Spacewar!

Summary

Spacewar! is a video game^[1]. Spacewar! ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (823 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Spacewar!'s image is recorded as Spacewar!-PDP-1-20070512.jpg^[3].
• Spacewar!'s instance of is recorded as video game^[4].
• Spacewar!'s publisher is recorded as Steve Russell^[5].
• Spacewar!'s genre is recorded as space flight simulation game^[6].
• Spacewar!'s genre is recorded as shoot 'em up^[7].
• Spacewar!'s genre is recorded as science fiction video game^[8].
• Spacewar!'s developer is recorded as Steve Russell^[9].
• Spacewar!'s IMDb ID is recorded as tt0396224^[10].
• Spacewar!'s Commons category is recorded as Spacewar!^[11].
• Spacewar!'s platform is recorded as mainframe computer^[12].
• Spacewar!'s platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows^[13].
• Spacewar!'s platform is recorded as PDP-1^[14].
• Spacewar!'s game mode is recorded as multiplayer video game^[15].
• Spacewar!'s language of work or name is recorded as English^[16].
• Spacewar!'s input device is recorded as gamepad^[17].
• Spacewar!'s country of origin is recorded as United States^[18].
• Spacewar!'s publication date is recorded as +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Spacewar!'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dnv2x^[20].
• Spacewar!'s topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spacewar!^[21].
• Spacewar!'s Commons gallery is recorded as Spacewar!^[22].
• Spacewar!'s programmer is recorded as Steve Russell^[23].
• Spacewar!'s Curlie ID is recorded as Games/Video_Games/Shooter/2D/Spacewar/^[24].
• Spacewar!'s Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Spacewar^[25].
• Spacewar!'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spacewar'}^[26].
• Spacewar!'s Steam application ID is recorded as 480^[27].

Why It Matters

Spacewar! ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (823 views/month).^[2] Spacewar! has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Spacewar! is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]