History VideoGame / Hamurabi

At the tenth year, the player was ranked relative to historical rulers, system which have been later reused by Sid Meier in his ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''.

''Hamurabi'' is a text-based and turn-based video game written by Doug Dyment in 1968 in the [=FOCAL=] language under the name ''The Sumer Game'' and ported to BASIC by David H. Ahl.

-->''"HAMURABI: I BEG TO REPORT TO YOU,.."''

* CommieLand: Setats Detinu, in the spin-off ''King'', is stated as being a Communist country.

At the tenth year, the player was ranked relative to historical rulers, system which have been later reused by Sid Meier in his ''VideoGames/{{Civilization}}''.

* LuckBasedMission: Plagues can make things much easier by reducing how many people you need to feed and increasing your acreage per citizen, but they're completely random. The fluctations in land prices and especially the size of the harvest can randomly screw you, though handling these situations well when they do happen is part of the game.

In this game, the player had to manage the production of grain of a city, measured in bushels, by allocating some to planting, some to consumption by citizens and the remainder to stocking in silos, which could be attacked by rats; he was also able to buy and sell acres of farmland.

* FollowTheLeader:
** This game inspired several other management games, such as:
*** ''[[http://www.atariarchives.org/bigcomputergames/showpage.php?page=11 Dukedom]]'' (1976), a more expended version, set in the MiddleAges and including warfare against other dukes and the High King, complete with HiredGuns and InstantMilitia.
*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Paravia_en_Fiumaccio Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio]]'' (1978), playable [[http://www.santaparavia.com/Home.aspx here]], set in [[UsefulNotes/TheCityStateEra medieval Italy]] and with several social classes and monuments.
*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_(computer_game) Dynasty]]'' (1978), where the players was the governor of Hunan Province in China during the [[ImperialChina Yuan Dynasty]] and who was declared [[TheEmperor emperor]] if he won and managed to beat the floods, earthquakes, graft and famines.
*** ''[[http://atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=96 King]]'' (1978), where you play the Premier of the [[DirtyCommies Communist island of Setats Detinu]] and have to manage farming, tourism, mining and industry.
** Later, the gameplay influenced games such as ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Populous}}''.
** In the Copper Age of ''7 Grand Steps, Step 1: What Ancients Begat'', the rulership minigame is a modified version with the same bushels-of-grain-as-currency mechanic.

* OlderThanTheNES: First version in FOCAL released in 1969 and BASIC version in 1973.

* RapePillageAndBurn: Unpaid mercenaries in "Dukedom'' tend to steal grain, kill some serfs and rape the women, [[ChildByRape raising the birth rate]] - the authors even [[CrossesTheLineTwice comment]] "these are not ordinary meecenaries."

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can starve part of your subjects so as to be able to buy farmland or, simply, to be able to not feed useless eaters.
** However, ''Dukedom'' punishes players who starve their serfs [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment while there is enough food in the granaries]].

** Later, the gameplay influenced games such as ''{{Civilization}}'' and ''Populous''.

* RapePillageAndBurn: Unpaid mercenaries in ""Dukedom'' tend to steal grain, kill some serfs and rape the women, [[ChildByRape raising the birth rate]] - the authors even [[CrossesTheLineTwice comment]] "these are not ordinary meecenaries."

'''''Hamurabi''''' is a text-based and turn-based video game written by Doug Dyment in 1968 in the [=FOCAL=] language under the name ''The Sumer Game'' and ported to BASIC by David H. Ahl.

-->''"This error has spread far and wide until a generation of students who have used this program now think that Hammurabi is the incorrect spelling."''* UrExample: This game was a precursor for many of the features of the resource management games.

* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: The ancient king was named "Ham'''m'''urabi" but the creator either forgot a 'm' or wanted to keep the name within the eight-character limit.
** Lampshaded by [[http://atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=78 the presentation of this game]] in ''BASIC Computer Games'':
-->''"This error has spread far and wide until a generation of students who have used this program now think that Hammurabi is the incorrect spelling."''

* UrExample: This game was a precursor for many of the features of the resource management games.
** The fact the setting was UR provides us with a good pun.

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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can starve part of your subjects so as to be able to buy farmland or, simply, to be able to not fed useless eaters.

'''''Hamurabi''''' is a text-based and turn-based video game written by Doug Dyment in 1968 in the [=FOCAL=] langage under the name ''The Sumer Game'' and ported to BASIC by David H. Ahl.

This game then spread, with other games written in BASIC, by the book ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC_Computer_Games BASIC Computer Games]]'', first published in 1973.

In this game, the player had to manage the production of grain of a city, mesurated in bushels, by allocating some to planting, some to comsommation by citizens and the remainder to stocking in silos, which could be attacked by rats; he was also able to buy and sell acres of farmland.

* TheCaligula: If the player caused many deaths by starvation[=/=]didn't ensured enough land by person, the game will say, at the end, that "[your] heavy handed performance smacks of Nero and Ivan IV" and that the survivors "hate your guts."

** This game inspired several other management games, among which:

*** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty_(computer_game) Dynasty]]'' (1978), where the players was the governor of Hunan Province in China during the [[ImperialChina Yuan Dynasty]] and who was declarated [[TheEmperor emperor]] if he won and managed to beat the floods, earthquakes, grafts and famines.

** Later, the gameplay influenced games such as ''Civilizaton'' and ''Populous''.

* UrExample: This game was a precursor for many of the features of the ressources management games.

** However, ''Dukedom'' punish players who starve their serfs [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment while there is enough food in the granaries]].

* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: If more than 45% of the population starve on a year, the player is deposed and "declared 'National Fink'."
* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: If you don't feed enough your citizens, they will revolt and depose you.

* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: The ancient king was named "Ham'''m'''urabi" but the creator either forgot a 'm' or wanted to keep the name within the 8-digits limit.

* UnbuiltTrope: This game was a precursor for many of the features of the ressources management games.