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Firts Videogame
Although there is always a debate when it comes to mentioning the pioneer, many agree that the first video game recognized as such was OXO, or Noughts and Crosses. This video game was created by Alexander Douglas as part of his doctoral thesis at the University of Cambridge. -
Tenis for two.
Using a trajectory calculation program and an oscilloscope, William Higginbotham created Tennis for Two. A table tennis simulator for the entertainment of visitors to the Brookhaven National Laboratory exhibit. -
Fox and Hounds
Ralph Baer began developing, together with Albert Maricon and Ted Dabney, a video game project called Fox and Hounds, starting the home video game. This project would evolve into the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game system launched in 1972 that connected to the television and allowed several pre-recorded games to be played. -
Computer Space
Nolan Bushnell began marketing Computer Space, a version of Space War, although another recreational version of Space War such as Galaxy War may have preceded him in the early 70s on the campus of Stanford University.
The rise of video games came with the Pong arcade machine, which is considered the commercial version of Higginbotham's Tennis for Two game. The system was designed by Al Alcom for Nolan Bushnell at the newly founded Atari. -
Asteroids
The game was introduced and was the cornerstone of the video game as an industry. During the following years, numerous technical advances were implemented in video games (highlighting microprocessors and memory chips). Games like Space Invaders (Taito) or Asteroids (Atari) appeared in arcades.