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As per the conclusions of that great video, going back before Pong and defining a "first" video game depends heavily on your definition of both "video" and "gam
by amiga386 10mo ago
As per the conclusions of that great video, going back before Pong and defining a "first" video game depends heavily on your definition of both "video" and "game"
See also Wikipedia's overview:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_video_games
If you want Tennis for Two (1958) to be first, you have to introduce criteria that excludes
OXO (1952), Checkers (1952), and Sheep and Gates (1952)
- jhbadger 10mo agoI don't think it is unreasonable to define a "video game" as one employing video graphics and real time input. Things like Tennis for Two (and the later Spacewar) are clearly video games in a sense that mere simulations of board games are not.