Tennis for Two · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
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Tennis for Two is a video game developed and published by William Higinbotham. It was released on October 18, 1958, and is often credited as the world's first video game. The title utilizes a custom-built engine and was designed for the Donner Model 30 platform.
The game falls under the Arcade and Sports genres. It supports multiplayer gameplay with split-screen functionality. The work entered the public domain on October 18, 2053.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tennis for Two is referenced by 64 other articles, and connects out to United States, YouTube and tennis.
It is catalogued under topics including 1958 video games, Early history of video games and Multiplayer video games.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Game details · IGDB
Tennis for Two is often credited to be the world's first video game.
- Released
- 1958
- Genres
- Sport, Arcade
- Platforms
- Donner Model 30
- Game modes
- Multiplayer, Split screen
- Engine
- Custom built engine
- Developer
- William Higinbotham
- Publisher
- William Higinbotham
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- sports video game
- Country of origin
- United States
- Game mode
- two-player video game
- Sport
- tennis
- Official website
- www.bnl.gov/about/history/firstvideo.php
- Image
- Tennis for Two Machine at CAX 2010.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1958-10-18
- Commons category
- Tennis for Two
- title
- Tennis for Two
- public domain date
- 2053-10-18
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