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jan 3, 1958 - the first video game made

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In October 1958, Physicist William Higin bot ham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong, and it was quite a hit at a Brook haven National Laboratory open house.

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