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Edward U. Condon designs computer
Edward U. Condon designs a computer for the Westinghouse display at the World’s Fair. Tens of thousands of people played it. -
Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann
Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann file a patent for a cathode ray tube amusement device. -
Programming a Computer for Playing Chess
Claude Shannon lays out the basic guidelines for programming a chess-playing computer -
A. S. Douglass creates OXO
A. S. Douglass creates OXO on Cambridge's EDSAC computer as part of his research on human-computer interactions. -
The first blackjack program
Programmers at New Mexico's Los Alamos laboratories develop the first blackjack program on an IBM-701 computer. -
U.S. military designs Hutspiel
The long tradition of military wargaming enters the computer age when the U.S. military designs Hutspiel, in which Red and Blue players wage war. -
Willy Higinbotham creates a tennis game
Willy Higinbotham creates a tennis game on an oscilloscope and analog computer for public demonstration at Brookhaven National Laboratory. -
Mouse in the Maze
Students at MIT create Mouse in the Maze on MIT's TX-0 computer. Users first draw a maze with a light pen, then a mouse navigates the labyrinth searching for cheese. -
Spacewar
MIT student Steve Russell invents Spacewar!, the first computer-based video game. -
Computer time share system and Basic programing
Dartmouth's John Kemeny who creates the computer time-share system and BASIC programming language at Dartmouth. -
Television video games
Ralph Baer conceives the idea of playing a video game on television. On September 1, he writes down his ideas that become the basis of his development of television video games. -
Brown Box
Ralph Baer develops his "Brown Box," the video game prototype that lets users play tennis and other games. -
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