1 - Computer Space - Syzygy - Nutting Associates - 1971
Computer Space (1971). The first commercial video arcade game, even pre-dating Atari’s Pong. It was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney’s first company, Syzygy, and manufactured and sold by Nutting Associates.
Monty Singleton and retro gaming expert Carrington Vanston launch deep into Computer Space, phone Nolan, and explore the history of the Utah amusement park that inspired it all, Lagoon.
Insert Coin Player’s Guide:
- VintageComputing.com Bushnell Interview.
- Computer Space MAME Cabinet
- Nutting Associates Computer Space Brochure
- Cornershop – Brimful of Asha Music Video
- See Computer Space in the Jaws Beach Arcade.
- White Prototype Computer Space Cabinet in Soylent Green (where is it now?)
- Computer Space Owner’s Manual
- Computer Space Gameplay video.
- Ted Dabney Interview, Retro Gaming Roundup Episode 24 (Oh She’s Doing Fine)
- Ted Dabney Interview Transcript from Retro Gaming Roundup
- Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imgination (audio book)
- Computer Space Simulator
- YouTube video of the Computer Space Simulator
- The Ultimate Computer Space Fan Page
- Star Trek (Computer Space Bootleg)
- Rare brown Computer Space
- Near Menlo Park in California? Eat at the Dutch Goose, where it all started.
- Lagoon Park Documentary by KUTV NEWS 1987 and KTVX NEWS 1995
- Lagoon Amusement Park Documentary KSL-TV PrimeTime Access Part 2
- Lagoon Amusement Park Documentary KSL-TV PrimeTime Access Part 3
- Lagoon Park Documentary by PM Magazine Utah - 1986
- Lagoon Amusement Park – 1992 High Diving Show – Dive Contest
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