The world's FIRST 10 video games
Posted 09-03-2009 at 01:22 PM by kenji86
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01. First Video Game : A device called the Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device was patented in the United States by Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. and Estle Ray Mann.[1] The patent was filed on January 25, 1947, and issued on December 14, 1948. It described using eight vacuum tubes to simulate a missile firing at a target and contains knobs to adjust the curve and speed of the missile. Because computer graphics could not be drawn electronically at the time, small targets were drawn on a simple overlay and placed on the screen.
02. In February 1951, Christopher Strachey tried to run a draughts program he had written for the NPL Pilot ACE.
03.OXO, a graphical version of tic-tac-toe, was created by A.S. Douglas in 1952
04.In 1958 William Higinbotham created a game using an oscilloscope and analog computer.Titled Tennis for Two.
The majority of early computer games ran on university mainframe computers in the United States and were developed by individuals as a hobby. The limited accessibility of early computer hardware meant that these games were small in number and forgotten by posterity.
05.Mouse in the Maze : which allowed users to place maze walls, bits of cheese, and (in some versions) glasses of martini by way of a light pen interacting with the screen. One could then release the mouse and watch it traverse the maze to find the goodies.
06.HAX: By adjusting two switches on the console, various graphical displays and sounds could be made.
07.In 1961, a group of students at MIT, including Steve Russell, programmed a game titled Spacewar! on the DEC PDP-1, a new computer at the time. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
08.In 1966, Ralph Baer created a simple video game named Corndog, the first to display on a standard television set.With the assistance of Baer, Bill Harrison created the light gun and developed several video games with Bill Rusch in 1967. Ralph Baer continued development, and in 1968 a prototype was completed that could run several different games such as table tennis and target shooting.
09.In 1969, AT&T computer programmer Ken Thompson wrote a game called Space Travel for the Multics operating system. This game simulated various bodies of the solar system and their movements and the player could attempt to land a spacecraft on them.
10.In September 1971, The Galaxy Game was installed at a student union at Stanford University. Based on Spacewar!, this was the first coin-operated video game. Only one was built, using a DEC PDP-11/20 and vector display terminals. In 1972 it was expanded to be able to handle four to eight consoles.
Also in 1971, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney created a coin-operated arcade version of Spacewar! and called it Computer Space. Nutting Associates bought the game and manufactured 1,500 Computer Space machines, with the release taking place in November 1971. The game was unsuccessful due to its steep learning curve, but was a landmark as the first mass-produced video game and the first offered for commercial sale.
sources : Wikipedia/gamespot
02. In February 1951, Christopher Strachey tried to run a draughts program he had written for the NPL Pilot ACE.
03.OXO, a graphical version of tic-tac-toe, was created by A.S. Douglas in 1952
04.In 1958 William Higinbotham created a game using an oscilloscope and analog computer.Titled Tennis for Two.
The majority of early computer games ran on university mainframe computers in the United States and were developed by individuals as a hobby. The limited accessibility of early computer hardware meant that these games were small in number and forgotten by posterity.
05.Mouse in the Maze : which allowed users to place maze walls, bits of cheese, and (in some versions) glasses of martini by way of a light pen interacting with the screen. One could then release the mouse and watch it traverse the maze to find the goodies.
06.HAX: By adjusting two switches on the console, various graphical displays and sounds could be made.
07.In 1961, a group of students at MIT, including Steve Russell, programmed a game titled Spacewar! on the DEC PDP-1, a new computer at the time. Spacewar! is credited as the first widely available and influential computer game.
08.In 1966, Ralph Baer created a simple video game named Corndog, the first to display on a standard television set.With the assistance of Baer, Bill Harrison created the light gun and developed several video games with Bill Rusch in 1967. Ralph Baer continued development, and in 1968 a prototype was completed that could run several different games such as table tennis and target shooting.
09.In 1969, AT&T computer programmer Ken Thompson wrote a game called Space Travel for the Multics operating system. This game simulated various bodies of the solar system and their movements and the player could attempt to land a spacecraft on them.
10.In September 1971, The Galaxy Game was installed at a student union at Stanford University. Based on Spacewar!, this was the first coin-operated video game. Only one was built, using a DEC PDP-11/20 and vector display terminals. In 1972 it was expanded to be able to handle four to eight consoles.
Also in 1971, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney created a coin-operated arcade version of Spacewar! and called it Computer Space. Nutting Associates bought the game and manufactured 1,500 Computer Space machines, with the release taking place in November 1971. The game was unsuccessful due to its steep learning curve, but was a landmark as the first mass-produced video game and the first offered for commercial sale.
sources : Wikipedia/gamespot
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thx for sharing..Posted 09-03-2009 at 08:17 PM by ac2000 
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welcome bro
Posted 09-09-2009 at 01:08 PM by kenji86
