11 Jul
1997
11 Jul
'97
6:03 a.m.
Yep, that was Cinematronic's excellent vector version of Space War,
released in 1978. It was two-player only, and had several innovations,
including the ability to shoot off part of your opponent's ship, and the
selection of multiple game options at the start of your game (e.g.
positive/negative gravity, invisible sun, etc.)
The upright cabinet was huge, almost double-wide, but I would dearly
love to come up with the cocktail version
(http://brain.usask.ca/arcade/spacewar.htm) It'd be a nice complement
to my Computer Space.
Kai
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From: Ward Griffiths and/or Lisa Rogers
Reply To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
Sent: Friday, July 11, 1997 11:05 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: History of Video Games (RE: "Bally Astrocade")
On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:
Studio II, which were introduced simultaneously
in 1976. The first
vector graphic arcade game was Lunar Lander in 1979, followed by
Asteroids later that year. The first (and only) vector graphic home
I seem to recall spending many many hours (and quarters) with my
roommate
playing a vector graphic arcade version of Space War when we were
fresh
out of the USAF back in 1978 and spending loose hours at the Saint
James
Infirmary in Sunnyvale.
--
Ward Griffiths
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within
the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Wolfe