History of Video Games Exhibit 87
Mandi Walls writes "Wired is running an article about an exhibit on the history of video games at Barbican in London. It's supposed to hit the US next year. They start at Space War! from 1962 and move forward from there."
Play the original Spacewar! (Score:2, Interesting)
http://agents.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects / pacewar [mit.edu]
According to the readme it's based on a print out of the original Spacewar! code. It uses an PDP-1 emulator written in Java. Source code is available.
sucks for you guys, (Score:2, Interesting)
Video game history in the news (Score:2, Interesting)
The first time I saw space war (Score:3, Interesting)
There was about a half million bucks worth of gear running the simplest possible spaceship game on a CRT.
And about a thousand people trying to crowd in to see it. All the other booths had boring stuff like glossy literature and programming manuals. And of course people in suits looking very unhappy because all everyone was interested in was space war.
The marketeers learned. Next year they had spiffy demos and babes to show them to you.
Videotopia (Score:3, Interesting)
I think one of the most interesting parts of the exhibit (besides the fact that there are so many games in one place to play) is the inclusion of informational stands telling you about what was going on in the world at that time, which often had some effect on the theme or elements of the game. You then can go to a kiosk and answer questions about the "history" behind the games and win free tokens! The ultimate learning tool!
If it comes to your area, don't pass it up. Also check out the site and read about some of the games that the exhibit showcases.