feb 17, 1962 - Space War
Description:
Spacewar is a space combat video game developed in 1962 by Steve Russell. Spacewar was expanded further by other students and employees of universities in the area, including Dan Edwards and Peter Samson. It was also spread to many of the few dozen, primarily academic, installations of the PDP-1 computer, making Spacewar the first known video game to be played at multiple computer installations.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 17, 1962
Now
~ 63 years ago