Computer Space and the Dawn of the Arcade Video Game
Forty years ago, Nutting Associates released the world’s first mass-produced and commercially sold video game, Computer Space. It was the brainchild of Nolan Bushnell, a charismatic engineer with a creative vision matched only by his skill at self-promotion. With the help of his business partner Ted Dabney and the staff of Nutting Associates, Bushnell pushed the game from nothing into reality only two short years after conceiving the idea.
Computer Space pitted a player-controlled rocket ship against two machine-controlled flying saucers in a space simulation set before a two-dimensional star field. The player controlled the rocket with four buttons: one for fire, which shoots a missile from the front of the rocket ship; two directional rotation buttons (to rotate the ship orientation clockwise or counterclockwise); and one for thrust, which propelled the ship in whichever direction it happened to be pointing. Think of Asteroids without the asteroids, and you should get the picture.
During play, two saucers would appear on the screen and shoot at the player while flying in a zig-zag formation . The player’s goal was to dodge the saucer fire and shoot the saucers.
Considering a game of this complexity playing out on a TV set, you might think that it was created as a sophisticated piece of software running on a computer. You’d think it, but you’d be wrong–and Bushnell wouldn’t blame you for the mistake. How he and Dabney managed to pull it off is a story of audacity, tenacity, and sheer force-of-will worthy of tech legend. This is how it happened.
The Germ of an IdeaThe genesis of Computer Space dates back to 1962, when a group of computer enthusiasts at MIT created the world’s first known action video game. They called it “ Spacewar! ” (the exclamation mark was their idea too). It pitted two human-controlled ships against each other in a physics-based space duel that played out on the $20,000 vector display of a $120,000 DEC PDP-1 computer. For those of you keeping score, that totals up to over $1 million in 2011 dollars when adjusted for inflation.
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Comedy HARTFORD Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Eric McMahon, Eddie Brill and Jessica Kirson. Jan. 13 at 8:30 pm $25 to $30. Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Avenue. (860) 987-5900; bushnell.org.
It was the brainchild of Nolan Bushnell, a charismatic engineer with a creative vision matched only by his skill at self-promotion. With the help of his business partner Ted Dabney and the staff of Nutting Associates, Bushnell pushed the game from
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HARTFORD Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts The Irish Tenors, holiday and classic Irish songs. Dec. 11 at 6:30 pm $35 to $52. The Vienna Boys Choir Holiday Concert. Dec. 17 at 7:30 pm $19.50 to $48. “The Nutcracker,” presented by the Nutmeg Ballet
Bert & Dickie sees Matt Smith (Bert Bushnell) re-team with his Party Animals co-star Sam Horn (Dickie Burnell) as the rowing Olympians who had only trained together for six weeks before winning a gold medal in double sculls at the London Olympics of
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