The cathode-ray tube amusement device is the earliest-known concept for an interactive electronic game, as well as the first game concept to incorporate an electronic display.

The device simulates an artillery shell arcing towards targets on a cathode-ray tube (CRT) screen, which is controlled by the player by adjusting knobs to change the trajectory of a CRT...

Mar 28, 2016 · He tells Popular Mechanics he remembers Goldsmith demonstrating for him the cathode-ray tube amusement device. "It never registered that this would have been the first video game,"...

Apr 30, 2020 · So, whether or not you agree to class it as a video game, the Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device is the first patented electronic game and despite being labelled as nothing more …

American television pioneer Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, and Estle Ray Mann constructed the game from analog electronics and a cathode ray tube (CRT) . Goldsmith and Mann's …

On a cold morning on January 25, 1947 at the U.S. Patent Office, Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann submitted an invention that is now recognized as one of the earliest examples of the...

Jan 8, 2024 · The cathode-ray tube amusement device, also known as the CRT amusement device, is widely regarded as the first electronic game. It was invented by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle …

In a device of the character described, a. sawtooth wave generator, a cathode-ray tube, means to vary the output voltage of said generator, means to obtain impulses from said generator to...

The cathode-ray tube amusement device consists of a cathode-ray tube (CRT) connected to basic oscilloscope type circuitry with a set of knobs and switches. The device also incorporates very simple …

Oct 21, 2008 · In 1948, ten years before Higinbotham’s Tennis for Two, Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle R. Mann patented the “Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device,” making this currently the …