First Video Game Name: "Tennis for Two" (1958) by William Higinbotham

Widely recognized as the first interactive electronic game: "Tennis for Two" (1958).

• Created by William Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
• Ran on an analog computer (Donner Model 30) with oscilloscope display.
• Two players controlled knobs to hit a dot over a net – side view, gravity physics.
• Built for visitors' day; dismantled after 2 years.

Predecessors: Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device (1947, patent only), OXO (1952, tic-tac-toe on EDSAC), Spacewar! (1962, first digital computer game). "Tennis for Two" is the first real-time, graphical, multiplayer game for entertainment.