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@Javlin954 жыл бұрын
" Welp, 15 minutes, we have our answers, time to- " " *What is a video game?* " * fastens seatbelt *
@skyro17654 жыл бұрын
Tamás Csernák this is why I love him
@MrKillRoy144 жыл бұрын
*Vsauce music intensifies*
@111nf1n1ty4 жыл бұрын
crign
@thetman00684 жыл бұрын
vvVVVmm. Click.
@BigPoppaShawarma4 жыл бұрын
27:05 Just what _is_ “evidence” anyway?
@rustyshackleford15084 жыл бұрын
Imagine being married to this guy... "Hey honey, remember our first date?" *"To do that, we have to go back to the beginning, starting with defining what a date is, and what it isn't."*
@aghayejalebian73644 жыл бұрын
Hey honey, can you pick up the kid? "To do that, we have to go back to the beginning, starting with defining what a kid is, and what it isn't."
@Sereiya4 жыл бұрын
Hey honey, can you cook today? "To do that, we have to go back to the beginning, starting with defining what food is, and what it isn't."
@stevenbobbybills4 жыл бұрын
"Stu, can you pick up the groceries?" "To do that, we have to go back to the beginning, starting with defining what fresh produce is, and what it isn't."
@METALFREAK034 жыл бұрын
Surely you would have to define what the meaning of time is before you can work out a date. As before the georgian calendar you had many others which did them vastly differently.
@CW-yp9jo4 жыл бұрын
@@METALFREAK03 To do that, we have to go back to the beginning, starting with defining what calenders are, and what aren't.
@FAIZAFEI2 жыл бұрын
"A video game must exist" So, Polybius is not video game
@trinidad17 Жыл бұрын
Video games, or any name for that matter, can be used to reference both the idea, and also instances of the thing itself.
@maccaswam10 ай бұрын
Polybius is a video game, just not existant enough to be considered legible for the list.
@KingThrillgore10 ай бұрын
Well its definitely one now that its been released.
@taufox44199 ай бұрын
its a "virtual" videogame
@keeganmcginnis4729 ай бұрын
I still believe. Ahoy made it clear it was fabricated, but I want to believe.
@andyjay7292 жыл бұрын
"If, when walking down the halls of MIT, you should happen to hear strange cries of 'No! No! Turn! Fire! ARRGGGHHH!!', do not be alarmed. Another Western is not being filmed - MIT students and others are merely participating in a new sport, Spacewar." - One of the first media descriptions of gamers, 1962
@leightonpetty48172 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear nothing’s changed in over half a century
@override74862 жыл бұрын
Where's the quote from?
@kamikazemelon7872 жыл бұрын
"on me on me on me fuck i'm dead" - Overheard at MIT 1962
@casonhall5268 Жыл бұрын
I think I've shouted the exact same thing a few times
@gulc Жыл бұрын
Teabagging back in those archaic times must have been spectacular.
@burmecian1234 жыл бұрын
"Along with manufacturer Nutting Associates..." It was a different time.
@mindmadeover4 жыл бұрын
Yup. Now we just call them "the boys".
@weakestlink204 жыл бұрын
Try telling that to Pirates ownership.
@JonnesTT4 жыл бұрын
I... I died XD
@daviddixon98494 жыл бұрын
lool
@merrittanimation77214 жыл бұрын
I'd be suspicious if this was a modern company.
@whynotanyting4 жыл бұрын
"Darling, you better stop all processes on that cathode-ray tube amusement device and come down for dinner." "But MOM! It's a real-time transcontinental cooperative simulation! I can't just stop it!"
@nighthoodlupin35004 жыл бұрын
Ded before you complete the sentence
@spectolder85364 жыл бұрын
*Nukes Moscow* Fine, i`m coming!
@Ida-xe8pg4 жыл бұрын
THE GLOCK VIDEO IS COMING BOIS
@Burn_Angel4 жыл бұрын
"Just pause it"
@scarydave72454 жыл бұрын
Multiplayer ?
@zachmueller29122 жыл бұрын
Calling pong the first game is like calling the Ford model T the first car, it was the first popular and easily accessible car, but like atari with pong, it was not even fords first car, let alone the first motor vehicle on wheels...
