Now playing
Playing the Revolution is an upcoming documentary series by Italian outfit Junk Food, which chronicles "the…
Discover
Editions
More
Extra
Explore our other sites
Spacewar!
Steve Russel, Computer Recreations, Inc.
April 29, 1962
Genres
Shooter, SimulatorDevelopers
Steve Russel, Computer Recreations, Inc.Release Date
April 29, 1962 (62 years and 11 months ago)Publishers
Steve Russel, Computer Recreations, Inc.Franchises
Spacewar!
Spacewar! Screenshots and Videos
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Spacewar!
Start Slideshow
Discover Games
Summary
Spacewar! is one of the earliest digital computer video games. It is a two-player game, with each player taking control of a starship and attempting to destroy the other. A star in the center of the screen pulls on both ships and requires maneuvering to avoid falling into it. In 1971 it was unofficially ported into a coin-operated PDP-11 machine and renamed Galaxy Game. As an arcade machine it was installed at the Tresidder Union at Stanford University in September, 1971, two months before the official release of Computer Space, the first mass-produced video game. Only one unit was built initially, although the game later included several consoles allowing users to play against each other.
Genres
Shooter, SimulatorPlatforms
PDP-11, PDP-1Developers
Steve Russel, Computer Recreations, Inc.Release Date
April 29, 1962 (62 years and 11 months ago)Publishers
Steve Russel, Computer Recreations, Inc.Franchises
Spacewar!More from developers
Games metadata is powered by IGDB.com
Spacewar! News
Programmed in the early 1960s, Spacewar! is the granddaddy of video games. It's inspired countless other games and…
One might think that Kotaku Tower is a place bereft of computers, or at least gaming on computers, judging by how…
A New York University professor teaches a course in the history of hackers and hacking. Oh, to be back at NYU and be…
To be a gamer in the 80s and early 90s required a special kind of perseverance, especially if you were a computer…
By
In 1998, Stanford University's Henry Lowood began preserving video games and video game artifacts. Lowood, along…
Star Trek is as much a staple of geek culture as gaming, so it's no surprise that it's influence has shown up in…
Two arcade cabinets for Nolan Bushnell's Computer Space, regarded as the first commercially sold video game ever,…
From the creation of Spacewar! at MIT in 1961 to today's release of The Beatles: Rock Band from Cambridge-based…
Advertisement