In 1951, computer scientist Willy Higinbotham created the first computer game – Tennis for Two. The game was a two-player simulation of a game of tennis, and was played on an oscilloscope.

Higinbotham’s game was not the first ever to be created, but it was the first to be played on a computer. It was also one of the first video games ever created.

Tennis for Two was a huge success, and was played by tens of thousands of people. It was even featured at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1958, where it was played by over 100,000 people.

Sadly, …