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|description=Comedian Tony Bodanza poses with ''Computer Space''. | |||
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|title=Families, couples, and friends enjoy indoor roller skating | |||
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|date=January 29, | |date=January 29, 1972 | ||
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|description=Report on distributor acceptance of ''Computer Space'' on the West Coast. Bill Nutting advocates how the game opens non-traditional venues to coin-operated games. | |description=Report on distributor acceptance of ''Computer Space'' on the West Coast. Bill Nutting advocates how the game opens non-traditional venues to coin-operated games. | ||
Latest revision as of 22:47, 22 February 2025
Computer Space is a video game released by Nutting Associates in November 1971. It was created by the partnership Syzygy Engineering as single-player adaptation of the mainframe computer game Spacewar!. The game is widely acknowledged as the first commercial video game ever available on the market.
Previews
Cash Box
🇺🇸 November 6, 1971
🇺🇸 November 6, 1971
A report from the MOA show, speaking with Nolan Bushnell about the game's features.
Announcement
United States
Italy
Advertisement
Ads
Flyers
Photos
Production
On Location
Articles
Cash Box
🇺🇸 February 12, 1972
🇺🇸 February 12, 1972
A report on Nutting Associates focused on Computer Space. David Ralston provides commentary on the difference of the game from others currently on the market.
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Game credits
- Game Designer, Hardware Designer
- Nolan Bushnell
- Hardware Designer, Sound Engineer
- Ted Dabney
- Technician
- Steve Bristow
Histories
- Computer Space and the Dawn of the Arcade Video Game by Benj Edwards.
- Pixels in Print (Part 1): Advertising Computer Space by Kate Willaert covering the advertising context of the original game.
- Nolan Versus Ted: Part 1 by Alex Smith. A historiological discussion of the work done on Computer Space by the two partners.
- Worldly Wednesdays: A Timeline of Computer Space by Alex Smith. An attempt to use existing documentation to sort out when parts of the game were conceived and built.
Interviews
- https://amhistory.si.edu/archives/AC1498_Transcript_NolanBushnell.pdf — Nolan Bushnell oral history conducted by Christopher Weaver, working with the Smithsonian Institution's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation (November 17th, 2017).
- https://amhistory.si.edu/archives/AC1498_Transcript_TedDabney.pdf — Ted Dabney oral history conducted by Christopher Weaver, working with the Smithsonian Institution's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation (March 15th, 2018).
Books
- Video Invaders by Steve Bloom
- Atari Inc: Business is Fun by Curt Vendel and Marty Goldberg.
Other Information
- http://www.computerspacefan.com/SN9003large.htm — Information on the white variation of Computer Space, claimed to be one of the original four production units.
