In the 1980s, Games Computers Play (GCP) was an online service written by Gardner Pomper and Greg Hogg and one of the first multiplayer online games (MOGs) to offer a graphical user interface (GUI). The service launched sometime in early 1985, beaten only by a few months by PlayNET on the

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, which ultimately became

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. The system was primarily accessible with

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, with a minimum of 48k of memory. A version for the

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was also available late in the service's life. "ANTIC - The Atari 8-bit Podcast - Gardner Pomper, Games Computers Play"
/ref> The service only garnered about 1,000 subscribers at its peak.

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Antic Magazine Vol. 4, No. 6 (October 1985) Communications - Games Computers Play by Eric Clausen (review)

Games Computers Play, Inc. Manual (1986)

Games Computers Play, Inc. Flyer (1986)

Gardner Pomper 1956 - 2016 (legacy.com)
Pre–World Wide Web online services Multiplayer video games

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