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คือ เกมส์ ที่คุณสามารถที่จะเล่นกับเพื่อนๆ แบบออนไลน์ได้ทันที สำหรับคนที่เล่น เกมส์ ไม่ได้ โดยจะไปค้างที่หน้า Connect มีสาเหตุดังนี้
1. ที่ทำงานหรือที่โรงเรียนของท่านได้ ปิด Port เอาไว้ ไม่ให้เล่น (TCP 1863)
2. เครื่องของท่านได้เปิดใช้โปรแกรม Personal Firewall แก้ไขได้โดยการปิดโปรแกรมดังกล่าว หรือ อนุญาติให้ใช้ Port TCP 1863 เพื่อเชื่อมต่อ เกมส์
3. สังเกตุง่ายๆ ว่าถ้าคุณเล่น MSN ได้ คุณก็จะสามารถเข้าเล่น เกมส์ เหล่านี้ได้

Download โปรแกรม Firefox ฟรี!!!!

คลิกที่รูปเพื่อ Download

Firefox คืออะไร

หลาย ๆ คนที่เล่นเน็ทเป็นเปิดเว็บไซท์เป็นคงจะรู้จักกับคำว่าเว็บบราวเซอร์ หรือโปรแกรมท่องเว็บ ส่วนใหญ่แล้วเราคงจะรู้จักกันแต่ Internet Explorer ของ Microsoft จอมผูกขาด คุณรู้หรือเปล่าว่า IE ที่คุณใช้อยู่นั้น ณ เวลาปัจจุบันมันไม่ปลอดภัยเอาเสียเลย เพราะว่าทางทีมงานเค้าไม่ได้พัฒนามานานแล้ว ฉะนั้นเรื่องความปลอดภัยไม่ต้องถามหา

ซึ่ง Firefox นั้นเป็นอินเทอร์เน็ทบราวเซอร์ตัวใหม่ที่จะเข้ามาแข่งกับ IE < Internet Explorer> นำทีมสร้างโดย Mozilla โดยมีนักพัฒนาต่อยอดอยู่ทั่วทุกมุมโลก คุณสมบัติของ Firefox ที่เด่นกว่า IE คือ โปรแกรมมีขนาดเล็กกว่าทำให้การโหลดข้อมูล ทางหน้าเว็บเพจทำได้รวดเร็ว ใช้งานได้สะดวก แท็บด้านบนทำให้ทำให้เข้าได้หลายเว็บไซด์พร้อมๆกันโดยไม่ต้องเปิด window ใหม่ อีกทั้งยังมีการอำนวยความสะดวกแก่นักท่องอินเทอร์เน็ต เช่น เมนูของGoogle สำหรับการค้นหาข้อมูล

Firefox ดียังไง

Firefox เป็น Browser ที่มีกระแสการตอบรับอย่างรวดเร็วเมื่อต้นปี 2006 ซึ่งขณะนี้มีผู้ใช้ Browser ตัวนี้เพิ่มมากขึ้นทุกวัน มียอดการ download ไปใช้งานเกือบ 300 ล้านครั้งแล้ว นั่นแสดงให้เห็นว่า Firefox ต้องมีอะไรสักอย่างที่ดึงดูดนักท่องเว็บเหล่านั้น จุดเด่นที่สำคัญของ Mozilla Firefox ที่น่ากล่าวถึงเป็นอย่างแรกคือ ความเป็นโปรแกรม open source ที่พัฒนาโดยองค์การที่ไม่หวังผลกำไรและคนทั่วไป (ที่มีความสามารถในการเขียนโปรแกรม) จะเรียกว่า โปรแกรมเพื่อประชาชนโดยประชาชนก็น่าจะได้

