for a while it was the most played videogame in the world.
I see what you did there!
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makr_alland@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Spacewar! was a F2P PvP game with no microtransactions and no battle pass. Although it’s hard to quantify exact player numbers (it precedes Steam charts), for a while it was the most played videogame in the world.
Its real-time graphics and multiplayer combat were very influential, and widely copied by many other games.
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 months ago
sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
It also popularized the “mechanic” of online matchmaking through steam for pirated and abandoned games. Thank you Spacewar, very cool.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Wow this brought it full circle, the name looked familiar but then it clicked, back in my pirating days lol