Origin of Games

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Tennis for Two

In October 1958, Physicist William Higinbotham who worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York created one of the world's first video games. The game was called 'Tennis for Two'. The purpose of building this game was to make the display more interactive in a yearly Exhibition held by the government research facility for students and the general public. 


The setup for Tennis for Two was displayed in the yearly exhibition in 1959

Technical instruments used:

1. Oscilloscope - A type 304-A Oscilloscope was used as the display. 



2. Aluminium controller - 2 Custom build controllers including a button and a knob were used. The button was pressed to take the shot and on the other hand, the knob was rotated to change the angle of the projectile.


3. Transistors - Transistors were used in the circuit to display the graphics on the oscilloscope. 

4. Circuits - Most of the circuitry was based on vacuum tubes.


How does the game work?

The horizontal line displayed on the oscilloscope represented the tennis court while the tennis net was represented by the vertical line in the center of the screen.

A player would press the button on the aluminum controller to send the ball in a projectile motion and the other player would rotate the button accordingly to the angle that he wanted and press the button on their controller to send the ball flying back toward the first player. 
 
It followed the gameplay of an outdoor sport called lawn tennis.

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