From Space Invaders to Doom to Halo to Starfield, some of the greatest video games are set in space. These games sparked the ‘Arcade Boom’ of the 80s and the dawn of online multiplayer gaming, leading to thousands of players descending on the biggest virtual space battle in history. This episode tells the story of Space Games, from how the Space Race of the 1960s inspired the world’s first video game to how the modern-day “race to the stars” inspires the wildly imaginative video games of today.