@jaceworley2 жыл бұрын
My dad had told me about the history of video games. He told me about the Brown Box... or Magnavox Odyssey. Originally I thought Pong was the first game too, but that was back in 2014. When I learned about the Magnavox that alone had amazed me. I delved into this extreme retro (in some cases just oldie games!) phenomenon. There I learned about Space War. Then other things like the Nintendo Color TV and many old early consoles, Microvision and etc. I kept researching this until I found Tennis for Two, and OXO. Finally, I found a website that listed the 'entire' history of games. Dating earliest to 1940; the Cathode Ray Amusement Device. Googling this device I found this video, which opened up so many earlier devices that could have been possibly used for some prototype version of gaming. It just amazes me how much people don't know about this stuff! When there are still many who say Pong is the absolute first game.
@mortenera2294 Жыл бұрын
@@jaceworley Are you a kid?
@deleted-something Жыл бұрын
Ye
@R3SerialDreams2 Жыл бұрын
The first proto-car was the Benz Motorwagen.
@Game_Hero Жыл бұрын
@@R3SerialDreams2 The French in 1668 and 1769 : are we a joke to you?
@MOS65822 жыл бұрын
That creeping realisation that the beautiful “cold-war military briefing” look isn’t After Effects but is instead countless pieces of actual footage of him placing and removing negative transparencies on a projector. And they’re all smoothly blended meaning he sweetened every cut individually. To quote Ian Malcom in Jurassic Park: “You did it. You crazy son of a bitch, you did it.”
@TjaVideos2 жыл бұрын
im just hoping its all paper/cardboard that he will recycle, and not all plastic waste.
@comradeurod98052 жыл бұрын
@@TjaVideos even if so, THATS what you're concerned about?
@TjaVideos2 жыл бұрын
you dont agree that it would suck if it was all plastic sheets that he uses?
@humboldtdrygoods10872 жыл бұрын
@@TjaVideos NO why care?
@vjcodec2 жыл бұрын
The son of a bitch did it! Still a lot of after effects involved here! I’m trying to figure out ways it could be done. One way could be making trackable shots of placing a sheet on the projector. And then track the surface and displacement of the sheet creating a plate for for textures. That way you need around 20 shots to create the illusion of constant variations combining this with serval key real slides to put in the edit really sells the effect. But for now I’m to deep in the suspension of disbelief to know for sure. As someone who does vfx and motion graphics everyday that really impressive for me! Tip of the hat to this amazing creator!
@BayBerry13374 жыл бұрын
36:20 “oxo may even be the first video game” Me: *sees 24 minutes left in the video* I guess not
@TopBurger2394 жыл бұрын
fuck you spoiled me
@DarthAcaila4 жыл бұрын
@@TopBurger239 Never read the comments on a video that poses a question until the very end!
@bulldowozer58584 жыл бұрын
*OxO* , notices your traces of Vector, graphic, dots.
@maestrozero1174 жыл бұрын
It's like when you check the time watching an hour long crime show
@stekuns6124 жыл бұрын
Mom said it's my turn on the Cathode Tube Ray Amusement Device!
@mythicalplow81914 жыл бұрын
Mom said it was my turn to sue magnavox Not sure if i spelled that right lol
@gblawrence0344 жыл бұрын
“Amusement device” sounds like something that would come out of Aperture Laboratories
@mythicalplow81914 жыл бұрын
@@gblawrence034 i can agree with that one 🤣
@un-nown72274 жыл бұрын
Arlo Plow thats what i was thinking
@edwardpm894 жыл бұрын
@@mythicalplow8191 And magnavox won(again)
@ChrisStoneinator2 жыл бұрын
This came up at a "pub quiz" during fresher's week at my uni halls a couple years ago... My table wanted to guess Pong, but I knew that wasn't right, so I strongly suggested we guess something like Computer Space instead (not the oldest, but closer and it's all that came to mind). The answer they wanted was Pong. I was not a popular man that evening.
@thotusmaximus9712 жыл бұрын
Argue the truth! Tell them if the previous games that existed that could be qualified as video games!
@ChrisStoneinator2 жыл бұрын
@@thotusmaximus971 oh dude trust me as soon as they read out that answer I literally leapt to my own defense. Before the poor girl could finish annunciating the "G" and before I even fully registered what was happening, a "NO IT ISN'T" erupted from my lips as I stood up at my table with such velocity as to spill two of the drinks on it. They wouldn't have it. Bastards.
