24 Dec
2012
24 Dec
'12
9:22 a.m.
On 12/24/12 9:01 AM, geneb wrote:
>> Bushnell licensed the design to a company (I
can't remember the name)
>> that ended up building about 1500 or so of them, calling them
>> "Computer Space". They are extremely sought-after collector's
items
>> today. I have no idea what hardware was in the machines.
>
It is a discrete logic raster game. The ships are created from images encoded in
an array of diodes
> Has anyone already mentioned Space Wars? This was
an arcade version that I
> don't think is directly descended from the real thing, but anyway it's a
> similar game.
Designed by Larry Rosenthal. Built using a TTL 12 bit processor and integrated
vector generator.
And there is the Galaxy game, custom Unibus vector generator in an 11/20. Two
are currently running on the first floor of CHM.
The only single-player Spacewar! like vector arcade game I can think of offhand
is Solar Quest. the rest are a minimum of two players.