1951 in video gaming

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Notable events of 1951 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games.

[edit] Events

On May 5, 1951, the NIMROD computer was presented at the Festival of Britain. Using a panel of lights for its display, it was designed exclusively to play the game of NIM; this was the first instance of a digital computer designed specifically to play a game.^[1] NIMROD could play either the traditional or "reverse" form of the game.

TV engineer named Ralph Baer was asked by the chief engineer at Loral to build "the best television set in the world". Baer came up with an idea for playing games on the television set, but the idea was turned down.

v • d • e History of video games By generation First (1972–1977) · Second (1976–1984) · Video game crash of 1983 Third (1983–1992) · Fourth (1987–1996) · Fifth (1993–2002) Sixth (1998–2006) · Seventh (2004–) By year 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 19581959 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2000s

[edit] References

1. ^ Nimrod Game Computer