OXO (software)
Categories: Strategy game stubs | Puzzle computer and video games | Tic-tac-toe
OXO (or Noughts and Crosses) is a tic-tac-toe computer game made for the EDSAC computer in 1952. It was written by A.S. (Sandy) Douglas as an illustration for his Ph.D. thesis on human-computer interaction for the University of Cambridge. OXO is the first known (graphical) game to run on a computer.
The player plays against the computer and output was displayed on the computer's 35×16 pixel cathode ray tube. The source code is short, yet plays a perfect game of noughts and crosses. OXO did not have widespread popularity because the EDSAC was a computer unique to Cambridge.
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External links
- Edsac Simulator: An emulator of the EDSAC, including the code for OXO
- PONG-Story: A.S. Douglas' 1952 Noughts and Crosses game