Geekiest Board Game Ever? Computer Rage from 1977

I went to my local thrift store today to see what I could find. Every now and then I can find something really good. Today was a good day. I found this UNOPENED, still shrink-wrapped, board game called Computer Rage that is copyright 1977 by Creative Computing Magazine. Click on the image below to see all the pics I took:


Computer Rage box

It has classic, retro art on the front and the gameplay itself is so incredibly geeky! How many games do you know that have a space labelled “Output Queue”? It even uses three binary dice (so you can roll 0-7)! Here is the description of the binary dice (click for a larger image):

Description of the binary dice in the Computer Rage board game

Binary! How many non-computer geeks do you know that can handle binary? Maybe the math geeks can handle it too, but not many other people.

So how much did I pay for this near-pristine piece of classic 70’s retro computer goodness? $2. What a great find. I love thrift stores.

Oh yeah – I also picked up Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Platinum Edition for $1 and it included the box and everything was in it. Also a good deal. I played the demo when it came out a long time ago (I think). I probably won’t get to it anytime soon (or ever) but I couldn’t pass it up for a buck.

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  3. Roger

    Hi: I also found one of these games and it had the Creative Computing Catalog from 1977 inside it. The game sold new in 1977 for $8.95. If you are interested I am selling both items on ebay. Catalog is # 190190065243 and the game is # 190190063771.

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