Spacewar! question

[nautie]

I recall back in college researching about video game history and of Spacewar!, and that you could add it to Steam at the time, and I did so with a steam code.

However, I seem to recall that at some point Spacewar! disappeared from my library for some unexplainable reason, and I couldn't find out why nor find anything about the "hidden" game on Google at the time.

I just reinstalled the game and it said I have 7 minutes playtime (I downloaded and installed it in under 3 minutes) and my stats page give this:

Games Played: 17.0
Games Won: 0.0
Games Lost: 0.0
Feet Traveled: 64.2
Max Feet Traveled: 24.8
Average Inches / Second: 1.8

Unless this is shown for everyone, I therefore can't be going nuts about this. What the hell happened?

(If you are confused as to what I'm talking about, see here: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/sdk/api/example
or run this: [url]steam://run/480[/url])

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

All stats remain regardless of how long ago you played it. Even a game removed from your account will still have all its srats if you restored it.

[nautie]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

All stats remain regardless of how long ago you played it. Even a game removed from your account will still have all its srats if you restored it.

:qr:

So are you confirming this as the same game? Why would it be removed from my library?

[⛤ . taki ˚⊹]

Spacewar is a tool used by developers to use steamworks features such as the workshop.

A hidden game (a showcase of sorts) from back in the day, often used by pirated copies of other games that require Steam authentication.

Normal player CAN NOT play Spacewar. Only not legit / pirate / hacker can do that

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by taki:

Normal player CAN NOT play Spacewar. Only not legit / pirate / hacker can do that

... and those curious about what it is. I got some Spacewar play time myself. Not due to piracy, but due to checking it out.

[⛤ . taki ˚⊹]

App ID: 480
9,235 In-Game

Many people use this "game" to illegally play cracked copies of multiplayer games online

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by taki:

Normal player CAN NOT play Spacewar. Only not legit / pirate / hacker can do that

That is not true at all.

[⛤ . taki ˚⊹]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by taki:

Normal player CAN NOT play Spacewar. Only not legit / pirate / hacker can do that

That is not true at all.

:qr:

it was banned by valve many years ago. If you can play it, you must be a "legit" player

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by taki:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

That is not true at all.

it was banned by valve many years ago. If you can play it, you must be a "legit" player

It wasn't banned years ago. You can still get it legitimately.

Where is your source?

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by taki:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

That is not true at all.

:qr:

it was banned by valve many years ago. If you can play it, you must be a "legit" player

It was never banned. It's not listed, but it's not banned.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Yup! It was only delisted last year. You can still get it through legal means.

[⛤ . taki ˚⊹]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Where is your source?

https://i.imgur.com/V09NE7E.png

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by taki:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Where is your source?

https://i.imgur.com/V09NE7E.png

Let's not rely too much on what a third-party site is (automatically) saying, shall we?

[wuddih]

Originally posted by taki:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Where is your source?

https://i.imgur.com/V09NE7E.png

looks outdated and atm that site also displays inaccurate data.

[The End]

Originally posted by taki:

Normal player CAN NOT play Spacewar. Only not legit / pirate / hacker can do that

Not true.

Originally posted by taki:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

That is not true at all.

:qr:

it was banned by valve many years ago. If you can play it, you must be a "legit" player

Rubbish.

Spacewar can be installed and played by anyone, it is a "tool" for steamworksdevelopers but it's in no way banned or anything like that.

Here is the SteamDB page with all info about it.
https://steamdb.info/app/480/

[nautie]

Originally posted by taki:

Spacewar is a tool used by developers to use steamworks features such as the workshop.

Normal player CAN NOT play Spacewar. Only not legit / pirate / hacker can do that

You're talking out of your arse! Whilst it does have some use with pirated games, I can very much assure you that you can indeed play the game, as shown by my game stats in OP, and by the fact that the games still loads and one can still play it.

The first link I gave (https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/sdk/api/example) is the Steamworks API Example Application article from the Steamworks Documentation talking about Spacewar! and its purpose.

The second link I gave ([url]steam://run/480[/url]) is the steam link to run the game itself.

You can install it, you can run it and you most definitely can play it.


Spacewar! itself, the original game, was created in 1962 by a group of researchers at MIT in the US to demonstrate the capabilities of the PDP-1 minicomputer, and is considered to be the first widely distributed computer games. The PDP-1 is also very much associated with the hacker subculture of the era, especially within MIT. Its position in gaming history and association with the hacking subculture makes it an ideal candidate for use by Steamworks.