Space Wars
Space Wars is an early vector graphics arcade game. It is based on Spacewar!, a PDP-1 program. It was ported to the Vectrex in 1982. Space Wars was the brainchild of Larry Rosenthal, an MIT graduate who was…
1 September 1977
from $1.49
Space Wars is an arcade developed by Cinematronics, released 1 September 1977 on Vectrex and Arcade. It currently starts at $1.49 at Steam.
What Space Wars is
Space Wars is an arcade game developed by Cinematronics and released in 1977. It is available on Vectrex and Arcade.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Space Wars is an early vector graphics arcade game. It is based on Spacewar!, a PDP-1 program. It was ported to the Vectrex in 1982. Space Wars was the brainchild of Larry Rosenthal, an MIT graduate who was fascinated with the original Spacewar! and developed his own custom hardware and software so that he could play the game. Cinematronics worked with Rosenthal to produce the Space Wars system. Two players controlled different ships. One button rotated the ship left, another rotated the ship right, one engaged thrust, one fired a shell, and one entered hyperspace (which causes the ship to disappear and reappear elsewhere on the playfield at random). The game offered a number of gameplay…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.49 at Steam, 95% below its usual price.
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When did Space Wars come out?
Space Wars was released on 1 September 1977 for Vectrex and Arcade.
How much does Space Wars cost?
The cheapest current price for Space Wars is $1.49 at Steam, which is 95% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
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