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A computer that played the game Nim. Over 10 thousand people played this very difficult game; the computer won over 90% of the time.
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Grand Strategy was a game that simulated the cold war; was the first simulating game.
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spacewar! was the first video game that was based on a computer.
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John Kemeny invents a computer time sharing system called BASIC that lets basically anyone code very basic video games.
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The Brown Box was the first video game console that could play multiple games instead of one, it was the prototype to the Odyssey, which was created almost 6 years later.
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Pong, the first arcade tennis game was created and became one of the most popular arcade games ever created.
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The Nintendo Gameboy was the first handheld, cartridge change, video game console. 118.69 million units were sold worldwide.