The five part series, Rise of the Video Game, examines the evolution of the video game and its cultural impact of the world of entertainment today. The 1st episode in the series titled ‘Level One’ starts off at the beginning of the video game evolution. Cold war technology brought the development of advanced computer technology. This new computer technology was use to develop the first video game in 1958 - Tennis for Two. The space race and the vietnam war led to the development of Space War! & the 2 first video game giants - Nolan Bushnell & Atari. A post WWII Japan led to even furthering of electronic technology which led to the golden age of video games. Famous people interviewed include the Pac-Man designer, Steve Russell, Nolan Bushnell, and Ralph Baer.

Level One: In the 1950s, the Cold War quickly evolved between the world superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union. Mutually assured destruction enforced an uneasy stalemate, yet also drove computer technology to create missile simulations to predict the results of a nuclear war. This same computer technology was used to develop the 1st computer game in 1958 ? Tennis for Two. The Space Race & the Vietnam war coincided with Steve Russell’s game Space War! and the emergence of the 1st true giants in the video game business ? Nolan Bushnell and Atari. In post-World War II Japan, electronics and computer technology emerged to rebuild a land and econahmy devastated by the atomic bomb. Space Invaders & Pac-Man soon followed, & the golden age of video games was born. Among others, individuals featured in this episode include Steve Russell, Nolan Bushnell, Ralph Baer (considered by many to be the inventor of the video game) & Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man designer). Video games emerged as a form of entertainment where the player was in control, as opposed to the more passive diversion of watching television.

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