frozenseven
a month ago
Related Ahoy documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQ4WCU1WQc
amiga386
a month ago
As per the conclusions of that great video, going back before Pong and defining a "first" video game depends heavily on your definition of both "video" and "game"
See also Wikipedia's overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_video_games
If you want Tennis for Two (1958) to be first, you have to introduce criteria that excludes OXO (1952), Checkers (1952), and Sheep and Gates (1952)
jhbadger
a month ago
I don't think it is unreasonable to define a "video game" as one employing video graphics and real time input. Things like Tennis for Two (and the later Spacewar) are clearly video games in a sense that mere simulations of board games are not.
qiine
a month ago
Its interesting how closely intertwined video games and computers are right from the early days!