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Computer Space is a video arcade game released in 1971 by Nutting Associates. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, who would both later found Atari, Inc., it is generally accepted that it was the world's first commercially sold coin-operated video game of any kind, predating the Magnavox Odyssey's release by six months, and Atari's Pong by one year. It was first location tested at The Dutch Goose in August 1971, then debuted at the MOA show on October 15, 1971, and then officially released in November 1971. Though not commercially sold, the coin operated minicomputer-driven Galaxy Game appeared around the same time, located solely at Stanford University.
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1973 Two-Player Computer Space Arcade Machine Heads to Auction - stupidDOPE
stupidDOPE · 8/18/2026
Functioning version of 'the first arcade video game ever created' heads to auction with $200,000 estimate — green sparkle 2-player edition of Computer Space hails from 1973 - Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 8/14/2026
Computer Space Hits Auction As Possibly The Rarest Arcade Game In Existence - HotHardware
HotHardware · 8/13/2026
Extremely Rare Computer Space 2-Player Arcade Cabinet is the Green Machine That Almost Nobody Owns, Goes Up for Auction - TechEBlog -
TechEBlog - · 8/12/2026
Enthusiast ‘lands’ on the moon using hardware from the 1980s — ZX Spectrum home computer with 3.5 MHz CPU and 48KB of memory power Kerbal space flight - Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 3/26/2026
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