Warcraft III

จุดเด่นของ DotA

มันคือ Real Time Strategy อย่างแท้จริง มันเริ่มตั้งแต่คุณเลือกตัวละคร ซื้อไอเทม ทางที่เดิน สกิลที่ใช้อันแรก รุมสกัม รุก ตั้งรับ สวนกลับ ลอบทำร้าย วางกับดัก ถ่วงเวลา ใช้เลห์กล การหลบหนี ชิงไหวชิงพริบ กล่าวง่ายๆ ว่าทุกอณูของเกมคือการใช้สมองของเราทำงานเรื่องความคิด และประมวลผลอยู่ตลอดเวลา การตัดสินใจทุกๆ อย่างจะส่งผลกับรูปเกม นี่แหละ คือสิ่งที่ทำให้ DotA เป็นเกม PC ที่คนไทยเล่นมากที่สุดเป็นอันดับ 1 ถ้าไม่นับเกมออนไลน์ ต่อจาก Counter Strike ที่ถูก SF เขี่ยตกบัลลังไป ร้าน Internet Café\' ทุกหนทุกแห่งมีมันเพื่อรองรับลูกค้าและ ความต้องการที่มีสูงมาก และราคาดี เพราะผู้เล่น DotA จะใช้เวลากับมันนานกว่าเกมออนไลน์อื่นๆ เพราะทั้งหมดนี้ทำให้เราสามารถเข้าเกมและหาคนเล่นด้วยกันอย่างรวดเร็ว (ปัจจุบันมี CCU มากกว่า 20,000 และห้องออนไลน์มากกว่า 5,000 ห้องในเซิร์ฟเวอร์เดียว!) นอกจากนั้นการที่มันเป็นลูกของ WarCraftIII หนึ่งเกมที่ยิ่งใหญ่และมีผู้เล่นมากที่สุดในโลกทำให้มันมี MOD มากมายมหาศาลให้เราเลือกเล่นจนไม่รู้จบ ซึ่งจริงๆ Credit นี้ควรมอบให้กับ WarCraftIII ถ้ามองในมุมมองว่า DotA คือ MOD หนึ่ง แต่หลายคนให้ความเห็นว่ามันกลายเป็น Title เกมใหม่ไปแล้ว

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เกมส์ออนไลน์ online game
คือ เกมส์ ที่คุณสามารถที่จะเล่นกับเพื่อนๆ แบบออนไลน์ได้ทันที สำหรับคนที่เล่น เกมส์ ไม่ได้ โดยจะไปค้างที่หน้า Connect มีสาเหตุดังนี้
1. ที่ทำงานหรือที่โรงเรียนของท่านได้ ปิด Port เอาไว้ ไม่ให้เล่น (TCP 1863)
2. เครื่องของท่านได้เปิดใช้โปรแกรม Personal Firewall แก้ไขได้โดยการปิดโปรแกรมดังกล่าว หรือ อนุญาติให้ใช้ Port TCP 1863 เพื่อเชื่อมต่อ เกมส์
3. สังเกตุง่ายๆ ว่าถ้าคุณเล่น MSN ได้ คุณก็จะสามารถเข้าเล่น เกมส์ เหล่านี้ได้

วิธีการ Install เกม Warcraft III แบบละเอียด

ขั้นตอนการจัดเตรียม Hardware และ Software สำหรับ Warcraft III Frozen Throne

      เนื่องจากเกม Warcraft III Frozen Throne เป็นเกมที่มีการแสดงผลแบบ 3 มิติที่สวยงาม และต้องการ Internet ที่มีความเร็วสูงเพื่อให้การเล่น Online เป็นไปอย่างดีที่สุด ดังนั้นคุณจึงต้องตรวจสอบความพร้อมของเครื่องของคุณ และ Software ก่อนที่จะเริ่ม Download และ Install Warcraft III Frozen Throne

ความต้องการขั้นต่ำของ Warcraft III Frozen Throne
Cpu : Intel, Amd หรืออื่นๆ ความเร็วอย่างต่ำ 1 Ghz
Ram : 256 MB
Harddisk : 1.5 GB
VGA : ระบบแสดงผลที่รองรับ 3D และรองรับ DirectX 8.0 มี Ram 8 MB
Sound : ระบบเสียงที่รองรับ Direct Sound
Software OS : Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP
อื่นๆ : การเชื่อมต่อ Internet ความเร็ว 56k


