Game
Tennis for Two
63IGDB player score
15 ratings
About this game
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 volleyed using controllers with buttons and rotating dials to control the angle of an invisible tennis racquet’s swing.
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Game facts
Release date
Oct 18, 1958
Developer
William Higinbotham
Publisher
William Higinbotham
Platforms
Donner Model 30
Genres
Sport, Arcade
Themes
Action
Game modes
Multiplayer, Split screen
Perspective
Side view
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