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October 18, 1958 widely acknowledged as the first video game tennis for 2 is a game where you bounce white a ball from one side to another using 2 rectangles as paddles
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Space War, made by Steve Russell, is the second video game in video game history. In Space War, you are a spacecraft trying to shoot and avoid alien spacecraft. (Pro Quest video game timeline) -
Pong is the first big game in video game history, still around today. Pong is a virtual game of table tennis, moving a white paddle in the way of a ball to keep it from bouncing out. (Pro Quest video game timeline)