Video Game (Sorted by Year Ascending)
1. Turochamp (1948 Video Game)
Sport
Turochamp is the first video game ever made in history.
Votes: 18
2. Bertie the Brain (1950 Video Game)
Bertie the Brain was a 13 foot tall computer that allowed exhibition attendees to play a game of tic-tac-toe against Bertie itself. The player must enter a move on a lit keypad in the form ... See full summary »
3. OXO (1952 Video Game)
Action
A simulation on the game of tic-tac-toe in which its program was written on the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, or EDSAC for short. The player and the CPU is able to choose ... See full summary »
Votes: 25
5. Tennis for Two (1958 Video Game)
E10+ | Sport
A tennis simulation game displayed on an oscilloscope and played with two custom aluminum controllers. The game depicts the tennis court as a long horizontal line and a small line in the ... See full summary »
Votes: 44
6. Spacewar! (1962 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
Two players control two space ships engaged in a duel in the middle of outer space.
Director: Steve Russel
Votes: 51
10. Hamurabi (1968 Video Game)
The player takes on the role of Hammurabi, the sixth king of the First Babylonian dynasty. The objective is to manage the dynasty through ten rounds of game-play. The tasks involve how much... See full summary »
Votes: 19
12. Space Travel (1969 Video Game)
Sci-Fi
A spaceflight simulation in which the player controls a spaceship as it flies through a representation of the Solar System. The game has no specific objectives, other than to attempt to ... See full summary »
Votes: 12
13. Lunar (1969 Video Game)
Sci-Fi
The player's aim is to successfully land a lander on the moon's surface.
16. The Oregon Trail (1971 Video Game)
Adventure, Family, History
The player takes on the role of a wagon leader guiding a group of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley on the Oregon Trail via a covered wagon in the year 1848.
Star: Richard Ellman Kennedy
Votes: 178
17. Computer Space (1971 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
Take control of a rocket ship as it travels across reaches of outer space. The mission assigned to the rocket is to shoot a pair of flying saucers while avoiding their line of fire. along ... See full summary »
Votes: 38
18. Star Trek (1971 Video Game)
Sci-Fi
Star Trek is a text-based strategy video game based on the Star Trek television series in which the player, controlling the USS Enterprise starship, flies through the galaxy and hunts down Klingon warships within a time limit.
Votes: 30
19. Galaxy Game (1971 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
Galaxy Game is a space combat arcade game developed in 1971 during the early era of video games. Created by Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck, it was one of the first coin-operated video games; its ... See full summary »
Votes: 21
20. Empire (1971 Video Game)
Adventure
Empire is a turn-based 4X wargame for up to 100 players. The game world is made up out of sectors on a hexagonal grid with a designation (agricultural, industrial, etc.) The player must ... See full summary »
22. Pong (1972 Video Game)
E | Family, Sport
Two players play a video version of table tennis. The first to score 11 points wins.
Votes: 930
25. Bagels (1972 Video Game)
Family
A mastermind game where the player must guess the computer's code.
34. Star Trek (1972 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
A text-based game describing the events on the USS Enterprise. You make the choices during a battle with an enemy spaceship, such as moving the Enterprise or firing phasers.
Votes: 17
38. Number: A Number Guessing Game (1972 Video Game)
Family
The computer has a number in mind and the player must try to guess it. After each guess the computer says whether the player is over or under or has guessed it.