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I really like this article! Most of them don't seem to go beyond the basics of "yes, spacewar! was a thing. it had spaceships and stuff", but this is a really f
by fao_ 6y ago
I really like this article! Most of them don't seem to go beyond the basics of "yes, spacewar! was a thing. it had spaceships and stuff", but this is a really fun dive into how it was made, what features were available, and the history of it. It's much, much more interesting than it sounded when I clicked on it.
- masswerk 6y agoWell, there is a lot more of this: https://www.masswerk.at/spacewar/inside/ https://www.masswerk.at/spacewar/inside/ :-) (Read, code analysis of every single line.)
- djmips 6y agoI'm curious, how close is the Spacewarduino! that was made at MIT a few years ago?
- masswerk 6y agoSadly, I’ve no insight into this, as I only know the respective blog post on the project. They certainly reverse engineered the spaceship outlines correctly (for which you have to dive a few layers into the code), so I guess, it may have been quite accurate. (That said, there’s always a temptation to cut a few corners…)
- corysama 6y agoYou might like https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/PDP1_MiSTer https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/PDP1_MiSTer :)
- aap_ 5y agoHave you considered looking into PDP-6/10 spacewar? We have two versions using the 340 display (which I've even played with friends, sadly not on a real 340 of course) and one for the Knight TV.