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The first video game advertisement

How do you advertise the first video game ever sold, when nobody knows what a video game is yet?

That was the challenge faced by Nutting Associates in 1972, when the original Computer Space debuted. 

Writing Fund recipient Kate Willaert explored this question, and dug deeper than anyone ever has into the design decisions that went into Computer Space's iconic flyer (above). Check it out here, and let us know what you think in the comments below:

https://gamehistory.org/first-arcade-game-advertisement-computer-space/

The first video game advertisement

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