Computer Science 4483A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chuck E. Cheese'S, Nolan Bushnell, Brookhaven National Laboratory
9 Apr 2016
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Lecture slide 4 evolution of video games. Pinball traced back to 1800(cid:859)s bagatelle (form of billiards) Automatic industries introduced first real pinball machine, whiffle. David gottlieb introduced baffle ball, launched pinball into serious industry (no flappers, bumpers or scoring device) Harry william introduced contact, first electric machine. Gottlieb introduced humpty dumpty, first to use flappers. Pinball companies -> gottlieb, williams, bally & midway. Willy higginbotham at brookhaven national laboratory invented first game. Steve russell built spacewar on a dec pdp-1 at mit. Considered to be the first true video game. Nolan bushnell created his over version of spacewar, called computer space, using custom hardware. Magnavox launched ralph baer(cid:859)s ping pong game under the name odyssey, which came with two controllers and a game box, connected to a tv. First home console, with other games supported through overlays and accessories. First video game company, atari, was formed by bushnell. Midway imports taito(cid:859)s gunfight, first arcade game to use a microprocessor.
