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Fun Fact #1 - The first video game was "Tennis for Two," not Pong!
Ah, Pong, the game everyone thinks started it all. But no, it was actually "Tennis for Two," developed in 1958 by physicist William Higinbotham. Displayed on an oscilloscope screen, this game was the star of the Brookhaven National Laboratory open house. So, Pong can pong off. Tennis for Two on a DuMont Lab Oscilloscope Type 304-A
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WHxx - 03.14.2026 04:41:32
Bertie the Brain is earlier.
TurdFerguson87 - 03.14.2026 04:55:13
Technically not. Tennis for Two was first created for entertainment. There were games created in the early '50s that explored programming, and quite a few of them were already made.
WHxx - 03.14.2026 20:29:02
A game is entertainment. Tic-tac-toe is a game. Bertie the Brain was a technically a computer that was designed for people to be entertained by the gameplay, the noveltly of it, and to showcase an addition tube.

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