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  2. Tennis for Two - Wikipedia

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    It received further attention as the subject of articles in Creative Computing and Video Replay in 1982 and 1983 highlighting its possible status as the first video game; the editor of Creative Computing, David H. Ahl, had played Tennis for Two at Brookhaven in 1958, and dubbed Higinbotham the "Grandfather of Video Games".

  3. List of films based on video games - Wikipedia

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    Is an action comedy film rife with video game references and plot conceit similar to fighting games. Tron: Legacy (2010) – Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Kevin Flynn's son Sam finds his missing father in a new version of the virtual game world and has a similar journey as his father did fighting to get back to reality.

  4. Space Master X-7 - Wikipedia

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    Space Master X-7 is a 1958 American horror science fiction film in Regalscope from Regal Films, produced by Bernard Glasser, directed by Edward Bernds, that stars Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas, and Robert Ellis. Paul Frees, Judd Holdren, and Moe Howard have supporting roles. [2] The screenplay was written by George Worthing Yates and Daniel Mainwaring.

  5. List of multimedia franchises originating in print - Wikipedia

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    Animated films Live action films Animated TV series Live action TV series Video games Other media; 87th Precinct Evan Hunter: Cop Hater (1956) several sequels: 87th Precinct (1962), Cop Hater (1990) no: Cop Hater (1958) The Mugger (1958) The Pusher (1960) several others: no: 87th Precinct (TV series) (1961–62) no: no A Song of Ice and Fire ...

  6. History of video games - Wikipedia

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    Pong was the first arcade video game to ever receive universal acclaim. Concurrently, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney had the idea of making a coin-operated system to run Spacewar! By 1971, the two had developed Computer Space with Nutting Associates, the first arcade video game. [7] Bushnell and Dabney struck out on their own and formed Atari.

  7. William Higinbotham - Wikipedia

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    A member of the team that developed the first nuclear bomb, he later became a leader in the nonproliferation movement. He also has a place in the history of video games for his 1958 creation of Tennis for Two, the first interactive analog computer game and one of the first electronic games to use a graphical display.

  8. Category:1958 video games - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 16 December 2020, at 19:37 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Video game adaptations in film and television - Wikipedia

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    The first live action film based on a video game, the eponymous Super Mario Bros., was released on May 28, 1993, to both critical and commercial failure.Critics including Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert criticized the film's lack of faithfulness to the source material. [2]