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First Videogames Ever: Tennis for Two & Spacewar

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Uploaded by on Jun 8, 2007

In 1958 William Higginbotham turned two rudimentary lines and a bouncing ball into the first interactive entertainment experience on a computer: Tennis for Two

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  • Click 5:00 over and over agian. The guy goes whoghe whonghe lol its so funny,

  • weve been back many times. In a couple of years they are going to go back to the moon.

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  • @JPhands I managed to find it, it's from the series the Rise of the Video Game, which you can find on YT.

  • ALL WRONG !!!

    "The first interactive entertainment experience on a computer", ok but NOT A VIDEOGAME.

    Looks like MIT knows nothing about video technology, or lie to keep credit about it.

    Another lie, it's not Steve Russel who built the joystick, it's Alan Kotok.

    @pufixas there's no framerate. This not a video game because the Cathode ray tube used is not TV/video compatible (built to be used as analog oscilloscope)

  • the world owes these men so much. if it weren't for them, the whole concept of video games may have never even existed, and my entire childhood would have been empty and boring.

    seriously, if i was steve russel, i would be the most arrogant fuck in the world, knowing that i had created the most awesome and influential form of entertainment to come from the 20th century.

  • Can anybody PLEASE tell me what documentary this is called? I'd really like to know, I'm fascinated with these older games.

    Thanks.

  • "Spacewar!" rocks! It's aged so well, people are still doing freeware versions for modern systems.

  • you here that parents not are fault playing video games blame the military and airforce and him.

  • wow... 3:22 those graphics are INSANE!!! for its time! look! i has explosions! collors!!! VERY GOOD framerate!!!

  • Geez, and I thought PONG or Space Invaders was old!

  • what show was that from?

  • hmmm yes dutch

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