"Spacewar! Video Games Blast Off"

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Museum of the Moving Image

Until Sun Mar 3

Model of PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1) computer on which a playable simulation of Spacewar! is presented Photograph: Patrick Alvarado

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Time Out says

Fri Dec 7 2012

Spacewar!, the world’s first digital video game, is the foundation of this tribute to 50 years of gaming culture. But its the exhibit’s 20 playable video games—on arcade, console and handheld platforms—that are the stars of the interactive show. Museum admission includes four gaming tokens so you can try them out, along with a Spacewar! simulation on a model PDP-1, the system for which it was first developed in 1962.

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Name:
Museum of the Moving Image
Address:
Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35th Ave
Astoria
Queens
11106

Cross Street:
at 37th St
Phone:
718-777-6888
Website:
movingimage.us
Opening hours:
Wed, Thu 10:30am–5pm; Fri 10:30am–8pm; Sat, Sun 11:30am–7pm
Transport:
Subway: M, R to Steinway St; N, Q to 36th Ave
Price:
$12, seniors and students $9, children 3–12 $6, members and children under 3 free. Fri 4–8pm free
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1. Museum of the Moving Image
  - 36-01 35th Ave
    Astoria
    Queens
    11106
  - 718-777-6888
  - movingimage.us
  - 40.756446,-73.923798