Supported Video Hardware
- ATI Rage (128 / Orion / Mobility)
- ATI Radeon (9000 series / 7000 series / 8500 series / DDR 32MB / Mobility / Mac Edition)
- GeForce 2 (GTS / Pro / MX Series)
- GeForce 256
- GeForce 3 (GeForce 3 and Ti series)
- GeForce 4 (Ti series / MX Series)
- GeForce FX (All GeForce FX cards)
- Hercules 3D Prophet (4000XT / 4500 64MB)
- Intel (810 / 810E / 82815)
- Kyro & Kyro II
- Matrox (g400 / g450 / g550)
- nForce
- Rage 128 (GL / Pro / Pro Ultra / VR RL)
- Radeon (QD / VE QY)
- S3 ProSavageDDR
- SiS (315)
- TNT / TNT2 (M64 / Pro)
- Trident Blade XP
- Vanta (LT)
- Voodoo 3/4/5


ขั้นตอนการ Setup Warcraft III Frozen Throne
- ใส่แผ่นเกม Warcraft III Reign of Chaos แล้วรอการ Auto Run จะได้ Menu Install ดังภาพ แล้ว Click ที่ Install Warcraft III


-Click ที่ปุ่ม Agree เพื่อตอบตกลง



- ใส่ชื่อที่เราต้องการและ CD-key ให้ถูกต้อง

- เลือก Directory (Folder) ที่ต้องการ ถ้าไม่ได้เลือก ระบบจะกำหนดให้ที่ C:Program FilesWarcraft III ให้เองครับ



- รอการติดตั้ง Warcraft III Reign of Chaos จนเสร็จเรียบร้อยแล้วให้เราใส่แผ่น Warcraft III Frozen Throne แล้ว Click ที่ Install Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne



- ใส่ Cd key ให้ถูกต้อง


- รอการติดตั้งจนเสร็จและเปิด website http://www.thaicybergames.com เพื่อทำการ Update Version ล่าสุด

- สมัครสมาชิกก่อนที่

http://www.thaicybergames.com/webboard/index.php?act=Reg&CODE=00

แล้วทำการกรอกข้อมูลให้ครบถ้วน กด Click ทำเครื่องหมายถูกที่ ช่อง “ข้าพเจ้ายอมรับและปฏิบัติตาม”
และกดปุ่ม Submit my Registration

- เข้าสู่ Menu Download ที่

http://www.thaicybergames.com/webboard/index.php?showtopic=39

แล้วทำการ Download File War3TFT_120a_English.exe เพื่อทำการ Update เป็น Version 1.20 หรือจะโหลดไฟล์จากที่นี่ก็ได้ http://tirkx-mirror3.online-station.net:443/dota/War3TFT_120a_English.exe
- Download เสร็จแล้วให้ทำการ Run File War3TFT_120a_English.exe หากสำเร็จจะได้ผลดังภาพ

Ideally you should have a high speed internet connection to enable you to get the Warcraft 3 download, otherwise you will find that it just isn’t worth the time spent sitting in front of your computer waiting for it to finish downloading (if it even manages to get very far to begin with).

The Warcraft 3 download file is quite large (about 100MB) and should definitely not be handled by an old dial-up connection. After you get through all these requirements you will then need to choose a mirror site from which to get your Warcraft 3 download.

On the official Blizzard site (the creators of Warcraft), mirror sites are given separately for both PC and Mac users for the Warcraft 3 download, as are the system requirements.

Mirror sites include, 5 Mirror sites in the USA for PC users, and 1 mirror site in the USA for Mac users. In the Asia/Pacific/Australia region, you will find that there is 1 mirror site for each system. PC users in Europe will be able to choose Germany for their mirror site, and Mac users will be able to choose France for their mirror site.

