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Brookhaven Lab Engineers Restore Tennis For Two

By james_fudge

Visitors of NYC's Brookhaven Lab can soon see what many consider the very first electronic game: Tennis For Two. Tennis For Two was the brainchild of Brookhaven engineer Willy Higinbotham, who created the "game" using an oscilloscope and a Donner Model 30 vacuum tube analog computer in 1958. The game was a simple demonstration of a bouncing ball - not exciting by today's standard, but certainly an important early milestone in the creation of video games.

In 1997 Brookhaven Lab engineers restored the game to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Soon visitors to the lab will be able to see it working first hand. Check out the video to see it in action. Physicist Peter Takacs said in a recent blog post that the restored game would be available as soon as it is given a safety inspection from Brookhaven's electrical safety inspector.

Source: Wired

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on December 15, 2010 (boomark / email).