Who ranks for “original video games”

The first original video games were created in research laboratories during the 1950s and 1960s as computer science demonstrations.

1950s

Earliest Pioneer Games

OXO (1952): Created by A.S. Douglas at the University of Cambridge, this digital version of tic-tac-toe ran on the EDSAC computer. Tennis for Two (1958): Developed by William Higinbotham at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, it simulated a tennis match on an oscilloscope screen and is widely considered the first video game made purely for entertainment. Spacewar! (1962): Invented by Steve Russell and fellow students at MIT, this space combat game ran on a PDP-1 computer and became the first widely shared digital computer game.

1952

Commercial Dawn

Computer Space (1971): Recognized as the first commercially sold, coin-operated arcade video game, inspired by Spacewar! Pong (1972): Released by Atari, this table tennis arcade game turned the nascent medium into a massive global industry. You can read more about these milestones via the Smithsonian Institution.

1971

A look at the earliest interactive electronic projects and experiments that launched the medium: 1m The COMPLETE History of Console Gaming Part 1: The Early Days 9.4K views · 6 months ago YouTube · MojoPlays

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