In the new (March '03) issue of CPU, they ask Dennis Ritchie about that:
 
CPU: "Now, was Unix seriously invented so that Ken [Thompson] could play
games on the PDP-7?"
KR: "Not really." ...
 

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> From:         Adrian Midgley
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> The story goes that Unix was designed to play Space Travel on 
> the early PDP range. 
> 
> It developed into something considerably more magnificent.
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