Spacewar!
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Spacewar! is one of the earliest digital computer games, a pioneering two-player space combat simulation developed in the early 1960s that helped shape the history of video gaming.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early video game
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multiplayer game ⓘ space combat game ⓘ video game ⓘ |
| contributor |
Alan Kotok
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Dan Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ J. M. Graetz NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Samson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer |
Martin Graetz
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Steve Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Wiitanen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developerOrganization |
MIT Tech Model Railroad Club
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developmentStartYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| displayTechnology | vector display ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | shared as source code among PDP-1 installations ⓘ |
| era | early 1960s ⓘ |
| feature |
central star with gravity
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hyperspace escape mechanism ⓘ real-time controls ⓘ spaceship combat ⓘ torpedo firing ⓘ two-player simultaneous gameplay ⓘ |
| gameMode | competitive multiplayer ⓘ |
| genre | space combat simulation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Asteroids
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Computer Space NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Invaders NERFINISHED ⓘ arcade video games ⓘ space shooter genre ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
science fiction literature
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space opera ⓘ |
| inputDevice |
control boxes
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switches ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfDevelopment | MIT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest digital computer games
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influencing the video game industry ⓘ pioneering real-time computer graphics ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayers | 2 ⓘ |
| objective | destroy the opponent's spaceship ⓘ |
| originalPlatform | PDP-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| physicsModel | Newtonian-style gravity around a central star ⓘ |
| platform | PDP-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | PDP-1 assembly language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| setting | outer space ⓘ |
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