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In October 1958 physicist William Higginbotham created what was to be the first video game. A very simple tennis game. William created it because he worked at a laboratory and most of the exhibits were dull so he created it to liven things up -
Baer gained an interest in electronics after serving in the American war. He was working as an engineer at Saunders Associates, When he came up with the idea of home video games. on a television in 1966. He made the brown box the would later become the blueprint for the first home video game licensed by Magnavox as the Magnavox odyssey. Baer continued working on game units including the contribution to the design of the Simon electronic game. -
NOLAN BUSHNELL IS THE CO- FOUNDER OF ATARI AND IS BEST KNOWN AS A PIONEER FOR VIDEO GAMES. NOLAN HELPED CREATE THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL VIDEO GAMES INCLUDING COMPUTER SPACE IN 1971 AND PONG IN 1972 WHICH PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN IN POLORIZING ARCACE AND HOME GAMING. BUSHNELL LATER FOUNDED CHUCKE E CHEESE COMBINING ENTERAINMENT, FOOD AND TECHNOLOGY IN A NEW WAY -
Shigeru joined Nintendo in 1977 and he helped design art for the game Donkey Kong.