[game_preservation] game_preservation Digest, Vol 67, Issue 12

[John Sharp]

I'm working on a museum exhibition centered around Spacewar! that if things fall in place, will be happening this Winter. Details to follow as things are confirmed.

John Sharp


On Jun 27, 2011, at 12:00 PM, game_preservation-request at igda.org wrote:


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>   1. Spacewar's 50th; Odyssey's 40th (Devin Monnens)

>   2. Re: Spacewar's 50th; Odyssey's 40th (Andrew Armstrong)

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> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:13:16 -0600

> From: Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com>

> Subject: [game_preservation] Spacewar's 50th; Odyssey's 40th

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> Next year will see the 50th anniversary of Spacewar and the 40th anniversary

> of the games industry through the Odyssey and Pong (this November is the

> 40th anniversary of the first two coin-ops, Computer Space and Galaxy Game).

> As this is a momentous occasion, does anyone know if there are any special

> events planned to celebrate? There will be a pop culture conference in

> Albuquerque next February or March, and the Albuquerque Science Museum has a

> working Spacewar (though I'm not sure if it's on an actual PDP-1). As I keep

> pushing for game preservation panels at this conference, I hope folks from

> here will consider attending or thinking about papers for the panel (I'll

> post again once I know the dates).

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> -- 

> Devin Monnens

> www.deserthat.com

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> From: Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>

> Subject: Re: [game_preservation] Spacewar's 50th; Odyssey's 40th

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> We've got our Vintage Computer Festival hopefully going on in the UK; 

> I'll raise these as possible exhibits (dates keep passing me by, it's 

> almost as if there is something to celebrate every year, haha!), albeit 

> we'd  have to emulate them probably.

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> Also next year is the 100th anniversary of Alan Turing's birth, which 

> will be likely what is going to be concentrated on among other things.

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> Will also be interesting to see if the UK's National Media Museum and 

> GameCity will do anything special, with or without my own help, will 

> have to check with them! :)

> 

> Andrew

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> On 27/06/2011 01:13, Devin Monnens wrote:

>> Next year will see the 50th anniversary of Spacewar and the 40th 

>> anniversary of the games industry through the Odyssey and Pong (this 

>> November is the 40th anniversary of the first two coin-ops, Computer 

>> Space and Galaxy Game). As this is a momentous occasion, does anyone 

>> know if there are any special events planned to celebrate? There will 

>> be a pop culture conference in Albuquerque next February or March, and 

>> the Albuquerque Science Museum has a working Spacewar (though I'm not 

>> sure if it's on an actual PDP-1). As I keep pushing for game 

>> preservation panels at this conference, I hope folks from here will 

>> consider attending or thinking about papers for the panel (I'll post 

>> again once I know the dates).

>> 

>> -- 

>> Devin Monnens

>> www.deserthat.com <http://www.deserthat.com>

>> 

>> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

>> 

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