In addition to these mirror sites, users all over the world also have the option of using 1 of 2 different mirror sites which are over and above the ones mentioned earlier to get their Warcraft 3 download.

Once you have managed to finally get your Warcraft 3 download (it’s really not as complicated as it sounds), you will then have the chance of at last playing Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos.

By the time that you get through the first few levels which comes along with your Warcraft 3 download, you will either be a lover of the game, or you will be a hater. There are people who only feel indifference to the game but then again these people probably don’t play too many games to begin with!

This way you will either find yourself finding the nearest retail outlet to get the real Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos (as opposed to the Warcraft 3 download), or you will be searching through the many other game offerings looking for something new to catch your fancy.
 

This is however, not a recommended practice as Blizzard, the creators of all things Warcraft, do not smile upon this. What happens if you lose your World of Warcraft CD keys? There have been many people who have asked this question in the many different Warcraft forums, and the answer is always simple.

If you have your original Warcraft game CD then you should be able to find the World of Warcraft CD keys on the CD itself, as you might remember if you cast yourself back to those pre-Warcraft days when you first bought and installed your game. If you’ve lost your original game CD then you’ve also unfortunately lost your World of Warcraft CD keys as well.

World of Warcraft CD keys can also be used for guest users. These users won’t have a regular World of Warcraft account but will instead play using a guest account. This means that they will need to enter active World of Warcraft CD keys every time they want to log in to play.

These World of Warcraft CD keys will each cost a certain amount and give you a set time of playing hours. Once you have exhausted these hours you will then need to buy World of Warcraft CD keys again to activate your guest account.

Normally when you purchase World of Warcraft CD keys you will be able to play for about 30 days. This is sometimes referred to as “free" playing time. This is of course different from the World of Warcraft demo version which you can download and play for 10 days free of charge.

With World of Warcraft CD keys after your time has run out, you will then need to purchase what is referred to as a time card, or a gametime card. These are prepaid cards which allow you to play World of Warcraft for a limited number of days. This is not the same as obtaining World of Warcraft CD keys, and you will need to have an active World of Warcraft account to do this.
 

There’s also the little fact that if you’re part of one of the World of Warcraft clans you always have the ability to ask your guildmates any questions about the game to help you through it.

To become part of any of the World of Warcraft clans you have two options available to you. You can either, form a guild of your own, or you can ask to join an already existing guild.

If it’s the former you will find that there are a few things that you will need to do before you can form your own guild. These are listed below.

To form World of Warcraft clans you will need to first find an NPC (Non-Playable Character) Guildmaster who can give you a guild charter. You will then need to add a minimum of 10 players to this charter, including yourself, and then return the charter to the same Guildmaster you received it from.

After you complete this process to creating your very first of World of Warcraft clans, you can then go about the business of finding a suitable name for your clan. You might find that you need to go through quite a few before you will be able to find one that you like.

With over 8 million players worldwide most of the names you think of for your guild are probably already in use! Your World of Warcraft clans name also needs to be something that is not offensive otherwise it can be renamed and/ or your clan disbanded.

After going through all of that you can then go about the business of creating a clan tabard. This can only be done by approaching a guild creation NPC who can help you to purchase and create your tabard.

You will then need to put down a further 10 gold pieces in order to unlock the tabard. With World of Warcraft clans you also have the option of using private chat channels to be able to speak with your guild members privately.

To join World of Warcraft clans which are already formed you will need to receive an invitation, or you can put in a request to join that clan. And if you find that you don’t like that particular guild you can always leave it and look for another one to join.

There’s also the little fact that if you’re part of one of the World of Warcraft clans you always have the ability to ask your guildmates any questions about the game to help you through it.

To become part of any of the World of Warcraft clans you have two options available to you. You can either, form a guild of your own, or you can ask to join an already existing guild.

If it’s the former you will find that there are a few things that you will need to do before you can form your own guild. These are listed below.

To form World of Warcraft clans you will need to first find an NPC (Non-Playable Character) Guildmaster who can give you a guild charter. You will then need to add a minimum of 10 players to this charter, including yourself, and then return the charter to the same Guildmaster you received it from.

