Week 2 A History Of Computer Game 1950s-1970s

The First Video Game
William Higinbotham created the first video game in 1958. His game, called "Tennis for Two,

In 1962, Steve Russell invented Space war, was the first game intended for computer use. Russell used a MIT PDP-1 mainframe computer to design his game. In 1967, Ralph Baer wrote the first video game played on a television set, a game called Chase. Ralph Baer was then part of Sanders Associates, a military electronics firm. Ralph Baer first conceived of his idea in 1951 while working for Loral, a television company.

In 1971, Nolan Bushnell together with Ted Dabney, created the first arcade game. It was called Computer Space, based on Steve Russell's earlier game of Space war. The arcade game Pong was created by Nolan Bushnell a year later in 1972.

In 1972, the first commercial video game console that could be played in the home, the Odyssey was released by Magnavox and designed by Ralph Baer. The game machine was originally designed while Ralph Baer was still at Sanders Associates in 1966. In 1976, Fairchild released the first programmable home game console called the Fairchild Video Entertainment System, and later renamed Channel F.

I have started playing with arcade games such as Super Mario, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT), Contra, Tank etc “man Good old days”. I never played Nintendo 64 and Play Station 1! “I know it’s hard to believe but it’s TRUE”. Then I bought PlayStation 2, the games I really enjoy playing is Grand Theft Auto, Tekken, Cricket, Metal Gear solid etc and know the most resent console I have is X-box 360 and the game I am playing now is Gears of war and Halo3 and I can’t wait for PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 it’s going to be a sick.