
TechStuff Classic: The Rise and Fall of Atari - Part One
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The Computer Game Industry in the Eighties and Nineties
In the early days, computer games were printed to tape. This meant that every time something changed, it had to print a new piece of paper. While this in the pre eco friendly days as well. A man named william higginbotham developed an electronic game called tennis for two on a donner model 30 analogue computer. These days such a game would probably be frowned upon,. But it sets the stage to show that people realized there was potential for electronics in the game world.
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