After you complete this process to creating your very first of World of Warcraft clans, you can then go about the business of finding a suitable name for your clan. You might find that you need to go through quite a few before you will be able to find one that you like.

With over 8 million players worldwide most of the names you think of for your guild are probably already in use! Your World of Warcraft clans name also needs to be something that is not offensive otherwise it can be renamed and/ or your clan disbanded.

After going through all of that you can then go about the business of creating a clan tabard. This can only be done by approaching a guild creation NPC who can help you to purchase and create your tabard.

You will then need to put down a further 10 gold pieces in order to unlock the tabard. With World of Warcraft clans you also have the option of using private chat channels to be able to speak with your guild members privately.

To join World of Warcraft clans which are already formed you will need to receive an invitation, or you can put in a request to join that clan. And if you find that you don’t like that particular guild you can always leave it and look for another one to join.

This means that not only will you get information on World of Warcraft Allakhazam will also be able to give you information on other such MMORPG’s. That is of course if you can tear yourself away from World of Warcraft to play something else entirely, which many World of Warcraft players would say is tantamount to sacrilege.

Having said that you can be one of the millions on the World of Warcraft Allakhazam site to have their say and post their comment about anything and everything that is Warcraft related.

And the best thing about the World of Warcraft Allakhazam site? It’s free, totally and absolutely free. Unless of course you want to signup for the World of Warcraft Allakhazam premium membership, in which case you will need to fork out a very small sum (under four dollars per month) to get access to all sorts of services not offered by the normal member login.

These include such things as being able to get your World of Warcraft Allakhazam journal, being able to have your avatar to say you’re you, along with the fact that you also get access to more refined search options than you otherwise would. You also get the bonus of having the advertisements turned off with a premium account.

If you’re wondering whether you will have access to the World of Warcraft Allakhazam search database if you’re not a premium member, then wonder no more. You will definitely have the same access to the same database, the same as all the premium members.

The only thing you won’t have is the refined search. To post a comment on one of the many forums you will either need to have a free member log-in, or a premium member log-in. Just anyone can’t walk in from off the streets and start posting comments on the World of Warcraft Allakhazam forums.

And if you’re completely new to whole World of Warcraft Allakhazam will be able to give you all the help that you need in the form of its massive online community. And this is not something to be scoffed at or taken lightly. You will also find that if you use the World of Warcraft Allakhazam community wisely that you will be better equipped to play your game.  
 

It’s just a simple matter of doing a quick search on the internet for World of Warcraft guides and choosing a few which look promising. You can even continue to do this until you find the sites which satisfy your World of Warcraft needs.

A guide is also what is called a walkthrough and to find more on the subject all you need to do is to do a search for this as you would for World of Warcraft guides. They will ultimately yield up the same or similar results.

World of Warcraft guides are good in that they can help you find your way through the many quests, lands and towns of Warcraft without putting you to too much trouble. These are not in the way of cheats or exploits as they only help you through the various parts of the game.  

They are in effect, detailed descriptions of how to get through certain portions of World of Warcraft, and they have been compiled by other gamers such as yourself.

You will find World of Warcraft guides for just about everything that you can think of, with the most popular being that of how to get gold. If you look, just about everywhere you will find that there are references to obtaining gold.

With the World of Warcraft guides however, you can go about these in a legitimate manner without having to resort to hacks and cheats. World of Warcraft guides can also help you to level up faster as you can by taking advantage of the other gamers’ experience and knowledge of the World of Warcraft.

If you spend even just a little time away from the game and pay attention to some of the World of Warcraft guides you will find that you can progress far easier through your quests than if you went into them ignorant of what lay ahead of you. Then again, that is part of the fun, being able to explore the game on your own.

Submitted by: WoW
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There's never a dull moment as you move around the board, landing on a variety of spaces like:

Trading Post: Trade food, animal, and shelter cards as you strategize to collect four habitats for your zoo.

