Landmark historical relics don't usually slip past at public auction unnoticed, but as we demonstrated in this recent article, it does happen. Now three priceless relics from gaming antiquity are ...

In an age wherein entertainment wasn't found in the palm of your hand, arcades were once a place wherein gamers made core memories, like bonding with siblings, after-school hangouts, and even a few ...

Before Pong there was Computer Space, the first commercial video game. The progenitor of today’s US$175 billion industry debuted on Oct. 15, 1971, at the Music Operators of America trade show in ...

Before Pong, there was Computer Space, the first commercial video game. The progenitor of today’s $175 billion industry debuted on Oct. 15, 1971, at the Music Operators of America trade show in ...

A few weeks ago we brought you news of a project to recreate the flowing lines of the first computerised arcade game, Computer Space, as a full-size 3D printed replica. We left the project with all ...

Computer Space never quite took off into the stratosphere, but the two aspiring entrepreneurs knew they were on to something. They had formed a futuristic-sounding startup named Syzygy and departed ...

Last year we covered the creation of a 3D-printed full-size replica of an original Computer Space arcade machine, the legendary first glimmer from what would become Atari, one of the most famous names ...

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