01 May, 2026

#041: Game of Hangman - Educational Electronic Executions (and A Short Update)



Release Date: July 1973

Platform: Mainframe (BASIC type-in)

Genre: Puzzle

Developer(s): Kenneth Aupperle, David H. Ahl

Publisher(s): Digital Equipment Corporation


Out of the gate, this is a somewhat interesting title, as I originally had Game of Hangman slated as a 1970 game. I had mistaken it for another Hangman game on account of the online information being somewhat unclear in distinguishing between the two games. So this article's been hanging in limbo for something like a year, although I've chosen to completely re-write it anyway.