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Photos: Vintage arcade games... revealed

From Pong and Space Invaders to Tron, Pac-Man and communist arcade games

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By Tim Ferguson

Published: 28 November 2006 10:00 GMT

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The PDP-1 ran the first ever computer game, which was called Spacewar! and spawned many imitators.

Using the PDP-1's circular screen and typewriter-like keyboard (shown above), two players would try to shoot each other's spaceship while attempting to avoid a star's gravitational field.

The computer was given to MIT where it famously became instrumental in the development of hacker culture.

Photo credit: Steve Ranger

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