MPUK News
30th July 2001, 22:52
That's right - Gaming is 40 years old! The first ever computer game, SpaceWar!, made in 1961 has hit 40. BBC News recounts the story:<blockquote>Giddy with the power of the TX-0 and another MIT computer, a DEC PDP-1, the group decided to recreate the galactic vista of Doc Smith's work using the 30 line display and mighty nine kilobytes of memory available on the PDP.</blockquote>You can read the rest of the history on the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/newsid_1464000/1464171.stm" target="_blank">BBC site</a>, or read <a href="http://www.enteract.com/~enf/lore/spacewar/spacewar.html" target="_blank">'The Origin of SpaceWar'</a>. And, to top it off, a group of gamers have remade the game to <a href="http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/spacewar/" target="_blank">play online</a>. Nostalgia at its best!
Posted By: Space Cowboy
Posted By: Space Cowboy