Re: [SWCollect] The first? -- Thread was King's Quest 1

2003-02-11 Thread Pedro Quaresma
: Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] The first? -- Thread was King's Quest 1 Edward Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11-02-2003 06:30 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 11:30 PM, Hugh Falk wrote: The earliest copyright I have for a Scott Adam's Adventureland is 1980 Unless

Re: [SWCollect] The first? -- Thread was King's Quest 1

2003-02-11 Thread Jim Leonard
Year? Edward Franks wrote: Fire in the Valley by Freiberger and Swaine mentions a backgammon game (pg 63, Collector's Edition hardcover), but no details on if that game was ever sold. A number of the early games were used to demonstrate the early hardware. The first game

Re: [SWCollect] The first? -- Thread was King's Quest 1

2003-02-10 Thread Edward Franks
On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 02:53 PM, Jim Leonard wrote: Hugh Falk wrote: I don't even know what the first commercial game would have been. The first game you had to pay for for a personal computer. For the Apple ][ [A] it looks like Rocket Pilot by Bob Bishop (of Apple-Vision

RE: [SWCollect] The first? -- Thread was King's Quest 1

2003-02-10 Thread Hugh Falk
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] The first? -- Thread was King's Quest 1 On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 02:53 PM, Jim Leonard wrote: Hugh Falk wrote: I don't even know what the first commercial game would have

Re: [SWCollect] The first? -- Thread was King's Quest 1

2003-02-10 Thread Edward Franks
On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 11:56 PM, Jim Leonard wrote: Weren't there any games you were obligated to pay for for the Altair? Because that would pretty much take the crown. Here's photos of MicroChess and Peter Jennings.

RE: [SWCollect] The first? -- Thread was King's Quest 1

2003-02-03 Thread Hugh Falk
I don't even know what the first commercial game would have been. It all depends on your definition of Personal Computer. You could go back to the Altair or others that didn't have video screens. Games on those systems would have been personal computer games, but not video games. It would be