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First Game Created: Tennis for Two
This game was created by William Higinbotham. It was released October 18th, 1958. The game basically is a game using a oscilloscope (a wave display device) -
1960s: SpaceWar!
SpaceWar was inspired by Tennis for Two. The creator is Steve Russell. SpaceWar was created the same way TFT was, by an oscilloscope. it makes up the constilations, It was made in Feb, 14th 1962 -
1960s: Hamurabi
Hamurabi was created by Doug Dyment. It was published in 1968 continued to be worked on in 1978. This game has no graphics only words -
1970s: Basebal
This game was created by Don Daglow. Two players could go against each other or one person could play against the computer. Or the computer could manage both teams and complete the game without interaction of the players -
1970s: Star Trek
This game was made Mike Mayfield. Like the game 'SpaceWar!' , this game is also text-based. This game puts the player in charge of the 'USS Enterprise' on a mission to hunt down and destroy an invading fleet of Klingon warships. This game knocked down 'SpaceWar!' in most popular in the first release. -
1970s: Pong
This game was created by Allan Alcorn. Pong is one the earliest arcade games. Atari is the original creator. -
1970s: Space War
This game was made by Larry Rosenthal. This game is based on the game 'Spacewar!'. Larry's version has more graphics, it has the ships and it only can be 2 players, no less. -
1970s: Space Invaders
The creator of this masterpiece is Tomohiro Nishikado.
