Re: earliest commercial game?

["Kenneth Schunk" <kschunk@nycap.rr.com>]

Here's what I <still> have for old tapes that came with my Apple II (not +),
and their copyright dates:

Applevision  - 1977
Color Demo  - 1977
Supermath   - 1977
Brick Out    - 1978
Pinball        - 1978
Sampler      - 1978
Colorsketch - 1979
Infinite Number of Monkeys - 1979 (oh yeah, this one was a goodie!)
Biorhythm     - 1979

These were all old Integer basic (or assembly tied to an integer basic
loader) programs. They all claim to require 16K.

My (completely useless) collection of non-Apple produced tapes include:

Star Warriors & Space Maze - Softape - 1978 - 16K Integer Basic
Songs in the Key of Apple - Hayden - 1979 - 16K Integer Basic
Craps & Bright Pen Craps - Softape - 1979 - 24K Integer Basic
Poker - Softape - 1979 - 24K Applesoft
Microgammon - Softape - 1979 - 16K Integer Basic
Crazy Eights - Softape - 1979 - 24K Integer Basic
Adventure 3 - Mission Impossible - Scott Adams - 1979 - 24K Either Basic
Adventure 6 - Strange Odyssey - Scott Adams - 1979 - 24K Either Basic
Invasion Orion - Automated Simulations - 1979 - No memory requirements
listed

and the big memory one of the bunch...

Bazooka - Programma International - 1980 - 48K Machine Language (Serial
Number 00029)

Ken Schunk


Mike Westerfield <MikeW50@aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <38204C9D.9CFF744C@lexis-nexis.com>, John E Townsend
> <utownje@lexis-nexis.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Wasn't there a lo-res Pong game included on the original Apple II system
> disks?
>
> I think we're thinking of the same one. I'm not sure, but it might have
even
> been written in Integer BASIC. In any case, I do believe it was out long
> before floppy disks.
>
> Now that I think about it, I'm also not sure if something that comes with
> the computer is really a commercial game.  I leave that for others to
> decide. :)
>
> Also, as a point of history, while the Apple II certainly blazed trails in
> the early computer industry, it was definitely not the first home
computer.
> There were several famous kits available earlier.  The first
out-of-the-box
> computer wasn't an Apple II, either.  The first one I remember that
deserves
> the name was the Pet; I don't remember who made it anymore.  I suspect the
> title of first commercial game for a home computer would have to go to
that
> machine, too.
>
> Mike Westerfield