The first home video game console was the Magnavox Odyssey, and the first arcade video games were Computer Space and Pong.

Gun Fight was the first arcade game to use a microprocessor instead of discrete logic. That shift opened up new possibilities for responsiveness and complexity going forward.

Sep 7, 2025 · Although there are other earlier examples of computer games, most consider the first true computer video game or digital game to be "Spacewar!". This game was programmed and first …

Sep 1, 2017 · In 1967, developers at Sanders Associates, Inc., led by Ralph Baer, invented a prototype multiplayer, multi-program video game system that could be played on a television. It was known as …

Oct 22, 2025 · In 1971, the world got its first look at an arcade machine, playing the little-remembered space combat game Computer Space.

In 1967, assisted by Sanders technician Bob Tremblay, Baer created the first of several video game test units. Called TVG#1 or TV Game Unit #1, the device, when used with an alignment generator, …

Jan 12, 2026 · In 1952, British engineer A.S. Douglas created a simple tic-tac-toe game called “OXO” on a vacuum-tube computer as part of his PhD research .

Apr 7, 2025 · From the groundbreaking Tennis for Two to the revolutionary PLATO system RPGs, these early games laid the foundation for everything from arcade classics to modern open-world adventures.

Nov 28, 2025 · The title for the honor of first computer game ever is often debated, but the consensus points to Tennis for Two, created in 1958. This game utilized an oscilloscope to simulate a tennis …

Dec 5, 2025 · In 1962, Steve "Slug" Russell, a young computer programmer out of Dartmouth led a team of programmers at MIT, who created the first computer video game, "SpaceWar!" The game was …