Play the original Spacewar!, the classic 1960s video game on a virtual PDP-1. Emulation of the first video game ever (with accurate screen graphics) in plain HTML5.

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 …

Computer science pioneer Alan Kay noted, “the game of Spacewar blossoms spontaneously wherever there is a graphics display connected to a computer.” For a decade after its creation, …

While the original 1962 Spacewar! was not a commercial game, it helped launch the $100 billion video game industry by turning the computer into the most powerful toy ever created.

Spacewar! has two players—each in command of a spaceship—who are each trying to destroy the other against an astronomically correct star field as well as other characteristics that reflect …

Apr 30, 2025 · Steve Russell invented Spacewar in 1962, making it one of the first computer games ever made. Spacewar was played on the PDP-1 computer and involved two players …

Jun 1, 2017 · Spacewar! is a two player shooter where both players engage in a dog fight with space ships (called The Needle and The Wedge respectively). At the centre of the screen …

Spacewar! was the first space shooter - a 2 player versus style game based in outer space featuring orbital mechanics around a gravitational star. It was programmed to be played with …

Spacewar! is a space combat video game developed in 1962 by Steve Russell, in collaboration with Martin Graetz and Wayne Wiitanen, and programmed by Russell with assistance from …

Fullscreen emulation of Spacewar!, the classic 1960s video game on a virtual PDP-1. Emulation of the first video game ever (with accurate screen graphics) in plain HTML5.