Games Released in 1954

1 new games released in 1954 across 1 platforms, with Legacy Computer being the most popular seeing 1 new title. June was the busiest month of the year, launching 1 new release.

Top Platform

Legacy Computer

New Releases

1

Busiest Month

June

Pool

What was the most popular game of 1954?

Pool

A game of pool (billiards) developed by William George Brown and Ted Lewis in 1954 on the MIDSAC computer, intended primarily to showcase the computing power of the MIDSAC. "The game displayed a 2-inch rendition of the pool cue for the players to line up their shots and ran a simulation of the colliding and ricocheting balls in real-time, implementing a full game of a cue ball and 15 frame balls for two players. Graphics were drawn in real-time on a monochrome 13" point plotting X-Y display, the screen being updated by the program 40 times a second (that is, in a normal in-game situations with 2 to 4 balls moving at once). However, for time constraints, the table and its pockets weren’t drawn by the computer graphics, but were rather drawn manually onto the display using a grease pencil." - Norbert Landsteiner for masswerk.at

Which days had the most releases?

June 26 was the busiest single day of 1954 with 1 release.

Game cover

1 release

June 26

Which month had the most releases?

The busiest release month of 1954 was June, totaling 1 title.

How did each season compare?

Q2 was the busiest quarter of 1954 with 1 release.

Q1 (Jan–Mar)

0 releases

Q2 (Apr–Jun)

1 release
Pool

Most popular release in Q2

Pool

A game of pool (billiards) developed by William George Brown and Ted Lewis in 1954 on the MIDSAC computer, intended primarily to showcase the computing power of the MIDSAC. "The game displayed a 2-inch rendition of the pool cue for the players to line up their shots and ran a simulation of the colliding and ricocheting balls in real-time, implementing a full game of a cue ball and 15 frame balls for two players. Graphics were drawn in real-time on a monochrome 13" point plotting X-Y display, the screen being updated by the program 40 times a second (that is, in a normal in-game situations with 2 to 4 balls moving at once). However, for time constraints, the table and its pockets weren’t drawn by the computer graphics, but were rather drawn manually onto the display using a grease pencil." - Norbert Landsteiner for masswerk.at

Q3 (Jul–Sep)

0 releases

Q4 (Oct–Dec)

0 releases

Which platforms saw the most releases?

Legacy Computer received 1 new title in 1954, holding the most releases.

Legacy Computer1 release

What genres were most popular?

Sport was the dominant genre in 1954 with 1 titles.

Sport1
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