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 Definitions for SPACEWAR: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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SPACEWAR n. A space-combat simulation game, inspired by E. E. "Doc"
Smith's "Lensman" books, in which two spaceships duel around a central
sun, shooting torpedoes at each other and jumping through hyperspace.
This game was first implemented on the PDP-1 at MIT in 1962. In 1968-69,
a descendant of the game motivated Ken Thompson to build, in his spare
time on a scavenged PDP-7, the operating system that became {Unix}.
Less than nine years after that, SPACEWAR was commercialized as one of
the first video games; descendants are still feeping in video arcades
everywhere.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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SPACEWAR
A space-combat simulation game, inspired by
E. E. "Doc" Smith's "Lensman" books, in which two spaceships
duel around a central sun, shooting torpedoes at each other
and jumping through hyperspace. This game was first
implemented on the PDP-1 at MIT in 1960--61.
SPACEWAR aficionados formed the core of the early hacker
culture at MIT. Nine years later, a descendant of the game
motivated Ken Thompson to build, in his spare time on a
scavenged {PDP-7}, the operating system that became Unix.
Less than nine years after that, SPACEWAR was commercialised
as one of the first video games; descendants are still
feeping in video arcades everywhere.
["SPACEWAR" or "Space Travel"?]
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-07)
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