OXO (1952):

OXO is a tic-tac-toe computer game made for the EDSAC computer in 1952. It was written by Alexander S. (Sandy) Douglas as an illustration for his Ph.D. thesis on human-computer interaction for the University of Cambridge. OXO was the first known (graphical) game to run on a computer. However, there is a patent dating from 1947–1948 that describes a missile simulation game utilizing a cathode ray tube. Read More..

Tennis For Two (1958)

The second video game invented in the United States was not Pong, but it was similar! Invented by William A. Higinbotham,it was called ‘Tennis for Two’, and it was played on an Oscilloscope. The first Video Game was created in 1958!. Pretty good graphics for the second ever video game, no? Read More..

Spacewar (1962)

SpaceWar! invented by Steve Russell. Spacewar! was the first game intended for computer use. Russell used a MIT PDP-1 mainframe computer to design his game. Read More..

Pong (1969)

Forty years ago today, the first video game on a television set was played by Ralph Baer and Bill Harrison. Read More..