yes2@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Randy Rzasa) (07/01/85)
Actually, Space Wars came out at least 2 years before Asteroids, and probably more like 3 or 4. From my perspective the game never really made it (sales-wise) and I haven't seen one in quite a while. It is one of the better games that have been made, but it isn't quite suited for arcades. It is a shame that it wasn't put out for home games; I think that it would have been very successful. Spending a quarter every 90 seconds simply isn't cost effective for a video wizard. -- Randy Rzasa ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!yes2
rls@ihu1g.UUCP (r.l. schieve) (07/02/85)
> Actually, Space Wars came out at least 2 years before Asteroids, and > probably more like 3 or 4. > Randy Rzasa > ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!yes2 Asteriods is vintage 1979, do you really think there were popular video games 3 to 4 years before 1979??? Rick Schieve ...ihnp4!ihu1g!rls
dturner@saber.UUCP (David Turner) (07/09/85)
> > Actually, Space Wars came out at least 2 years before Asteroids, and > > probably more like 3 or 4. > > > Randy Rzasa > > ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!yes2 > > Asteriods is vintage 1979, do you really think there were popular > video games 3 to 4 years before 1979??? > > Rick Schieve > ...ihnp4!ihu1g!rls *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** pong came out befor 1979 and space wars was written on a main frame and played during off houres (i read it in a book ) -- ***************************************************** * oh dreddle gruntbuggly thy mictuations are to me * * as plurdled garblebotchits on a lurgid be * ***************************************************** Name: David Turner Mail: 6259 Rainbow dr , San Jose, California 95129 AT&T: (408) 725-1974 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!saber!dturner ...{amd,ihnp4,ittvax}!saber!dturner
ech@spuxll.UUCP (Ned Horvath) (07/12/85)
Actually (GHOD, does this make me feel OLD!) Space War was originally programmed on the original hacker's machine, a modified-beyond-all-belief-or- recognition PDP-1 (yes, Virginia, ONE) at MIT somewhere around '62. The original author(s) if any are not yet retired may step forward... =Ned=
gm@trsvax (07/14/85)
> ***************************************************** > * oh dreddle gruntbuggly thy mictuations are to me * > * as plurdled garblebotchits on a lurgid be * > ***************************************************** Oh God! Vogon poetry! Noooooooooooo....... George Moore (gm@trsvax.UUCP)