Anatomy of the First Video Game, Born 1958

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 23, 2008 @11:33AM from the go-ahead-and-present-your-counter-theories dept.

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.'"

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neat trick in space invaders by huwgently · 2008-10-23 11:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I know it's not what the article is about, but I thought it was a cool hack nonetheless... remember how the invaders changed colour as they moved down the screen? Well it wasn't because they had a full colour screen. Instead different coloured strips of plastic were placed over different areas to give the illusion of a colour display. But I guess most of you knew that...