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Draughts

Draughts

Card & Board Game

by Christopher Strachey

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1952

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Legacy Computer

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Christopher Strachey

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Single player

Release Date

Aug 31, 1952

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Consoles

Legacy Computer

Developer

Christopher Strachey

Publisher

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Game Modes

Single player

Release Date

Aug 31, 1952

Synopsis:

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".

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