November 1971 was the release date for Computer Space - the world's first commercially sold coin-operated video game.
The person who invented Space wars was called A.S Douglas.
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The first "game" invented was "Tennis for Two," which used a oscilloscope, or analog computer, to play. It required 2 people. The first commercially-released game was "Computer Space," a shooter. The first successful commercially-released game was "Pong".
Nolan Bushnell invented the first computer video game, Pong.
PONG was the first computer game and was invented for entertainment. If you want to know more about the history of the first video game, who invented it; and other really neat facts visit the following site: http://www.pong-story.com/intro.htm
The origins of video games date back to the 1950s, but the first known game was space war in 1962.
The first computer video game was patented in 1947 and was a "missile target game." The first sport video game, among the first coin-operated games, was Pong in 1972.
"pong" by atari. :D
The first 'proper' videogame was a computer version of Chess, made by Alan Turing in 1947.
Released in November 1971, "Computer Space" is regarded as the first commercially available video game. Although it was an Arcade game, it was a breakthrough for video game production. "Computer Space" helped garner wider interest in creating/building games, game consoles and better early PC based titles where it was considered a niche category before.
PongThat's a really hard question, but the way I understand it:-The first graphical computer game was Tic-Tac-Toe, made by A.S. Douglas in 1952.-The first actual video game was Tennis for Two, made by W. Higinbotham in 1958.-The first video game for computer use is SpaceWar! made by Steve Russel in 1962.
they were first invented in Japan.
The first video game system, the Magnavox Odyssey, was invented in 1972.
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