A games industry veteran is selling off what is “probably the rarest arcade game in existence” via Boston’s RR Auctions. The fully working Computer Space 2-player arcade video game cabinet looks incredibly alluring with its Jetsons-esque styling and green sparkle finish. It is estimated that the hammer price will be $200,000+, but bidding is just $6,748 at the time of writing.
Computer Space may not be the most famous retro arcade game, but it certainly has pedigree. The arcade machine was originally released in 1971 by Syzygy Engineering, the company that evolved into Atari. RR Auctions asserts it was both the “first arcade video game ever created and the first commercially available video game.” What we have on auction here is the supposedly far rarer 2-player ‘green sparkle’ cabinet from 1973.
