The First Digital Game Tennis for Two

Tennis For Two

Today, many people can play games in digital environments with the help of computers, consoles and phones. So, have you ever wondered the name and what kind of game was the very first digital game in the world?

If you are curious, you are in the right place.
Let's take a closer look at the world's first digital game and share information about "Tennis for Two."

Tennis for Two is a digital game developed in 1958 at the Brookhaven National Laboratory to introduce an oscilloscope, which had been developed for military purposes, to the public. Normally, the oscilloscope was going to be used to calculate the trajectories of ballistic missiles, but in order to help the public understand this device more easily, it was used for military purposes during the weekdays, closed to the public, while on weekends, the device was opened to the public and used as a game machine.

Of course, despite deviating from its original purpose, this oscilloscope and Tennis for Two were milestones for some firsts in the world.

Tennis for Two achieved the success of being the world's first digital game with graphical elements.

At its core, the game is actually the same as the Pong game as we know it; if you look into the game Pong, you'll see that it derives from tennis, and Tennis for Two is already a digital tennis game.

Tennis for Two is a game played by two people using analog controllers, where the button on the left side turns to give the ball an angle and the button on the right is used to hit the ball.

There are no scoreboard or win/lose information panels in the game, but for its time, it attracted considerable attention and contributed to the development of the gaming industry in digital.