<s>
Space	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
is	O
a	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
by	O
Cinematronics	O
in	O
1977	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
PDP-1	B-Device
program	O
Spacewar	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
hardware	O
developed	O
for	O
Space	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
became	O
the	O
platform	O
for	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
vector-based	O
arcade	O
games	O
from	O
Cinematronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
distributed	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Taito	O
in	O
1978	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
port	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Larry	B-Application
Rosenthal	I-Application
was	O
an	O
MIT	O
graduate	O
who	O
was	O
fascinated	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Spacewar	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Cinematronics	O
worked	O
with	O
Rosenthal	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
Space	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
sold	O
10,000	O
arcade	O
cabinets	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
highest-earning	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1978	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
the	O
sixth	O
highest-earning	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1979	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
formed	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
used	O
by	O
Cinematronics	O
for	O
their	O
subsequent	O
black-and-white	O
vector	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Star	B-Application
Castle	I-Application
and	O
Tail	B-Application
Gunner	I-Application
.	O
</s>
