Computer Space: Difference between revisions

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Previews[edit]

Image of the Nutting Associates booth at the MOA. (1971)
(1971)
(1971)

Announcement[edit]

(1971)
Announcement of Computer Space in the Italian publication Automat. (1971)

Advertisement[edit]

Ad Pages[edit]

(1971)
Cash Box ad (1972)
(1972)
(1972)

Flyers[edit]

Front of Flyer #1. (1971?)
Back of Flyer #1. (1971?)

Production[edit]

Photo of Computer Space on the production line. (1972)

Articles[edit]

(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)

Game credits[edit]

Game Designer, Hardware Designer: Nolan Bushnell
Hardware Designer, Sound Engineer: Ted Dabney
Technician: Steve Bristow

Histories[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Video Invaders by Steve Bloom
Atari Inc: Business is Fun by Curt Vendel and Marty Goldberg.

Other Information[edit]

http://www.computerspacefan.com/SN9003large.htm — Information on the white variation of Computer Space, claimed to be one of the original four production units.

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-{{Infobox
+{{InfoboxGame
   |title  = Computer Space
   |image  = ComputerSpaceFlyerFront.jpg
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   |publisher = Nutting Associates
   |date = November 1971
-  |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/computer-space
+  |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/computer-space}}
-}}
+== Previews ==
-== Flyers ==
 <gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
-ComputerSpaceFlyerFront.jpg|Front of Flyer #1. (1971?)
+ComputerSpace1971MOA.jpeg|Image of the Nutting Associates booth at the MOA. (1971)
-ComputerSpaceFlyer01Back.jpg|Back of Flyer #1. (1971?)
+-10-30 Cash Box pg 56 02 04.png|(1971)
+-11-06 Cash Box pg 56 01 03.png|(1971)
 </gallery>
+== Announcement ==
-== Ads ==
 <gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
-ComputerSpaceAd01.jpg|Cash Box ad (1972)
+-12-04 Cash Box pg 45 02.png|(1971)
+ComputerSpaceItalyRelease01.jpg|Announcement of Computer Space in the Italian publication Automat. (1971)
 </gallery>
-== Production ==
+== Advertisement ==
+=== Ad Pages ===
 <gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
-ComputerSpaceProductionLine.jpg|Photo of Computer Space on the production line. (1972)
+-11-27 Cash Box pg 54 04.png|(1971)
+ComputerSpaceAd01.jpg|Cash Box ad (1972)
+-07-01 Cash Box pg Part III 50 02.png|(1972)
+-08-19 Cash Box pg 41 04.png|(1972)
 </gallery>
-== Release ==
+=== Flyers ===
 <gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
-ComputerSpaceItalyRelease01.jpg|Announcement of Computer Space in the Italian publication Automat. (1971)
+ComputerSpaceFlyerFront.jpg|Front of Flyer #1. (1971?)
+ComputerSpaceFlyer01Back.jpg|Back of Flyer #1. (1971?)
 </gallery>
-== Previews ==
+== Production ==
 <gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
-ComputerSpace1971MOA.jpeg|Cash Box (October 30th, 1971)
+ComputerSpaceProductionLine.jpg|Photo of Computer Space on the production line. (1972)
 </gallery>
-== Photos On Location ==
+== Articles ==
 <gallery widths="180px" heights="180px">
+-01-29 Cash Box pg 62 01 04.png|(1972)
+-02-12 Cash Box pg 42 02.png|(1972)
+-05 Vending Times (Computer Space Article).png|(1972)
+-11-04 Cash Box pg 55 08.png|(1972)
 </gallery>
+== Game credits ==
+{{Credits begin}}
+{{Credits line|Game Designer, Hardware Designer = Nolan Bushnell}}
+{{Credits line|Hardware Designer, Sound Engineer = Ted Dabney}}
+{{Credits line|Technician = Steve Bristow}}
+{{Credits end}}
 == Histories ==
-*https://www.technologizer.com/2011/12/11/computer-space-and-the-dawn-of-the-arcade-video-game/ — ''Computer Space and the Dawn of the Arcade Video Game'' by Benj Edwards.
+* [https://www.technologizer.com/2011/12/11/computer-space-and-the-dawn-of-the-arcade-video-game/ ''Computer Space and the Dawn of the Arcade Video Game''] by Benj Edwards.
-* https://gamehistory.org/first-arcade-game-advertisement-computer-space/ — ''Pixels in Print (Part 1): Advertising Computer Space'' by Kate Willaert covering the advertising context of the original game.
+* [https://gamehistory.org/first-arcade-game-advertisement-computer-space/ ''Pixels in Print (Part 1): Advertising Computer Space''] by Kate Willaert covering the advertising context of the original game.
-* https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/nolan-versus-ted-part-i/ — ''Nolan Versus Ted: Part 1'' by Alex Smith. A historiological discussion of the work done on Computer Space by the two partners.
+* [https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/nolan-versus-ted-part-i/ ''Nolan Versus Ted: Part 1''] by Alex Smith. A historiological discussion of the work done on Computer Space by the two partners.
-* https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2021/05/12/worldly-wednesdays-a-timeline-of-computer-space/ — ''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.
+* [https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2021/05/12/worldly-wednesdays-a-timeline-of-computer-space/ ''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).
+* 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 ==
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 * ''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.
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