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<endeca_term>Spacewar</endeca_term> game marks 50th anniversary

Spacewar game marks 50th anniversary

...Spacewar itself is played by operating a spaceship and firing torpedoes at your... Read more

13 February, 2012 by Martin LaMonica
<endeca_term>Spacewar</endeca_term>! 1962 for iPhone BA.net 6.0

Spacewar! 1962 for iPhone BA.net 6.0

Spacewar! 1962 BA.net Spacewar! is the first graphical computer game. Original code... Read more

12 February, 2012
<endeca_term>Spacewar</endeca_term>! 1962 BA.net 4.0

Spacewar! 1962 BA.net 4.0

Spacewar! 1962 BA.netSpacewar! is the first graphical computer game. Original code ported... Read more

10 February, 2012
DEC's 40 years of innovation

DEC's 40 years of innovation

...available graphics display — which inspired the first recognisable computer game, 1962's Spacewar!. A Java emulation of a PDP-1 running Spacewar! can be run... Read more

12 February, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
ShuttleRescue 1.1

ShuttleRescue 1.1

...before it is too late.A must for fans of games like Spacewar!, Space Invaders, Carnival, Space Seeker, etc- Unlimited levels- Simple Drag and Drop... Read more

23 July, 2011
TDN - The Daily Network - Environment, Energy, Space And War News Version 1.0

TDN - The Daily Network - Environment, Energy, Space And War News Version 1.0

The Daily Network delivers iPhone users daily news from SpaceWar.com, TerraDaily.com, Energy-Daily.com and SpaceDaily.com - your complete global... Read more

4 March, 2011

Computer games: 40 years of fun

...said. According to GameOn's organisers, the first computer game was called Spacewar. It was coded in 1962 by a programmer called Stephen Russell -- in... Read more

23 November, 2001 by Graeme Wearden
<endeca_term>SpaceWar</endeca_term>! 1.0.1

SpaceWar! 1.0.1

...remind you of what is said to be the first video game,SpaceWar!, developed by Steve Russell and companions.Pilot your own spaceship, dodge missiles... Read more

2 March, 2010
Supernova 2: <endeca_term>Spacewar</endeca_term> (WIN) 1.0.3

Supernova 2: Spacewar (WIN) 1.0.3

In Supernova 2: Spacewar you control a space empire and its fleet. Resources macro-management and... Read more

15 August, 2008
Supernova 2: <endeca_term>Spacewar</endeca_term> 1.0.3

Supernova 2: Spacewar 1.0.3

Supernova 2: Spacewar is a sci-fi strategy game featuring two games in one. First... Read more

26 July, 2008

We're fifty years into the future

...http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/emergingtech/0,39020357,2099814,00.htm ">Spacewar, the first computer game, runs on a Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-1... Read more

18 October, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

Photos: Vintage arcade games... revealed

The PDP-1 ran the first ever computer game, which was called Spacewar! and spawned many imitators. Using the PDP-1's circular screen and... Read more

28 November, 2006 by Tim Ferguson
Galaxy Wars 1.0.1

Galaxy Wars 1.0.1

...inspired by the question: What should the classic space shooter games (like Spacewar! or Asteroids) look like on a multi-touch-enabled device? Galaxy Wars... Read more

4 January, 2010

Video games are 40 years old

...video game, since students at MIT created an Asteroids-like program called Spacewar. Of course games have come a long way since then, with the... Read more

5 March, 2002 by Tony Hallett

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