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A blurb from the California section of Cash Box magazine about Computer Space at the 1971 Music Operators of American Show in Chicago, IL. Nolan Bushnell provides information on the gameplay and technology of the machine.

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"Of course, new product was of major importance at the MOA. Nolan Bushnell, chief engineer of Nutting Associates of Mountain View, California, was on hand at the NA booth to answer lots of questions on the 'Computer Space' that was designed by Nolan. The cabinet is a free-flow design in fiber glass departing from the usual straight line of the novelty upright games. Nolan says 'Computer Space' contains some of the latest in digital engineering techniques, and further, the space flight simulation is heightened as both the saucer and starship, displayed on the screen, are equipped with missiles, and Nolan says, the player attempts to hit the saucer before his own ship is hit. A computer guides a flying saucer which tracks and attacks the player's ship. All is accomplished, computer wise, employing electronic calculations and is displayed on a cathode-ray tube, computer calculations register some 25 million calculations per second, according to the laws of physics, says Bushnell, who feels the game could open a whole new generation in amusement games."