Galaxy Game Description

Galaxy Game was produced by Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck in 1971.

Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck released only 1 different machine in our database under this trade name.The Galaxy Game is the earliest known coinoperated computer or video game. It was installed at the Tresidder Union at Stanford University in September, 1971, two months before the release of Computer Space, the first mass produced such game. Only one unit was built initially, although the game later included several consoles allowing users to play against each other.The game was programmed by Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck. Like Computer Space, it was a version of the existing Spacewar, which had been created in the early 1960s on the PDP1 and ported to a variety of platforms since then. The coinoperated game console incorporated a Digital PDP1120 with vector displays. A single PDP11 was used to drive the two vector displays, each allowing 2 players to compete. The hardware cost around 20,000, and a game cost 10 cents or three games for 25 cents. In June 1972 the hardware was improved to allow the processor to power four to eight consoles. The game remained popular on campus, with wait times for players as much as one hour, until it was removed in May 1979.The unit was restored in 1997 and now resides in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Standford page

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Galaxy Game Census

Very Rare - There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our active members.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

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