Xerox Parc

Xerox Parc's logo during the time it was still owned by Xerox

Industry:  R&D  |  Founded:  1970  |  Headquaters:  Palo Alto, California  |  Parent:  Xerox  |  website:  www.parc.com

Video Game History by The Drisk part1

This video is produced by The Drisk.  He is on a mission to produce videos documenting the history video games.  My goal is to source  video content about video game history, and to catalog them with links to related videos by others on the internet.  Below this video are links to related videos and other content.

In this video he mentions:

A.S. Douglas who used the EDSAC to create OXO.

William Higinbotham, the creator of Tennis for Two.

DEC PDP-1, the cumputer used by  Steve Russell, to create  Spacewar!

Ralph Baer Patents Video Games # 3,659,285

Nolan Bushnell creates  Computer Space.

Magnavox Odyssey,  Atari, Inc,   Pong are introduced in this video.

Pong!

This is the original Atari Pong cabinet.

Developer:  Atari  |  Publisher:  Atari  |  Series:  Pong  |  Platform:  Arcade  |  Release Date:  1972  |  Genre:  Action>General  |  Cabinet:  Upright  |  CPU:  Discrete  |  Sound:  Mono  |  Display:  Vertical, Raster  |

Atari

The Famous Atari Logo

Company:  Atari  |  Founded:  June 28th 1972  |  Headquaters:  New York City, New York, USA,  Lyon, France

Magnavox Odyssey

Magnavox Odyssey - The first video game console to come to market

Magnavox Odyssey  |  Manufacture:  Magnavox  |  Designer:  Ralph Baer  |  Release Date:  1972  |  Discountinued:  1975  |  Units Sold:  330,000  |  Media:  Cartridge  |  CPU:  none  |  Controller Input:  two paddles  |  Successor:  Magnavox Odyssey2  | Launch Price:  US$100  |

Computer Space

Arcade Flyer for Computer Space

Developer: Nutting Associates  |  Publisher:  Nutting Associates  |  Designer:  Nolan Bushnell, Ted Dabney  |  Platform:  Arcade  |  Date: November 1971  |  Genre:Action>Shooter>Scrolling  |  Modes:  Single Player or 2 Player  |  Cabinet:  Original  |  Display:  Horizontal, Raster

Nolan Bushnell

Nolan Bushnell - The creator of Atari

Born:  February 4, 1943 (1943-02-04)  Clearfield, Utah  |  Citizenship:  United States  |  Fields:   Electrical Engineering,entrepreneur  |  Alma mater:  University of Utah  |  Known for Atari

Website:  nbushnell.com  |  Twitter:  @nolanbushell

Ralph Baer Patents Video Game

In 1966 Ralph Baer attempts to patent Video Games.  Obviously that did not work.  Click here to view the original patent claim.

Ralph Baer

Ralph Baer, the creator of the Magnovox Oddysy

Born:  March 8, 1922 (1922-03-08) (age 89)  Rodalben, Rhineland-Palatinate, Southern Germany  |  Occupation:  Inventor  |  Known for:  Magnovox Oddyssy

Steve Russell

Steve Russell - The creator of Spacewar!

Born:  1937  |  Residence:  United States  |  Fields:  Computer Scince  |  Alma mater:  Darmoth College  |  Known for Spacewar! and Lisp