Which Happened First?

Release of Spacewar!

Release of Spacewar! — Image: Joi Ito from Inbamura, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · source

Spacewar! is a space combat video game developed in 1962 by Steve Russell in collaboration with Martin Graetz, Wayne Wiitanen, Bob Saunders, Steve Piner, and others. It was written for the newly installed DEC PDP-1 minicomputer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Which happened first?

Release of Spacewar! happened 4 years after Release of Tennis for Two
Release of Spacewar! happened 9 years before Release of Computer Space
Release of Spacewar! happened 9 years before Release of The Oregon Trail
Release of Spacewar! happened 10 years before Release of Pong
Release of Spacewar! happened 10 years after Release of OXO

Timeline

Release of OXO1952
Release of Tennis for TwoOctober 18, 1958
Release of Spacewar! (this page)1962
Release of Computer SpaceNovember 1971
Release of The Oregon Trail1971
Release of PongNovember 29, 1972

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