Spacewar!, as played on the last intact PDP-1.
Sure, today is Valentine?s Day, but February of 2012 also marks the milestone 50th anniversary of a rather significant event in electronic gaming: The first public release of the game Spacewar!, developer by some rogue MIT students that were essentially looking for a better way to show off a new ?microcomputer? their department had recently obtained.
So while you carouse in merriment or perhaps bitterly angst the day away, consider taking a moment of solemn respect to recognize Spacewar! for not only its incredible technical accomplishment, but also how it served to accelerate gaming progress. Seriously: Without Spacewar!, we might still be playing 64-bit games and not have iPhones yet.
For more on the story, read this press release.
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The Nintendo Legend, aka Eric Bailey, is a freelance author with an extensive history in retro gaming. Residing in the Chicago south suburbs, he launched NintendoLegend.com as a way to combine his loves of writing and the NES, while legitimately seeking to provide content that no other site can match.
Source: http://oldgamereviewer.com/2012/02/14/gaming-history-milestone-spacewar-50-year-anniversary/
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