Otu echiche bụ na e mepụtara ya na London na 1996 mgbe ndị injinia abụọ nke Britain, Dennis Begley na Gavin McDowall, tụfuru ụgbọ oloko ikpeazụ ha ma nọrọ n'abalị ahụ na ikpo okwu; ha gbalịrị izere iche echiche banyere ọnọdụ ha na onye ọ bụla chere banyere ya mbụ furu efu. Echiche ọzọ na-esokwa The Game na London na 1996, mgbe Jamie Miller kere ya "ihe egwuregwu ndị mmadụ". Onye nta akụkọ Mic Wright nke The Next Web chetara igwu egwuregwu ahụ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ na ngwụsị afọ ndị 1990. Otú ọ dị, ndị otu Cambridge Science Fiction Society nwere ike mepụtara Game na 1977 mgbe ha na-anwa ịmepụta egwuregwu nke na-adabaghị na egwuregwu egwuregwu.
Afọ 1996