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Tennis For Two - The second ever computer game

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Way back in 1958, William Higinbotham invented Tennis For Two to liven up visitor day at Brookhaven National Laboratory, his workplace. The game uses an oscilloscope with two control pads. It remained largely unknown until 1981 when a lawyer trying to break Magnavox's patent for video games came across writings talking about the game.Blueprints of it were found to predate Magnavox's game, the case was settled out of court, and the game found fame as the second ever invented, since it was later predated by A.S. Douglas' 'OXO' game from 1952.The video is sourced from Brookhaven National Laboratory, a governmental institution, and as such, the video is in public domain. Peacespeakers! music is released under a Creative Commons license. You can see a video of theirs here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... I've been asked quite a few times what music this is. It's 'To Find Our Freedom' by Peacekeepers!, from the album 'Message From Planet Earth'. Their web page can also be found here: http://www.sojusrecords.com/ar...

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: May 18, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Author: dancraggs

Length: 02:13
Rating: 4.85
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EcksBawks (September 5, 2008 at 3:36 am)
This looks like a fucking blast! Much better than pong, actually. The fact that it's viewed from the side rather than the top is so intruiguing. I must play Tennis for Two before I die, it is now a life goal.
KazzRacer (September 1, 2008 at 9:01 am)
It's nice to see some people NOT flame each other over this topic! Halo can be fun, but I prefer other games (where everybody else isn't better then me).
qwaza07 (August 28, 2008 at 8:36 am)
The first game was OXO, made by A.S. Douglas, look it up on wikipedia
Joninexamgraduate (August 26, 2008 at 2:34 am)
This is the 1st!! NOT the 2nd.
whiteganser (August 19, 2008 at 10:41 pm)
ur a fag
Grabzz (August 18, 2008 at 10:43 pm)
Man, despite its age, this game looks so amusing for family or friendly play! I'm serious! Its so simplistic, but yet i see people yelling lines like "Son of a..!" or "Take that low ball!!" xD
Christopher723509 (August 18, 2008 at 4:15 pm)
well, people have different tastes in games. and i just so happen to be a big fan of halo. but whatever dude.
kibuzoSonoIo (August 18, 2008 at 12:29 am)
uhmmm... well we are a little off topic here... i always think of halo as one of those trash games that you play a couple of minutes and you get bored, like quake* ecc, and it sucks because that. Its realism sucks also.
LightcycleChampion (August 12, 2008 at 7:21 am)
Wow, video games are now 50 years old... 0_o
Christopher723509 (August 12, 2008 at 4:14 am)
wow, you think halo sucks? what sucks about it?


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