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Discussion has centered on Galaxy Game, the space combat game installed at Stanford University in 1971 and widely regarded as the first coin-operated video game. Built around a PDP-11 minicomputer, it predated Computer Space as the earliest arcade machine. Commenters are revisiting its place in gaming history and the surviving cabinets preserved by museums.
- 2Galaxy Game, the earliest arcade machine, restored at Interim Computer Museum●Galaxy Game – Interim Computer Museum
The Interim Computer Museum has published a write-up on Galaxy Game, the coin-operated space combat game installed at Stanford University in 1971, widely regarded as the first arcade video game. The post covers the machine's history and preservation, and early comments on the museum's blog show enthusiasts debating its place in computing history alongside Pong and other early experiments.