13 Dec
2008
13 Dec
'08
3:14 p.m.
I never knew there was a coin-op Spacewar!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/13/tob_computer_space/print.html
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13 Dec
13 Dec
5:26 p.m.
On 13/12/2008 15:14, "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
I never knew there was a coin-op Spacewar!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/13/tob_computer_space/print.html
Yep, it was Nolan Bushnell's first foray into video games but didn't get too
much money because it was too complicated for the 'average' user. From my
own Atari page:
" Whilst working at Ampex (creators of the first practical video recorder no
less), Nolan Bushnell had already created an arcade video game based on
Spacewar, which was a game written by Steve Russell in 1961 for the PDP-1
from Digital Equipment. Nolan's version was called
Computer Space and it was
being distributed by Nutting Associates. However, it
wasn't as popular as
he'd have liked (he said you had to read the instructions, and people didn't
have the patience!)"
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7:57 p.m.
Liam Proven wrote:
I never knew there was a coin-op Spacewar!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/13/tob_computer_space/print.html
One of the links there eventually ends up here:
http://www.computerspacefan.com/BarnFind.htm
9:47 p.m.
Before Computer Space there was Galaxy - which I believe the original
MIT breakroom coin-op is now at the Computer Museum. Later on there
was an actual coin-op called Space War, MONSTEROUS sized cabinet, all
with Star Trek artwork all over it... ah the good old days when you
could steal copyrighted work and no one hunted you down to sue you ;-)
Curt
Brent Hilpert wrote:
Liam Proven wrote:
I never knew there was a coin-op Spacewar!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/13/tob_computer_space/print.html
One of the links there eventually ends up here:
http://www.computerspacefan.com/BarnFind.htm
10:25 p.m.
On 13 Dec 2008 at 16:47, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Before Computer Space there was Galaxy - which I
believe the original
MIT breakroom coin-op is now at the Computer Museum. Later on there
was an actual coin-op called Space War, MONSTEROUS sized cabinet, all
with Star Trek artwork all over it... ah the good old days when you
could steal copyrighted work and no one hunted you down to sue you ;-)
Anyone know when the racecar coin-op game went in at Andy Capp's in
Sunnyvale during the 1970's?
Cheers,
Chuck
15 Dec
15 Dec
6:38 a.m.
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Before Computer Space there was Galaxy - which I
believe the original
MIT breakroom coin-op is now at the Computer Museum.
Stanford University:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Game
16 Dec
16 Dec
4:07 a.m.
MIT, Stanford.... details, details... ;-)
Thanks for the clarification Eric.
Curt
Eric Smith wrote:
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Before Computer Space there was Galaxy - which I
believe the original
MIT breakroom coin-op is now at the Computer Museum.
Stanford University:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Game
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