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Tennis for Two is often credited to be the world's first video game.
More than a half-century ago, Brookhaven Lab nuclear physicist Willy Higinbotham sought to "liven up the place" with an experiment in entertainment. At BNL's annual open day in 1958, Higinbotham created what is often credited as the world's first video game. Hundreds waited in line for a chance to play "Tennis for Two," an interactive game made from an analog computer, two chunky controllers, and an oscilloscope screen just five inches in diameter. The visitors, some of the world's first gamers, saw a two-dimensional, side view of a tennis court on the oscilloscope screen. They served and vol...
Also known as: Computer Tennis
United States
October 18, 1958
Tennis for Two was released on October 18, 1958.
Tennis for Two is available on Donner Model 30.
Yes — Tennis for Two supports Multiplayer, Split screen.
Tennis for Two was developed by William Higinbotham.