Spacewar!

A simple remake of Spacewar! originally created in 1962 by Steve Russell. The game consists of two ships, The Wedge and The Needle, both pitted together in combat around a gravity sucking star. The objective is to destroy the other ship with your torpedo cannon while avoiding the center star's gravity well.

History

Steve Russell, along with many others, developed Spacewar! in 1962 on the Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-1 computer. Spacewar! was the first ever video game to be played on multiple computers cementing it as an original pioneer in the medium. The game's code was released to the public domain allowing enthusiasts and the programming community to port it to other systems. Spacewar! inspired much of the early growth of video games and its influence can easily be seen in the Asteroids arcade game. The game is a legend in the industry.

Learn more about the game on the Spacewar! Wikipedia page.

My Spacewar!

My Spacewar! is a simple ode to one the most influential video games in history. The game follows the same simple premise of putting The Wedge and The Needle against each other in space combat.

Rules

Try and shoot the other player while trying to avoid being destroyed by the center star's gravity well.

Controls

Action	The Wedge	The Needle
Thrust	W	I
Turn Left	A	J
Turn Right	D	L
Shoot	C	N
Pause	ESC	ESC

Credits

	Service	Title	Album	Artist
Music	Sound Cloud	Celestial	Ascension	Ben Reber

	Service	Title	Library	Originator	Category
SFX	Soundly	Boom C 07	FreeSound CC
SFX	Soundly	Games, Video, Racing, GUI, Race Countdown, From 3, Race Start	Soundly Pro/Game/Video		Video
SFX	Soundly	Thrust Loop	FreeSound CC	unfa
SFX	Soundly	Scifi, Weapon, Futuristic, Gunshot, Sweetener, Retro, Noise 02	Soundly Pro/SciFi/Weapon		Weapon