers turned into entertainment. From the article, 'It's difficult to pin down what the first true PC game was. Broadly defined, early computer games date back to primitive missile simulators (circa 1947) and Tic-Tac-Toe games on very early computers with analog electronics. These computers were essentially glorified calculators with a bit of storage (in some cases, "storage" meant the position of a physical relay as big as your fist, or the on/off condition of a vacuum tube).'"

XYZZY

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Though no doubt there were plenty of games prior to it, for me, it was the original text adventure, and those magic words, "XYZZY". :) The very thought of creating a game absolutely captivated me, and enticed me to the point where now I'm willing to sit and stare at a screen all day long and go home and do the same... not exactly healthy, but ah... it's a happy place to be... :) --Ray