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A "screenshot" from Maze War, one of the earliest first-person shooter video games.

Image acquired from DigiBarn Computer Museum [1].

It is believed that this image qualifies for fair use on the English language Wikipedia under United States copyright law, provided that it is used to identify the game in question, and as an example of the graphical nature of early computer games. Because of the extreme age of the program, free alternative images are not readily available. It is used in the articles Maze War and 1974 in video gaming as part of historical commentary, and does not significantly impede the rights of the copyright holder over the game itself.

This is a screenshot of a non-free copyrighted video or computer game, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the company or person that developed the game. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots

for identification and critical commentary on
- the computer or video game in question or
- the copyrighted character(s) or item(s) depicted on the screenshot in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. See Wikipedia:Non-free content.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

Note: This tag should not be used for screenshots of free software; use the license tag corresponding to the software's license instead, optionally alongside {{Free screenshot}}.

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current	18:15, 16 February 2006	1,000×1,462 (119 KB)	Seancdaug (Talk \| contribs)	(A screenshot from ''Maze War'', one of the earliest first-person shooter video games. Image acquired from [http://www.digibarn.com/ DigiBarn Computer Museum] [http://www.digibarn.com/collections/games/xerox-maze-war/index.html].)