1. The History of Video Games A power point project by Hunter Stobbe

2. William Higinbotham-1958 In 1958 a game called “Tennis for Two” was created. “Tennis for Two” used two separate controllers that would have to be connected to an analog computer which used oscilloscope for a screen.  William Higinbotham was the man who created this game. He was a nuclear physicist.

3. Steve Russell-1962  In 1962, Steve Russell created a game called “SpaceWar!” It was the very first game used by a computer.  To design his game he has used a mainframe computer.

4. Ralph Baer-1967  Ralph Baer was the first person to ever create a video game that was made to play on the T.V.  The game he had created was called “Chase”.

5. Nolan Bushnell-1971  Along with his partner Ted Dabney, Nolan Bushnell created the first ever arcade video game.  The game they had created together was called “Computer Space”. The idea was based on Steve Russell’s game “SpaceWar!”

6. Fairchild-1976  The first ever programmable home game console  It was later named “Channel F”  First one to use the newly invented microchip

7. What video consoles used to look like….

8. An old arcade video game…

9. Bibliography  To get the information I used Google, and then put it into my own words.  To get the pictures I went on Google images, and typed in “old video games” and I picked the oldest video game that they put on there.

10. The end  I hope you liked my assignment on “The History of Video Games”. I had fun working on it, and learned a lot about Video Games.