1971’s Computer Space – The First Arcade Video Game
Arcade games have been around since the early 1900s. From ball rolling pastimes like Skee-Ball and Fascination to the burger joint stand-bys like Pinball, America has long had a fascination with dumping coins into things to get a thrill (including that movie I saw with your mother last night!). But in 1971, a 26-year-old named Nolan Bushnell who worked for Nutting Associates with the then bizarre job title of “Videogame Designer”, invented a new type of arcade game called Computer … read more