SpaceWar!: How MIT Students Invented Digital Video Games

Even before SpaceWar!, games crossed paths with computers. Engineers spent long hours at the lab and played games of chess in the breakroom.

Spacewar!' and the Birth of Video Games

IEEE - Developed in 1962, Spacewar! was a space combat video game

Spacewar! The Story of the First Video Game Created by Hackers at MIT

Spacewar! History - Analogue

Computer Space and the Dawn of the Arcade Video Game

Spacewar! The Dot Eaters

Year 121 – 1981: “The Origin of Spacewar” by J. Martin Graetz, in

From 'Spacewar!' to 'Starfield': A history of video gaming

A retrospective of video games set in space

Spacewar! The Story of the First Video Game Created by Hackers at MIT

Who invented video games?