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Anatomy of the First Video Game, Born 1958
afabbro writes "Fifty years ago, before 'Pong' and 'Space Invaders,' a nuclear physicist created 'Tennis for Two,' a 2-D tennis game that some say was the first video game ever. Built in 1958, it was 'gynormous.' 'In addition to the oscilloscope screen and the controller, the guts of the original game were contained in an analog computer, which is "about as big as a microwave oven."' 'We have to load it into the back of a station wagon to move it. It's not a Game Boy that you put in your pocket.'"
Come on now, don't get hysterical.
He obviously means to indicate that it is fat and womanly, like the average modern-day video game player.
Sounds like a great game!
And I don't want to play pong tennis. I want the whole analog computer emulated in some way and the oscilloscope's vector graphics too.
Agreed! Clearly "hugantic" is the preferable adjective.
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It's not a Game Boy you put in your pocket. It's a series of tubes. No, literally, I mean it.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
With all the rental services around now, that's inexcusable.
OK, so tell us how you'd write an AI that follows "something like nine rules", please? I'm dying to see someone code that.
That's because marine aircraft were smaller in those days. You wouldn't more than three of today's planes into the back of a 1950s station wagon, and even they'd be a tight fit.
I'm not going to change your sheets again, Mr. Hastings.