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Computer Space

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Development and pre-release

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Inspiration

Computer Space's creation was spurred by an installation of Spacewar at the Stanford University witnessed in 1970 by Nolan Bushnell, who would promptly conceive of converting the program into a coin-operated machine.

Bushnell has claimed that his experience with Spacewar and, by extension, the thought of commercializing a computerized game of his own, actually date back to the 60s at the University of Utah, and that such plans were hindered by the technology being too expensive at the time. However, this version of events is undermined by other sources, which strongly suggest no such installation existed at that time and place.

References

  1. Smith, A. (2019, November 19). They Create Worlds: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry, Vol. I: 1971-1982. CRC Press.
  2. Smith, A. (2021, March 31). Worldly Wednesdays: Nolan Bushnell and Spacewar!. They Create Worlds. https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2021/03/31/worldly-wednesdays-nolan-bushnell-and-spacewar/.

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