computer space

align=center colspan=2\|*Computer Space*
lign="center" colspan=2\|
a href="/encyclopedia/Video-game-developer" title="Video game developer">Developer:	Nutting Associates
a href="/encyclopedia/Video-game-publisher" title="Video game publisher">Publisher:	Nutting Associates
a href="/encyclopedia/Game-designer" title="Game designer">Game designer:	Nolan Bushnell
elease date:	1971
a href="/encyclopedia/Computer-and-video-game-genres" title="Computer and video game genres">Genre:	Shoot 'em up
ame modes:	Single player or 2 player
abinet:	Unique design
ontrols:	4 buttons
lign="center" colspan=2\|Monitor
rientation:	Horizontal
ype:	Raster, standard resolution
ize:	13-inches
lign="center" colspan=2\|Notes
olspan=2\|The first ever arcade video game.

Computer Space is a computer arcade game released in 1971 by Nutting Associates. Created by Nolan Bushnell, who would later found Atari, it is generally regarded as the first ever coin-operated video game. The player controls a rocket ship and must evade enemy fire from a pair of flying saucers using a thruster and a pair of rotational buttons. The flying saucers can be destroyed by firing missiles at them. Though innovative for being the first widely available video and arcade game, Computer Space was not a success. For many, the gameplay was too complicated to grasp quickly. While it fared well on college campuses, it was not very popular in bars and other venues where it was placed. Bushnell later created a sensation with the much easier to grasp Pong arcade game. Separate cabinets were produced for either single player games or two player games.

Trivia

It appeared in the 1973 science fiction movie Soylent Green and the 1975 movie Jaws.

External links

Computer Space entry on the Killer List of Videogames

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