OXO
OXO was a computer game developed by Alexander S. Douglas in 1952 for the EDSAC computer, which simulates a game of Noughts and crosses, also sometimes called Tic-tac-toe. OXO is the earliest known game to…
OXO is a puzzle developed by Alexander Shafto "Sandy" Douglas, released 31 December 1952 on EDSAC and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What OXO is
OXO is a puzzle game developed by Alexander Shafto "Sandy" Douglas and released in 1952. It is available on EDSAC and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
OXO was a computer game developed by Alexander S. Douglas in 1952 for the EDSAC computer, which simulates a game of Noughts and crosses, also sometimes called Tic-tac-toe. OXO is the earliest known game to display visuals on a video monitor. To play OXO, the player would enter input using a rotary telephone controller, and output was displayed on the computer's 35×16 dot matrix cathode ray tube. Each game was played against an artificially intelligent opponent.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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