The Meeting of Spacewar

TCW Podcast Episode 081 - The Meeting of Spacewar   We go over the history of Spacewar, and the event at the Smithsonian.  We take a close look at the people involved in bringing Spacewar into existence.   We also look at some of the systems that were the predecessors to the PDP-1 that was used for Spacewar.  We also discuss why games were used to demonstrate the capabilities of computers.  In short an interesting look at one of the first video games.   TX-0 Mouse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0QTTYJv0Yw PDP-1 Explained and Space War Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EWQYAfuMYw Install a FREE version of Spacewar Via Steam:  Start -> Run -> steam://run/480 Video explaining Free Spacewar on Steam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ1KcmBUN-Q Kotaku Article: https://kotaku.com/spacewar-creators-didnt-know-they-were-making-history-1830887504 Variety Article: https://variety.com/2018/gaming/features/spacewars-history-talk-smithsonian-1203067907/     New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: [email protected]  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's forthcoming book will be released through CRC Press!   Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love  Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/