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Could be, yes. Here is a copy cat from 1956 https://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=750 Bill On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 2:09 PM Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertie_the_Brain
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From the Wikipedia page
" Bertie's use of light bulbs rather than a screen with real-time visual graphics, however, much less moving graphics, does not meet some definitions of a video game. " I kind of agree. First Computer Game or First Game Console would be more accurate On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 2:09 PM Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertie_the_Brain
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"electronic game" On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 3:29 PM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
From the Wikipedia page
" Bertie's use of light bulbs rather than a screen with real-time visual graphics, however, much less moving graphics, does not meet some definitions of a video game. "
I kind of agree. First Computer Game or First Game Console would be more accurate
On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 2:09 PM Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertie_the_Brain
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Yes missing the “video” part. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Feb 6, 2023, at 3:28 PM, Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
From the Wikipedia page
" Bertie's use of light bulbs rather than a screen with real-time visual graphics, however, much less moving graphics, does not meet some definitions of a video game. "
I kind of agree. First Computer Game or First Game Console would be more accurate
On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 2:09 PM Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertie_the_Brain
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On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 2:09 PM Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Very interesting Duane. Thanks for sharing! I didn't know about this one. I think that Bob Roswell missed this one as well in his history of Tic-Tac-Toe talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sDYK4hDwAM&t=926s As for the "First Video Game". Well first of all you need to define "Video Game". Perhaps you may have to have certain conditionals to say that it was the first electronic video game without a display or something like that. Don't know if one wants to go down the rabbit hole of defining "video" or "game" as that can be conditional as well. It's quite interesting despite the debate whether it is the "First Video Game" or not. How did you happen to find this page? Thanks! Jeff Brace
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On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 2:09 PM Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Just to stir things up some more According to ChatGPT: "The first video game is widely considered to be "Tennis for Two," a game developed by physicist William Higinbotham in 1958."
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Well, I guess if the game system used a CRT in someway… Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Feb 7, 2023, at 8:01 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 2:09 PM Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Just to stir things up some more
According to ChatGPT: "The first video game is widely considered to be "Tennis for Two," a game developed by physicist William Higinbotham in 1958."
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