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 a Palo Alto restaurant and bar called
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.