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Computer Space is a space combat arcade video game released in 1971. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in partnership as Syzygy Engineering, it was the first arcade video game as well as the first commercially available video game. Computer Space is a derivative of the 1962 computer game Spacewar!, which is possibly the first video
Up until the late 1990s, arcade video games were the largest [1] and most technologically advanced [2] [3] sector of the video game industry. The first arcade game, Computer Space, was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, the founders of Atari, Inc., and released in 1971; the company followed on its success the next year with Pong.
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for home computers such as the Commodore 64.
Computer Space was innovative, but how was it to play? Ed Fries, CC BY-NDBefore Pong there was Computer Space, the first commercial video game. The progenitor of today’s US$175 billion industry ...
Samuel Frederick "Ted" Dabney Jr. (May 2, 1937 – May 26, 2018) was an American electrical engineer, and the co-founder, alongside Nolan Bushnell, of Atari, Inc. He is recognized as developing the basics of video circuitry principles that were used for Computer Space and later Pong, one of the first and most successful arcade games.
Cinematronics releases Space Wars, the first vector graphics arcade game. Kee Games releases Drag Race, which was later adapted in 1980 into an Atari 2600 video game by Activision called Dragster. Atari, Inc. releases Canyon Bomber. Atari, Inc releases Super Bug, which was designed by Howard Delman who also designed Canyon Bomber.
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.Atari was a key player in the formation of the video arcade and video game industry.
October – Coin-operated games company For-Play Manufacturing in California releases Star Trek (1972) – a presumed clone of Nutting Associates’ Computer Space. [15] November – Atari Inc. releases their game Pong, shipping it to local distributors in the Northern California area. The game becomes a hit in the local area and launches Atari ...