Ralph Baer and Bill Harrison Play Ping-Pong Video Game, 1969
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Uploaded by vintagecomputing on May 15, 2007
Forty years ago today, the first video game on a television set was played by these two men. Two years later, they would be recorded demonstrating their famous Ping-Pong game on the "brown box" console, which later became the basis of Atari's Pong.
For the whole story, check out "Video Games Turn Forty" at 1UP.com:
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3159462
Also, here is an interview with Bill Harrison:
http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/319
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Who were the 4 assholes that gave this a thumbs down !? Don't you know that if it was not for this guy You wouldn't be sitting on your couch enjoying your playstation 3 , xbox 360, & Wii's today ? ungrateful assholes !
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@mechi1993 they are testing the prototype of the magnavox odyssey... the "brown box"
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Still better than Call Of Duty
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this is more then x box and playstation in 1969
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@Cubehouse Hey did they invent it, or are they just playing it?
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@Cubehouse Interesting. You know it's kind of amazing when you think about it. How we can go from this ping pong game to Assasins Creed, inFamous, Halo, Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, and much more.
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@Vospader21 I had a conversation with Ralph Baer last week. He doesn't even like video games and has no idea about them :|...
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"The most advanced game in the entire world."
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@lalaboy9 You mean one of the men in this video. One of the men who built the worlds very first video game is your uncle?
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Two questions. 1. Are these men still alive today. 2. What do they think of the gaming world today?
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Idiot..it wasnt at 1969...the development and function of the game is from 1972
mechi1993 1 year ago
@mechi1993 This film was shot in 1969. The Odyssey console was first commercially released in 1972.
vintagecomputing 1 year ago 30