3 of some of the most famous video game characters of all time![/caption]The history of video gamming is one that has a lot of twists and turns, and have produced a ton of great video games, but have you ever wondered what the ancestor of the video game actually was?
Well before the actual video game as it is most commonly known as today there was an electronic game that was developed by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. in 1948 called, 'The Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device.'
Now part of the reason that you probably not many people know about it, is the fact that after being patented in 1948, it was never marketed or sold to the general public!
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The designs for the, 'The Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device.'[/caption]Regardless, it appears that this game is not only a direct ancestor of the video game, and is one of the earliest electronic gamimg devices in general, it also bares a striking resemblance to the classic game, 'Astroids', and all though I imagine the person who made that game probably never heard of this system, I suspect that it indirectly inspired this game!
Anyway, as far as the game goes, the way you play it, is there is a dot on the screen that is a signal that is controlled by control knobs that influence the trajectory of the dot.
The player in this game has a certain amount of time in which to control the dot and to focus it on to a planet and to press a button (to fire on the fictitious plane), and if it doesn't work, then the light diffuses to simulate that you have failed.
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One of the earliest known video games![/caption]Unfortunately I really can't say much on this game, as it appears unlikely that you will find this game, but if you are lucky enough, hold on to it, it could be a true collectors item!
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