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That's quite impressive; I wonder why it's not mentioned more often. The gameplay looks like Asteroids with just the saucers (not the rocks).
by Cadwhisker 4y ago
That's quite impressive; I wonder why it's not mentioned more often. The gameplay looks like Asteroids with just the saucers (not the rocks).
- flomo 4y agoI'm not sure how many Computer Space machines were made, but one ended in the corner of my smokey late 80s arcade. It sorta worked for a bit before glitching out. The game is also seen in the movie Soylent Green (1973) as one of the "furniture" in a rich man's apartment.
- masswerk 4y agoThis may be due to the machine not being a great success and becoming somewhat obscure by this. Also, restoration may be not that easy for those more accustomed to later arcade machines. Most of the early arcade games, like Space Race (much like its later, better remembered revival Chicken Run), Gotcha, etc., are seriously overshadowed by Pong. Regarding Computer Space, I once made a simulator for the PDP-1 (the machines that ran Spacewar), so it can be played in a browser (emulating a PDP-1). I have never seen the original in person, so there's no guarantee for this being faithful down to the tinier details. Anyways: https://www.masswerk.at/icss/ https://www.masswerk.at/icss/