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Spacewar! facts for kids

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Spacewar! is one of the first known video games. It was released in 1962. It was made by Steve Russell and others. In this game, the player has to shoot the other spaceships while flying around a star. The ships shoot missiles (rockets) which were unaffected (nothing happened) by the gravity. Each ship had only a few missiles and only a little bit of fuel.explode.

Images for kids

  • Steve Russell-PDP-1-20070512

    Steve Russell, designer and main programmer of the initial version of Spacewar!, with a PDP-1 in 2007

  • Spacewar gameplay

    Picture of gameplay of Spacewar! on a PDP-1. The moving spaceships and missiles leave trails behind them due to the CRT monitor slowly fading when lit.

  • Computer History Museum P1020813 (313526500)

    Front panel of a PDP-1, featuring paper punched tapes in a holder, a punched tape reader, and the computer's control panel

  • Spacewar screenshot

    Spacewar! on the Computer History Museum's PDP-1 in 2007

  • Vinton Cerf-20070512

    Vint Cerf playing Spacewar! on the Computer History Museum's PDP-1 at a 2007 ICANN meeting

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Spacewar! para niños

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