Free Spacewar Game Hidden in Steam

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Old news, but search turned up nothing and this article is recent: http://steamed.kotaku.com/thousands-of-people-are-playing-a-hidden-steam-game-1795315575

You can find other players with the Find Lobby option. Along with the Windows Run method, you can also install it by putting "steam://install/480/" in your browser search bar. 10MB installation size. It's not the original version released 55 years ago--the option to set up servers should be a dead giveaway--but still neat enough. Even has five achievements.

Actually, there is one other hidden game that doesn't also seem to have a Steam store page of its own. Change the "480" number above to "92" for Codename Gordon.

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doctorofjournalism

Weird and cool, I did not know about that.

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AKQJ10Please

I have a lobby set up, if anyone wants to destroy me.

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perrolijo

Wasn't those players using that appid to farm keys instead of playing?
EDIT: Oh ok, I read the article now. They were playing pirated games, true, now I remember

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AKQJ10Please

The article says pirates used it as some workaround.

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perrolijo

I ninja edited :D (you should say "use")

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