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When Was the First Video Game Created?
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Quick Answer
Physicist William Higinbotham created "Tennis for Two" in 1958, one of the earliest video games.
The Full Story
In October 1958 physicist William Higinbotham created "Tennis for Two" on an oscilloscope at Brookhaven National Laboratory to entertain visitors. Earlier electronic games include a cathode-ray tube amusement device patented in 1947 and the 1952 Cambridge game OXO (tic-tac-toe). Spacewar!, developed by MIT students in 1962, is often considered the first widely influential video game. Pong (1972) by Atari brought gaming to the commercial market, launching a global industry worth over $180 billion annually.
Key Facts
1.Higinbotham never patented Tennis for Two and received no royalties.
2.Spacewar! ran on a PDP-1 computer that cost about $120,000.
3.The video game industry now exceeds the film and music industries combined in revenue.
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