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Space Wars [message #82403] Mon, 01 July 1985 16:30 Go to next message
yes2 is currently offline  yes2
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Posted: Mon Jul  1 16:30:45 1985
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Actually, Space Wars came out at least 2 years before Asteroids, and 
probably more like 3 or 4.
From my perspective the game never really made it (sales-wise) and 
I haven't seen one in quite a while.  It is one of the better games that
have been made, but it isn't quite suited for arcades.  It is a shame that
it wasn't put out for home games; I think that it would have been very
successful.  Spending a quarter every 90 seconds simply isn't cost
effective for a video wizard.
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   Randy Rzasa
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Re: Space Wars [message #82404 is a reply to message #82403] Tue, 02 July 1985 08:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Posted: Tue Jul  2 08:14:15 1985
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[color=blue]>  Actually, Space Wars came out at least 2 years before Asteroids, and [/color]
[color=blue]>  probably more like 3 or 4.[/color]

[color=blue]>     Randy Rzasa[/color]
[color=blue]>     ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!yes2[/color]

Asteriods is vintage 1979, do you really think there were popular
video games 3 to 4 years before 1979???

				Rick Schieve
				...ihnp4!ihu1g!rls
Re: Space Wars [message #82405 is a reply to message #82403] Tue, 09 July 1985 04:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Posted: Tue Jul  9 04:12:36 1985
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[color=teal]>>  Actually, Space Wars came out at least 2 years before Asteroids, and [/color]
[color=teal]>>  probably more like 3 or 4.[/color]
[color=blue]>  [/color]
[color=teal]>>     Randy Rzasa[/color]
[color=teal]>>     ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!yes2[/color]
[color=blue]>  [/color]
[color=blue]>  Asteriods is vintage 1979, do you really think there were popular[/color]
[color=blue]>  video games 3 to 4 years before 1979???[/color]
[color=blue]>  [/color]
[color=blue]>  				Rick Schieve[/color]
[color=blue]>  				...ihnp4!ihu1g!rls[/color]

*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
 pong came out befor 1979

and space wars was written on a main frame
and played during off houres

(i read it in a book )

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Re: Space Wars [message #82406 is a reply to message #82403] Fri, 12 July 1985 15:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 15:16:23 1985
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Actually (GHOD, does this make me feel OLD!) Space War was originally
programmed on the original hacker's machine, a modified-beyond-all-belief-or-
recognition PDP-1 (yes, Virginia, ONE) at MIT somewhere around '62.  The
original author(s) if any are not yet retired may step forward...

=Ned=
Re: Space Wars [message #82407 is a reply to message #82403] Sat, 13 July 1985 18:13 Go to previous message
gm is currently offline  gm
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Posted: Sat Jul 13 18:13:00 1985
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Nf-From: trsvax!gm    Jul 13 17:13:00 1985


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[color=blue]> 	*  oh dreddle gruntbuggly thy mictuations are to me *[/color]
[color=blue]> 	*  as plurdled garblebotchits on a lurgid be        *[/color]
[color=blue]> 	*****************************************************[/color]

Oh God! Vogon poetry! Noooooooooooo.......

						George Moore (gm@trsvax.UUCP)
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