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Created games
- In 1940, Nimatron was created - a computer gaming electronic relay machine for playing it . It is considered the first computer that was intended for entertainment. This device was developed by the American physicist Edward Condon in the winter of 1939/1940, and was first installed at the World Exhibition in New York in 1940 . The device was assembled by Edward Condon and his assistants Gerald L. Tawney and Willard Derr. On September 24, 1940, a patent was granted to the device [1] .
- In 1941, an improved version of Nimatron was created by Raymond Redheffer [2] .
- In 1947, a game on a cathode-ray tube (CRT) was created. This device is considered to be the first electronic game developed, as well as the first game with a CRT screen [3] . The game was created by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann ( born Estle Ray Mann ), who received a patent No. 2 455 992 dated December 14, 1948 [4] .
- In 1948, Alan Turing, together with his former colleague David Champernovnom I began to write a chess program for a computer that did not exist yet [5] .
Innovation
- In 1947, Harry Mabs invented the flipper in the game Pinball , which is considered one of the most fundamental innovations in this genre, which changed the approach to game design and game mechanics design; Humpty Dumpty is issued on this basis [6] .
Born
- Priestley, Don (1940) - British computer games developer, creator of such games as Dictator , The Trap Door , 3D Tanx , Maziacs .
- Gumpay Yokoi (1941) - Japanese engineer and game designer, one of the key people of Nintendo , creator of the Game & Watch system , producer of Metroid , Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island , Kid Icarus ; one of the developers of technology Game Boy ; the creator of Vario and Yoshi from the Mario series of games ; participated in the development of Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong .
- Nolan Bushnell (1943) - American engineer and entrepreneur; founded more than twenty companies and is one of the founding fathers of the computer games industry ; located in the Hall of Fame computer games Walk of Game ; named one of the "50 people who changed America" according to Newsweek [7] .
- El Low (1946) - American game design, the author of a series of quests " Larry in a holiday costume ."
- Douglas Carleston (1947) - co-founder of Brøderbund Software and its chairman; The company is known for such games Prince of Persia , Myst and Carmen Sandiego .
- Dave Arneson (1947) - American game designer, one of the creators of the first role-playing game , the author of the term hit points .
- Daniel Berry (1949) - American game designer and programmer; known for the games MULE (one of the first and most influential multiplayer games) and The Seven Cities of Gold .
- James D. Sachs (1949) - game designer and artist, creator of Defender of the Crown and Saucer Attack .
Notes
- США US Patent No. 2,215,544 of September 24, 1940. Machine to play game of nim . Patent description on the website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office .
- ↑ 1941: Nim machine . Playback (October 15, 2011). The appeal date is May 27, 2017.
- ↑ Pong Story: Main Page (English)
- США US Patent No. 2,455,992 dated December 14, 1947. Cathode-ray tube amusement device . Patent description on the website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office .
- ↑ ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4 - December 2000
- ↑ Kent L., Steven. The Ultimate History Of Video Games: [ eng ] . - 1. - New York: Three Rivers Press, 2001. - 608 p. - ISBN 0-7615-3643-4 .
- ↑ McCracken, Harry. Atari at 40: Catching Up with Founder Nolan Bushnell . Time . Time Inc (June 27, 2012). The appeal date is August 8, 2012.