Draughts

Main GameReleased 1952

Game Details

Genres

Card & Board Game

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Game Modes

Single player

Release Date

31/08/1952

Platforms

Legacy Computer

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Summary

A game of draughts (a.k.a. checkers) written for the Ferranti Mark 1 computer by Christopher Strachey at the University of Manchester between 1951 and 1952. In the summer of 1952, the program was able to "play a complete game of Draughts at a reasonable speed".