1951 in video gaming

1951 in video gaming

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. [http://www.goodeveca.net/nimrod/ Nimrod Game Computer] ] 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.

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