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Computer Games

Playing on Computers

To find the earliest computer games, find the earliest computers. Games have always been part of computing. Some were created for tests or demonstrations. Others merely reflect that computer pioneers were human—and humans play.

Games illustrate that “fun” or “entertaining” need not mean “simple.” Their increasingly sophisticated hardware and software mirrors the evolution and transformations in the complexity, power, and size of computers.

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