Hamurabi

Hamurabi

Released1968
Hamurabi is a text-based game of land and resource management and is one of the earliest computer games. It was originally written in FOCAL in 1968, but it was ported to BASIC in 1971. Like many BASIC games of the time, Hamurabi was mainly a game of numeric input. As the ruler, the player could buy and sell land, purchase grain and decide how much grain to release to his kingdom.
40Wit Score

Details

ReleasedDecember 31, 1968
StatusReleased
GenresStrategy
ThemesHistoricalEducational
PlatformsPDP PDP-8
ModesSingle player

Wit-Index Intelligence

Community Score
Mixed Reception40/100

About This Game

As the ruler of ancient Babylon, you inherit the responsibility of shepherding your kingdom through a turbulent decade while contending with devastating plagues and resource scarcity. Your success depends on making strategic decisions about agricultural production, land distribution, and population management to elevate the living standards of your subjects and expand territorial holdings. Balancing the needs of your people against the unpredictable threats of disease and famine becomes essential to maintaining political stability and avoiding civil unrest that could topple your regime. The challenge lies not merely in surviving the crises that emerge, but in demonstrating capable governance that allows your civilization to flourish despite mounting pressures on all sides.