Tennis for Two is a Video game of tennis developed in 1958 on a computer connected to a Oscilloscope.

History

It was created by William Higinbotham to distract the visitors lasting from the open doors to the National laboratory of Brookhaven. After two years of exposure, the machine was dismantled. The play was managed by small a Calculateur Analogique consisted of ten amplifier operational, at the time of the electron tubes, as well as some resistance S, condensing and relay. Posting is carried out by a Oscilloscope with Cathode tube, and to generate clear lines and a ball, it is necessary to precisely synchronize the signals according to time, for this purpose, and only at this place of the system, the Transistor S are used.

Tennis for Two is regarded as one of the first video games of the history. It is in particular the precursor of Pong , the first popular video game. Although the two plays are plays of tennis, Tennis for Two concentrates on the management of the ball, whereas the player controls the racket in Pong .

The play was not especially noticed during its creation. It is only in March 1981 which an article of the Brookhaven Bulletin considers that Tennis for Two is the first video game created, idea included thereafter in different specialized magazines.

But Tennis for Two is not always recognized like the first video game. There exists initially another play, OXO , created on computer EDSAC in 1952, that is to say six years before Tennis for Two . Then, Ralph Baer, the creator of the first family console of video game in 1971, considers that Tennis for Two is not a video game, because not created to be played on a traditional screen, and cannot be regarded consequently as the first video game.

Gameplay

A horizontal bar represents the ground (or the table of Table tennis), while a small vertical bar represents the net. A point symbolizes the ball. The two players act on this one by means of an object arranged for the occasion comprising a button to carry out a striking and a serrated roller to regulate the angle of striking, perhaps very first the Paddle.

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