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From today's featured article Control panel of Computer Space Computer Space is a space-combat arcade game released in 1971. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in partnership as Syzygy Engineering, it was the first arcade video game and the first commercially available video game. In the game the player controls a rocket engaged in a missile battle against a pair of hardware-controlled flying saucers set against a starfield background. The goal is to score more hits than the enemy within a set time period. The game is enclosed in a custom fiberglass cabinet, which Bushnell designed to look futuristic. Bushnell and Dabney created the game to be a coin-operated version of Spacewar!, a 1962 computer game. They could not economically run the game on a general-purpose minicomputer, so they built specialized hardware for the game. They ran their first location test in August 1971, and it was shown to industry press and distributors at the annual Music Operators of America Expo in October. More than one thousand cabinets were sold by mid-1972. (Full article...)
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The 104 municipalities in New Brunswick cover only 10.9 per cent of the province's land mass but are home to 69.5 per cent of its population. New Brunswick is the eighth-most populous Canadian province, with 775,610 residents as of the 2021 census, and the third-smallest province by land area, at 71,248.50 km2 (27,509.20 sq mi). Municipalities in New Brunswick may be incorporated under the Municipalities Act of 1973 as a city, town, village, regional municipality, or rural community. In 1785, Saint John became the first community in what would eventually become Canada to be incorporated as a city. Moncton (pictured) is New Brunswick's largest municipality by population, with 79,470 residents, and Saint John is the largest urban municipality by land area, at 315.59 km2 (121.85 sq mi). (Full list...)
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The gemsbok (Oryx gazella) is a species of large antelope in the genus Oryx, native to the arid regions of southern Africa, such as the Kalahari Desert. It is depicted on the coat of arms of Namibia, and the total population of the species is estimated at 373,000 individuals. This male gemsbok was photographed in Namibia's Etosha National Park. Photograph credit: Charles James Sharp
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