The first home video game console was the Magnavox Odyssey, and the first arcade video games were Computer Space and Pong.

Long ago, before joysticks and hyper-realistic graphics, the earliest video games flickered to life on oscilloscopes and room-sized computers. These digital pioneers laid the foundation for today's global …

Sep 7, 2025 · Although there are other earlier examples of computer games, most consider the first true computer video game or digital game to be "Spacewar!". This game was programmed and first …

Sep 1, 2017 · In 1967, developers at Sanders Associates, Inc., led by Ralph Baer, invented a prototype multiplayer, multi-program video game system that could be played on a television. It was known as …

In 1967, assisted by Sanders technician Bob Tremblay, Baer created the first of several video game test units. Called TVG#1 or TV Game Unit #1, the device, when used with an alignment generator, …

Nov 27, 2025 · In 1952, British engineer A.S. Douglas created a simple tic-tac-toe game called “OXO” on a vacuum-tube computer as part of his PhD research .

Apr 7, 2025 · Ready to explore gaming’s origin story? Let’s rewind time and take a look at the first 10 video games ever created and how they shaped the future of interactive entertainment!

Apr 21, 2025 · The first recognized video game was OXO, created in 1952 by Alexander Douglas. Tennis for Two and Spacewar! marked fundamental milestones in the evolution of the original video …

Oct 21, 2025 · In 1962, Steve "Slug" Russell, a young computer programmer out of Dartmouth led a team of programmers at MIT, who created the first computer video game, "SpaceWar!" The game …

May 7, 2025 · As part of the project, Douglas created the first graphics-based computer game: a version of Tic-Tac-Toe. The game was programmed on an EDSAC vacuum-tube computer, which relied on a …