Which Happened First?

Release of OXO

Release of OXO
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OXO is a video game developed by A S Douglas in 1952 which simulates a game of noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe). It was one of the first games developed in the early history of video games. Douglas programmed the game as part of a thesis on human-computer interaction at the University of Cambridge.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Release of OXO (this page)1952
  2. Release of Tennis for TwoOctober 18, 1958
  3. Release of Spacewar!1962
  4. Release of Computer SpaceNovember 1971
  5. Release of The Oregon Trail1971
  6. Release of PongNovember 29, 1972

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