<P> Although personal computers only became popular with the development of the microprocessor and microcomputer , computer gaming on mainframes and minicomputers had previously already existed . OXO , an adaptation of tic - tac - toe for the EDSAC , debuted in 1952 . Another pioneer computer game was developed in 1961 , when MIT students Martin Graetz and Alan Kotok , with MIT student Steve Russell , developed Spacewar ! on a PDP - 1 mainframe computer used for statistical calculations . </P>
<P> Although personal computers only became popular with the development of the microprocessor and microcomputer , computer gaming on mainframes and minicomputers had previously already existed . OXO , an adaptation of tic - tac - toe for the EDSAC , debuted in 1952 . Another pioneer computer game was developed in 1961 , when MIT students Martin Graetz and Alan Kotok , with MIT student Steve Russell , developed Spacewar ! on a PDP - 1 mainframe computer used for statistical calculations . </P>
when did the first pc game come out
when did the first pc game come out
1952
1952