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Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device
Said that Atari's missle Command was created from this. As described in the patent, it was an analog circuit device with an array of knobs used to move a dot that appeared in the cathode ray tube display. This game was inspired by how missiles appeared in WWII radars, and the object of the game was simply controlling a "missile" in order to hit a target. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1345968 -
Bouncing Ball
Pic ture is of the computer that was used to create the Bouncing Ball video game. Charly Adama created the game. http://www.bmigaming.com/videogamehistory.htm -
NIMROD
NIM is a two-player numerical game of strategy, which is believed to come originally from the ancient China
The rules of NIM are easy: There are a certain number of groups (or "heaps"), and each group contains a certain number of objects (a common starting array of NIM is 3 heaps containing 3, 4, and 5 objects respectively). Each player take turns removing objects from the heaps, but all removed objects must be from a single heap and at least o Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1345968 -
OXO ('Noughts and Crosses")
Tic-Tac-Toe designed by Alexander S. Douglas and it was not made for entertainment, it was part of his PhD Thesis on "Interactions between human and computer". Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1345968 -
Tennis for Two
"Tennis for Two" was created by William Higinbotham, a physicist working at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. This game was made as a way of entertainment, so laboratory visitors had something funny to do during their wait on "visitors day" It is rumored that "Tennis for Two" was the inspiration for Atari's mega hit "Pong", but this rumor has always been strongly denied Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1345968 -
Mouse in the Maze
Used the pen to pose as cheese and a dot was the mouse. the object of the game was to have the mouse find the cheese, where ever it was of the maze. -
Spacewar!
It was created by Stephen Russell, with the help of J. Martin Graetz, Peter Samson, Alan Kotok, Wayne Witanen and Dan Edwards from MIT. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1345968 -
Chase
Ralph Baer wrote the first video game played on a television set. -
Odyssey
It was released by Magnavox and designed by Ralph Baer. it came with 12 different games. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcomputer_videogames.htm -
Gotcha
Atari's fourth game with the object of the game is for two players to find their way through an on-screen maze, attempting to catch each other (somewhat like pac man. -
Death Race
Exidy's arcade game where one or two players control an on-screen car with a steering wheel and an acceleration pedal. The object was to run down "gremlins" who were fleeing the vehicle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Race_(1976_game) -
Atari 2600
The first game console to use microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600 -
Space invaders
An arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado as a shooting games and the aim is to defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to earn as many points as possible -
Lunar Lander
Arcade game by Atari where u try to successfully pilot the lunar land and land it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Lander_(arcade_game) -
Asteroids
Game by Atari wherethe object of the game is to shoot and destroy asteroids and saucers while not colliding with either, or being hit by the saucers' counter-fire. -
Star Castle
A vector arcade game by Cinematronics, with the object of Star Castle being to destroy an enemy cannon which sits in the center of three concentric, rotating energy shield rings while avoiding or destroying 'mines' – enemies that spawn from the core, pass through the energy rings, and then home in on the player's ship. -
Tempest
By Atari where the object of Tempest is to survive as long as possible and score as many points as possible by clearing the screen of enemies that have landed on the playing field. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(arcade_game) -
Atari 5200
The Atari 5200 SuperSystem, commonly known as the Atari 5200, is a video game console that was introduced in 1982 by Atari Inc. as a higher end complementary console for the popular Atari 2600. -
Atic Atac
A ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game. a maze based arcade game. -
Super NES
NES is Nintendo Entertainment System, whcih was a 16 bit system designed to be a next generation game, which was beaten by Sega Genesis. -
Nintendo Virtual Boy Game Console
The Virtual Boy creates an illusion of depth through the effect known as parallax. In a manner similar to using a head-mounted display, the user looks into an eyepiece made of neoprene on the front of the machine, and then an eyeglass-style projector allows viewing of the monochromatic (in this case, red) image. http://www.thegameconsole.com/nintendo-virtual-boy/ -
PSP
Sony playstation portable or on the go game system -
Sony PlayStation 3 Game Console
Upgrade to 1st and 2nd playstaion, increased quaility of grapghics and games http://www.thegameconsole.com/sony-playstation3/ -
Nintendo Wii U Game Console
The controller allows a player to continue a gaming session by displaying the game even when the television is off. http://www.thegameconsole.com/nintendo-wii-u/ -
Computer Space
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded Atari in 1972 and released the first coin operated ROM featured arcade video game http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=chase+video+game+1966&view=detail&id=B09BDC429380B4C8E8E7F0791829C11CA623B9A5&adlt=strict
