Batnum
Batnum, a portmanteau of "battle of numbers" is an early BASIC game based on the family of "object pile" games, which includes Nim. The player and computer take turns removing objects from a pile, with there…
22 February 1967
Batnum is a puzzle, released 22 February 1967 on PDP-10.
What Batnum is
Batnum was released in 1967. It was published by Digital Equipment Corporation. It is available on PDP-10 only. It runs on BASIC.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Batnum, a portmanteau of "battle of numbers" is an early BASIC game based on the family of "object pile" games, which includes Nim. The player and computer take turns removing objects from a pile, with there being a set minimum and maximum amount of objects that can be removed per turn. The objective is to force the computer to take the last object.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Batnum — frequently asked questions
When did Batnum come out?
Batnum was released on 22 February 1967 for PDP-10.
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