Lucky Day: Earn extra chances to gain resources for trading and building, putting you one step closer to Opening Day Stormy Weather: Encounter unexpected events, like an unorganized zookeeper forgetting to order your panda food!

Clear Skies: Get fun surprises to advance your zoo, like gorillas having babies!

Every turn keeps each player thinking and planning their way to the ribbon cutting. The first player to complete a zoo gets to celebrate their Opening Day!

Have a nice day..!

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As an avid retro-gamer, for quite a long time I've been very interested in the history of video games. Even more specifically, a subject that I am very passionate about is "Which was the first video game ever made?"... So, I begin a deep investigation on this matter (and writing this article, the first in a series of articles that will cover in detail all video gaming history).

The question was: Which was the first video game ever made?

The answer: Well, as a lot of things in life, there is no easy answer to that question. It depends on your own definition of the term "video game". For example: When you refer to the term "the first video game", do you mean the first video game that was commercially-made, or the first console game, or maybe the first digitally programmed game? Because of this, I made a short list of video games that in one way or another were the beginners of the video gaming industry. You will notice that these original video games were not created with the idea of making them profitable (back in those years there was no Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Sega,  Atari, or any other video game company in existence). Actually, the sole idea of a "video game" or an electronic mechanism which only purpose was "playing games and having fun" was impossible to conceive by more than 99% of the population of that era. But thanks to this small group of innovators who walked the first steps into the video gaming revolution, we can enjoy many hours of fun and entertainment today (keeping aside the creation of millions of jobs during the past 4 or 5 decades).  Without further ado, here are the "first video game nominees":

1940s: Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device

This is considered (with official documentation) as the first electronic game device ever manufactured. It was created by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann. The device was developed in the 1940s and submitted for an US Patent by January 1947. The patent was granted December 1948, which also makes it the first electronic game system to ever receive a patent (US Patent 2,455,992). As described in the patent, it consisted of an analog circuit device with an array of knobs used to control a dot that showed in the cathode ray tube display. The video game was created after how missiles appeared in WWII radars, and the object of the game was simply to control a "missile" that should hit a target. In the 1940s it was extremely difficult (for not saying impossible) to show graphics in a Cathode Ray Tube display. So, only the actual "missile" was showed on the display. All other graphics including the target were showed on screen overlays manually placed over the display screen. It is rumored that this gaming device was the inspiration of Atari's famous video game "Missile Command".

1951: NIMROD

NIMROD was the name of a digital computer device from the 50s decade. The designers of this computer were the engineers of an UK-based enterprise called Ferranti, with the purpose of displaying the computer at the 1951 Festival of Britain (and after some time it was also presented in Berlin).

NIM is a two-player numerical game of strategy, which is believed to come originally from the ancient China. NIM game rules are simple: There are a certain number of "heaps" (groups of objects), and each group contains a certain number of objects (a usual starting array of NIM is 3 heaps containing 3, 4, and 5 objects each). Each player remove objects from the heaps in turns, but all removed objects must be from a single heap and the amount of removed objects is not 0. The player to take the last object of the last heap is the loser, but there is a variation of the game where the player to take the last object of the last heap is the winner.

NIMROD used a panel full of lights as a display and was designed and made with the sole purpose of playing a game called NIM, which makes it the first digital computer device to be designed exclusively for playing a game (however the main idea was to show and illustrate how a digital computer works, rather than as a way of entertainment and having fun). Because it doesn't have "raster video equipment" as a display (a TV set, monitor, etc.) it's been said that it does not qualify as a real "video game" (an electronic game, yes… a video game, no…). But once again, it really depends on your point of view when you talk about a "video game".

1952: OXO ("Noughts and Crosses")

OXO was a computer-programmed version of "Tic-Tac-Toe", created for an EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator) computer. It was designed by Alexander S. Douglas from the University of Cambridge, and once again it was not made for entertainment, it was part of his PhD Thesis on "Interactions between human and computer".

