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Spacewar! emerged from 1962 development at MIT utilizing the DEC PDP-1 minicomputer. Created by a team including Steve Russell and Martin Graetz, it was subsequently adapted and distributed across numerous PDP-1 installations. This marked an early instance of a video game played on multiple computer systems.

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What is Spacewar!?

Spacewar! emerged from 1962 development at MIT utilizing the DEC PDP-1 minicomputer. Created by a team including Steve Russell and Martin Graetz, it was subsequently adapted and distributed across numerous PDP-1 installations. This marked an early instance of a video game played on multiple computer systems.

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