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Space Travel

Space Travel was an early computer game for Unix that simulated travel in the solar system.

31 December 1969

Space Travel is a simulator, released 31 December 1969 on PDP-7.

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What Space Travel is

Space Travel was released in 1969. It is available on PDP-7 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Space Travel is a spaceflight simulation video game, presented in a two-dimensional top-down view, with monochrome graphics consisting of white lines on a black background. In it, the player controls a spaceship as it flies through a representation of the solar system. The game has no specific objectives, other than to attempt to land on the various planets and moons of the system. The planets and most of the moons in the solar system are represented to scale both in size and distance from each other, though the orbits are simplified to be circles. To land on a body, the player's ship must cross the line representing the surface while moving at a low enough speed. The player is able to…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Space Travel come out?
Space Travel was released on 31 December 1969 for PDP-7.

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