What do you think was the first video game?

Your choices are: 1972 - Pong (last of all of these but by far the most credible, as it was the only one of these that were widely played) 1971 - Computer Space (this wasn't entirely digital and less played) 1958 - Tennis for Two (the first of these to actually use something resembling a controller, however it was only brought out in two instances during visiting days at the Brookhaven Nuclear Power Plant and wasn't even known about for nearly 25 years after it was last brought out. This was played using an oscilloscope. 1952 - OXO (noughts and crosses) - Considered to be the first game to run on a computer, however it was only able to be run on Cambridge University's EDSAC computer (which was the size of two school classrooms, lol). This was played using an oscilloscope. c. 1947 - A patent for an oscilloscope-based missile command simulation. However little is known about this. Atlantis - If you believe in the myth, you can argue that given the highly advanced technology of this prehistoric society, there was at least something resembling a video game out there, maybe not as much of an activity as today's video games, or maybe even more. Extraterrestrial - If you don't think we are alone in the universe than perhaps video games were on another planet. My answer will be the last one - I do think that given the sheer size of the universe there is life on millions of other planets we never will know about. And at least a few of these many, many species are just as advanced (or perhaps even more advanced) than we are, and thus have already created what we call video games.NicAgent

Those are some pretty crazy options there my friend, especially the atlantis one. The alien thing could be true but we have no way of knowing so I'd say that the noughts and crosses sound closest to the first VG taking into account that this missile command thing sounds like a military training simulation though I've never heard of it myself.

Oh yeah, btw if the people from atlantis (lol, battles to keep a straight face) were so technologically advanced surely they would have made some fairly decent transportation systems and would therefore have venture away from atlantis and subsequently left evidence verifying their existence or survived to the modern day. Just a thought.

[QUOTE="NicAgent"]Your choices are: 1972 - Pong (last of all of these but by far the most credible, as it was the only one of these that were widely played) 1971 - Computer Space (this wasn't entirely digital and less played) 1958 - Tennis for Two (the first of these to actually use something resembling a controller, however it was only brought out in two instances during visiting days at the Brookhaven Nuclear Power Plant and wasn't even known about for nearly 25 years after it was last brought out. This was played using an oscilloscope. 1952 - OXO (noughts and crosses) - Considered to be the first game to run on a computer, however it was only able to be run on Cambridge University's EDSAC computer (which was the size of two school classrooms, lol). This was played using an oscilloscope. c. 1947 - A patent for an oscilloscope-based missile command simulation. However little is known about this. Atlantis - If you believe in the myth, you can argue that given the highly advanced technology of this prehistoric society, there was at least something resembling a video game out there, maybe not as much of an activity as today's video games, or maybe even more. Extraterrestrial - If you don't think we are alone in the universe than perhaps video games were on another planet. My answer will be the last one - I do think that given the sheer size of the universe there is life on millions of other planets we never will know about. And at least a few of these many, many species are just as advanced (or perhaps even more advanced) than we are, and thus have already created what we call video games.NickyGambino

Those are some pretty crazy options there my friend, especially the atlantis one. The alien thing could be true but we have no way of knowing so I'd say that the noughts and crosses sound closest to the first VG taking into account that this missile command thing sounds like a military training simulation though I've never heard of it myself.

Oh yeah, btw if the people from atlantis (lol, battles to keep a straight face) were so technologically advanced surely they would have made some fairly decent transportation systems and would therefore have venture away from atlantis and subsequently left evidence verifying their existence or survived to the modern day. Just a thought.

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[QUOTE="NicAgent"]Your choices are: 1972 - Pong (last of all of these but by far the most credible, as it was the only one of these that were widely played) 1971 - Computer Space (this wasn't entirely digital and less played) 1958 - Tennis for Two (the first of these to actually use something resembling a controller, however it was only brought out in two instances during visiting days at the Brookhaven Nuclear Power Plant and wasn't even known about for nearly 25 years after it was last brought out. This was played using an oscilloscope. 1952 - OXO (noughts and crosses) - Considered to be the first game to run on a computer, however it was only able to be run on Cambridge University's EDSAC computer (which was the size of two school classrooms, lol). This was played using an oscilloscope. c. 1947 - A patent for an oscilloscope-based missile command simulation. However little is known about this. Atlantis - If you believe in the myth, you can argue that given the highly advanced technology of this prehistoric society, there was at least something resembling a video game out there, maybe not as much of an activity as today's video games, or maybe even more. Extraterrestrial - If you don't think we are alone in the universe than perhaps video games were on another planet. My answer will be the last one - I do think that given the sheer size of the universe there is life on millions of other planets we never will know about. And at least a few of these many, many species are just as advanced (or perhaps even more advanced) than we are, and thus have already created what we call video games.NicAgent

Those are some pretty crazy options there my friend, especially the atlantis one. The alien thing could be true but we have no way of knowing so I'd say that the noughts and crosses sound closest to the first VG taking into account that this missile command thing sounds like a military training simulation though I've never heard of it myself.

Oh yeah, btw if the people from atlantis (lol, battles to keep a straight face) were so technologically advanced surely they would have made some fairly decent transportation systems and would therefore have venture away from atlantis and subsequently left evidence verifying their existence or survived to the modern day. Just a thought.

Yeah ok, I'll concede that point seeing as how it comes closest to a modern VG. That atlantis thing sounds crazy, probably a good advert for anti-internet/David Icke groups.;)

I'm sure there were games that were played over the telegraph at one point. I'd consider it a videogame even though there was no video involved.Boba_Fett_3710

I'm sure there were games that were played over the telegraph at one point. I'd consider it a videogame even though there was no video involved.Boba_Fett_3710

Thats not a video game, it's just a....game!