Ahoy - The First Video Game

[KarekCat]

While quite the long video, Ahoy's content is always top-notch.

 

[whitefish21]

1 hour?

Ill have to pencil this into my calendar at some future point

 

[Raynet11]

I am a big video game collector and history buff , one of the most fascinating reads in my library is this book, if this kind of stuff strikes your fancy pickup this book

https://www.amazon.com/Atari-Inc-Business-Curt-Vendel/dp/0985597402/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=CjwKCAjw_uDsBRAMEiwAaFiHa7K8-roUWTN-pYK7kPzMVYBvUo9Aw49agLbuqepopswdEb_odSlhbRoCLncQAvD_BwE&hvadid=241911860858&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9021615&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=11751145164343185191&hvtargid=aud-648278611385%3Akwd-53820011875&hydadcr=24633_10399728&keywords=atari+business+is+fun&qid=1570275247&sr=8-1

 

[OldGunney]

I remember playing Pong at a bowling alley during 1972. Was in the Navy at that time in the Data Systems rating. Was at a fleet training command up on Rosencrans street in San Diego. Worked on computers and display equipment that simulated the Combat area of naval ships. The display equipment was the radar scopes you all have seen in movies showing a video contact running across the screen. Played a version of space war on the computers in 1972 and that game is what prompted me to make games that involved more than two players.