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The history of video games

In 1947, Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann filed a patent for a cathode ray tube amusement device, which is considered the first electronic game. In 1958, William Higinbotham created Tic-Tac-Toe and Chess, two of the first games played on a cathode ray tube (CRT) display. The first games to use a graphical user interface (GUI), allowing players to use a controller to play, were 1958's Tennis for Two and Spacewar! from 1962. from 1962, both created by students at the University of Illinois. The first video game, however, was created in 1951 by American physicist William Higinbotham. He created a tennis simulation game based on a simple oscilloscope display. The game was played on an oscilloscope. The use of CRT technology was the basis of future video games. The first video game was created in 1952 on the ENIAC computer at the University of Pennsylvania. It was called Tic-Tac-Toe and was created by Arthur Samuel.

The first game that used a computer screen was Tennis for Two. In 1958, William Higinbotham created the game with the goal of creating an easier way to play Tic-Tac-Toe. In 1972, the first arcade video game was created by Nolan Bushnell, who established the arcade video game industry. In 1973, the first portable video game was created by Milton Bradley. In 1974, the first home video game console was created by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz and Wayne Wiitanen. In the same year, the first home video game console was created by Ralph Baer, the Magnavox Odyssey. In 1976, the first video game to use a microprocessor was created. The game was created by the Japanese company Taito and was called Space Invaders. The first video game to feature a human player is Spacewar! in 1962. This game allowed two players to compete. The game was created by a group of students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1972, the first arcade video game was created by Nolan Bushnell, who established the arcade video game industry. In 1973, the first portable video game was created by Milton Bradley. In 1974, the first home video game console was created by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz and Wayne Wiitanen. In the same year, the first home video game console was created by Ralph Baer, the Magnavox Odyssey. In 1976, the first video game to use a microprocessor was created. The game was created by the Japanese company Taito and was called Space Invaders.

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Random in Computers

Computers can generate truly random numbers if given a source of entropy. This is used in cryptography where truly random numbers are needed, for example for creating encryption keys. Computers can also be used to simulate random events. By generating a series of random numbers from a stochastic process, like a Poisson process or a Markov process, a simulation of the process itself can be obtained. This is used in computer animation for the generation of natural looking phenomena, for example the way water flows in a stream. Random number generation is also used in statistical sampling to generate a representative sample from a population. If a sequence of numbers is naively generated from a true random number generator, the numbers may appear to have a pattern. The period of this pattern is the length of the seed number used. Once the whole seed number has been used, the sequence repeats. Since computers can only store and manipulate numbers as a discrete set of values, in practice all computer-generated random numbers are random. That is, each number is associated with a specific algorithm and stream of data, and the characteristics of that data affect the numbers generated. In other words, the sequence of numbers is determined by the program, which is a deterministic process. The problem is that if the algorithm is not truly random, it is possible, by examining the patterns in the sequence of numbers, to predict future values in the sequence. This is a form of statistical attack. This can be countered by changing the seed number periodically. With each new seed, a different sequence is started, which as far as is known, has an unpredictable pattern. This is exactly what is done for the sequences in many types of random number generators, including those used in computer graphics and games. In these applications, the sequence of numbers is usually displayed. Anyone who knows the algorithm can then "re-seed" the generator, with the seed number found from the sequence, and thus generate the same sequence of numbers. In computer graphics, this is not considered a problem, as what is being displayed is the pattern, not the numbers. In cryptography and computer security, however, it is a problem, since an attacker can use such a sequence of numbers to predict future values. random numbers are random enough for most practical purposes. For example, they may be used in simulations involving games of chance, like poker or blackjack. The random numbers are used to determine the outcome.