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The Ten Most Important Early Computer and Video GamesThese devices, inventions and innovations gave birth to an entire industry.Feature by Jaz Rignall, ContributorUpdated on 23 March 2017Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device Developers: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann Release: 1947 System: Cathode ray tube and oscilloscope Importance: The first interactive electronic gameInspired by World War II radar display technology, Thomas Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann created the earliest known interactive electronic game while working at the DuMont Laboratories in New Jersey. The bespoke analog machine was basically a cathode ray tube wired to an oscilloscope, and used a set of integrated knobs and switches to simulate the trajectory of missiles, which the user fired at a transparent plastic target overlaid on the screen.Although a patent for the device was filed on January 25, 1947 and issued on December 14, 1948, the machine was never put into production, or shown to the public. Because it doesn't run on a computer, and consists of purely analog hardware, it's argued that the Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device doesn't really fit the true definition of a video game. However, I've included it on this list because despite its rudimentary technology, it's nevertheless an objective-oriented interactive experience played on a screen, and I believe it should be considered a progenitor video game. Read more at: https://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-most-important-early-computer-and-video-games
If Doom doesn't make the top five,it's a bogus list.
And Pong. Playing games on a TV? I thought that was the coolest thing on earth at the time. I think I had one in about 1974.