Video-Games in the 1960's (Yes, They Existed)

Video-games in the 1960's.  Now, I know what you're saying.  "You're crazy!  There weren't any video-games in the 60's."  But then again, you would think the same thing of computers, wouldn't you?

Computers existed in the 1960's.  They looked like this.

You know, kind of like Batman's Batcomputer in the 60's show.

Calculators, or "calculating machines", existed, and they looked like this.

It was necessary to build the world's first calculator before building the world's first video-game.  There's more than one reason for this.  One, every video-game involves mathematics and scorekeeping.  Two, the first video-games involved symbols and characters like these:

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Those were the original frames of animation equivalent to Mario jumping.

Such calculator games would end up making a comeback in 1999.

Now let's explore what video-games were like in the 1960's.