TITLE
Interview with Robert Alan Saunders
AUTHOR
Christopher Weaver
PUBLICATION
Smithsonian Institution
YEAR
2018
ARTICLE TYPE
Interview
FROM THE ARTICLE
Robert Saunders begins discussing his early family life, education, and early exposure to electrical engineering. He next recounts his time at MIT, recalling members of the Tech Model Railroad Club and his work with the TX-0 and PDP-1 computers. Saunders discusses the contributions of Spacewar! team members to the project and his development of the original PDP-1 game controllers. He concludes with his post-MIT career and final reflections on Spacewar!’s impact.
GAMES MENTIONED
Spacewar!
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Robert Alan Saunders
ALTERNATE LINK
Video Game Pioneers Oral History Collection @ Smithsonian Institution
NOTES
An interview from the Video Game Pioneers Oral History Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.