trivia question

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>>>>> "George" == George Rimel <grimel@ibm.net> writes:

    George> Robert J. Brown wrote:
    >>  Now that the Adventure game trivia question has been answered,
    >> lets see who can get this one right.
    >> 
    >> What was the first video game?
    >> 
    >> I think I know the right answer to this, but someone might
    >> suprise me, so give details and dates with your answer.

    George> Sorry, SpaceWars(or whatever) was on the computer MIT had
    George> before the PDP-1(TX-0 I think) then ported to the PDP-1.
    George> Life came along a little later.  -- In the begining God
    George> said BANG! and it was BIG

YES!  That is CORRECT!  SPACEWAR was the game I was looking for.  I
played it on a PDP-12 at Duke in 1969.  Boy was it fun!  Joysticks,
firing buttons, and a real live human opponent.  (Conway's "Life" is
not really a game, since there is no way to win or loose, and no
opponent.)

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