The rules of the game are those of a regular Tic-Tac-Toe game, player against the computer (no 2-player option was available). The device used as input was a rotary dial (like the ones in old telephones). The output was showed in a 35x16-pixel cathode-ray tube display. This game was never very popular because the EDSAC computer was only available at the University of Cambridge, so it was not possible to install it and play it in other places (until a long time later when an EDSAC emulator was created and distributed, and by that time many other great video games where available also…).

1958: Tennis for Two

This game was created by William Higinbotham, a scientist from the Brookhaven National Laboratory. It was made as a way of entertainment, so laboratory visitors had something funny to do while they were waiting on "visitors day" (at last!... a video game that was created "just for the fun of it"…) . The electronic game was very well designed for its era: the ball behavior was modified by many factors like position/angle of contact, wind speed, gravity and so on; you had to avoid the net as in real tennis, and many other options. The video game hardware also had two "joysticks" (two controllers with a rotational knob and a push button each) connected to an analog console, and an oscilloscope as a display.

Many people consider "Tennis for Two" the first video game ever created. But as before, other people differ from the idea as they said that "it was a computer game, not a video game" or "the output display was an oscilloscope, not a "raster" video display… so it does not counts as a video game". But you know… you can't please everyone…

It's been said that "Tennis for Two" was the inspiration for Atari's world famous video game "Pong", but this rumor has never been supported by Atari representatives… as expected.

1961: Spacewar!

"Spacewar!" video game was created by Stephen Russell, with the help of J. Martin Graetz, Peter Samson, Alan Kotok, Wayne Witanen and Dan Edwards from MIT. During the 1960s, MIT was "the place to be" if your plan was to do computer research and development. So this half a dozen of ingenious guys took advantage of a brand-new computer was ordered and expected to arrive campus very soon (a DEC PDP-1) and started planning on what kind of hardware testing programs could be developed. When they discovered that a "Precision CRT Display" would be part of the hardware for the system, they all decided that "some kind of visual/interactive game" would be the demonstration software that would be perfect for the PDP-1. And after some discussion, it was soon decided to be a space battle game of some sort. After this decision, all other ideas started coming out very fast: like game rules, designing concepts, programming ideas, etc..

So after about 200 man/hours of design and programming, the first version of the game was at last ready to be tested. The game consisted of two spaceships (affectively named by players "pencil" and "wedge") targeting missiles at each other with a star at the center of the display (which "pulls" both spaceships because of its gravitational force). A set of control switches was used to control each spaceship (for missiles, speed, rotation, and "hyperspace"). A limited amount of fuel and missiles was available for each spaceship, and the hyperspace function was like a "panic button", in case everything else fails (it could either "save you or break you").

The computer game was an instant hit between MIT students and programmers, and soon they started programming their own updates to the game program (like real star charts for background, star/no star option, background disable option, angular momentum option, etc.). The game code was emulated to several other computer platforms (since it required a video display, a hard to find option in 1960s computers, it was mostly emulated to newer/cheaper DEC systems like the PDP-10 and PDP-11).

Many people consider that "Spacewar!" is not only the first "real" video game ever made (notice that this game does have a video display), but it also have been proved to be the true predecessor of the first arcade game, as well as serving as inspiration of several other video games, consoles, and even video gaming companies (can you say "Atari"?...). But that's another story, arcade games and console video games were written in another page of the history of video games (so come back for future articles on these subjects).

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So there they are, the "First Video Game" nominees. Which one do you think is the first video game ever made?... In my humble opinion, I think all previously mentioned games were pioneers of its era, and must be credited as a group as the beginners of the video gaming revolution. More than looking for which one was the first video game, what is really important is that they were created, and that's the bottom line. Like Stephen Russell, creator of Spacewar!, said: "If I hadn't done it, someone would have done something equally exciting if not better in the next six months. I just happened to get there first".
Submitted by: Ian Blake
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Written by: Ian Blake, The History of Video Games Blog
 

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