A game of draughts (a.k.a. checkers) written for the Ferranti Mark 1 computer by Christopher Strachey at the University of Manchester between 1951 and 1952. In the summer of 1952, the program was able to "play a complete game of Draughts at a reasonable speed".
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Grave, plot-driven, cool and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Legacy Computer
- Developer
- Christopher Strachey
- Released
- August 31, 1952
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
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