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Leonardo Torres Quevedo
He is a great Spanish creative genius
He invented “The Chess Player,” a machine that played chess against a human opponent. -
protovideojuego
we want to see a first
“protovideo game” closest to the current definition. Since it was then that Thomas T.
Goldsmith, Jr. and Estle Ray Mann filed a patent application for an invention that
named “Cathode Ray Tube amusement device”: -
1950,Charley Adama
In 1950, Charley Adama invented a program at MIT called
“Bouncing ball” on the university's Whirlwind computer. It was not yet
interactive, but it was already taking important steps in the right direction. -
1951
In 1951, he asked his boss to use the instruments he used to calibrate the equipment, which
They gave a visual response on the screen, to create an interactive experience through the TV -
1973
In another risky bet, they tried to sell it through the Sears sports store, in the Christmas campaign in 1973. With a single television advertisement, all Pong units were they sold. Atari had just created an industry. -
1977 gols year
1977 was considered the golder year of video games due to the great video games and sagas that came out.
There was also a very important collapse in video games