description Galaxy Game Overview
Galaxy Game was created in 1971 as an expansion of Spacewar!, a pioneering early video game. The game involved two player-controlled spaceships, “the needle” and “the wedge,” battling within the gravitational field of a star. It utilized computer networks to distribute gameplay across multiple installations.
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info Galaxy Game Specifications
| Country | United States |
| Year | 1971 |
help Galaxy Game FAQ
What is Galaxy Game?
Galaxy Game is a 1971 coin-operated space combat game created by Stanford-associated developers Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck. It is one of the earliest arcade video games and was built as a commercial expansion of Spacewar!.
How is Galaxy Game played?
Two players control ships called the needle and the wedge and try to shoot each other while maneuvering around a star's gravity field. The star's gravitational pull makes movement and aiming part of the challenge.
How is Galaxy Game related to Spacewar!?
Its code and core design came from a version of Spacewar! running on a Stanford AI Lab computer. Pitts and Tuck modified that design for a coin-operated machine and renamed it Galaxy Game.
What computer did the original Galaxy Game use?
The early machine ran on a PDP-11 computer with a display system at Stanford. It was demonstrated in the Stanford student union in 1971, before home consoles were a practical way to play this kind of game.
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