@thotusmaximus9712 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisStoneinator aw that sucks, I mean, stating/claiming something probably isn't enough evidence xD refer to the real answer clearly and if asked for sources just give them the video lol idk :/ Kinda sucks tho, but hey, you did what you could, it's all fine in the end
@PikaLink91 Жыл бұрын
@@ChrisStoneinator Of course they wouldn’t, because when they have written an answer, hot dammit, then that’s final, no ifs or buts. Sigh, not only are videogames still a very frowned upon market, especially among adults, but this clearly shows how ignorant non gamers are about the medium. You did what you could mate, but we lost as a community that day.
@ChrisStoneinator Жыл бұрын
@@PikaLink91 Honestly man, they didn't say Super Mario so we gotta take the Ws we can get
@noizepusher75942 жыл бұрын
I love how the the two common early video game concepts are space and tennis
@ajmofficial36572 жыл бұрын
what if tennis is played in space?
@RichConnerGMN2 жыл бұрын
nice pfp
@jackieburkhart3268 Жыл бұрын
@@ajmofficial3657 you are about 60 years late to this idea
@ajmofficial3657 Жыл бұрын
@@jackieburkhart3268 better than no idea
@tko03 Жыл бұрын
@@jackieburkhart3268 roasted
@SentientHoodii4 жыл бұрын
"first, it must exist" Hmmm, yes. Of course.
@hotcocoadrinker4 жыл бұрын
He means there must be evidence of it. But yeah, ahoy just flexin' on Greek philosophers.
@togglefire35374 жыл бұрын
"oh yeah it's big brain time"
@memphisraines56994 жыл бұрын
Hmm, you reminded me of Polybius.
@applehack974 жыл бұрын
shots fired on Polybius
@Inexpressable4 жыл бұрын
A DVD menu is not a video game, by the way.
@expendableindigo96394 жыл бұрын
You can't just casually reveal that you're named after an old magazine like that!
@Xlanzilla4 жыл бұрын
Expendable Indigo thought I was the only one...... feels like a secret like the ugly child in the attic
@JJAB914 жыл бұрын
Except his original name was Xbox Ahoy
@hydrochloricacid21464 жыл бұрын
They're likely unrelated.
@expendableindigo96394 жыл бұрын
@@hydrochloricacid2146 I doubt that. They both have the exclamation point and it's literally a channel about game history.
@expendableindigo96394 жыл бұрын
@@JJAB91 TIL. Thank you.
@Azelf892 жыл бұрын
50:48 “Also, Video Games are a British invention.” You can just tell that Ahoy felt an immense amount of national pride when he makes this statement.
@skipads51412 жыл бұрын
Making lazy people even lazier. What a lazy accomplishment.
@daniellove1622 жыл бұрын
@@skipads5141 - Thank you for applying immense productivity when applying your zero stakes, anonymous criticism. Appreciated.
@chemergency2 жыл бұрын
"God save the queen!"
@eustahijelifetips2 жыл бұрын
@@chemergency and the n-word regime
@override74862 жыл бұрын
@@eustahijelifetips what??
@DNPaterson2 жыл бұрын
I remember playing Space War at university in the early 70's! It was certainly a challenging game, and the first time I'd seen anything like it. After a few career diversions I was lucky enough to end up spending half my working life developing games. Things have changed a lot over those 50-ish years... 🙂
@gulpbiys57052 жыл бұрын
This kzbin.info/www/bejne/raXFlJSNo96VsNU .
@Annathroy Жыл бұрын
They certainly have, yes. Where did you end up working?
@DNPaterson Жыл бұрын
My first games job was at DMA Design, and my first games credit was in GTA 1 🙂 I spent a few great years there, and after they were bought by Rockstar I moved around various other companies. Fun times but it's a very demanding business, and I eventually switched to a job in embedded/real-time systems development.
@overratedprogrammer5 ай бұрын
Oh the knowledge and wisdom you must have.. might be thinking I'm kidding but you have so much experience you are the kind of person I'd kill to have conversations with
@pistonnbnz4 жыл бұрын
"Hey bro nice video game" he says as he looks at your ceiling light
@guisampaio20083 жыл бұрын
@@asimpledevice It is not intended for entertainment tho.
@DlcEnergy3 жыл бұрын
And my light bulb has a remote control. I can change the colors, the brightness, and the speed it transitions or rate it changes. People last century would be having a blast playing simon says on this... lol
@iGoNorth3 жыл бұрын
@@guisampaio2008 yea it is. Why else would kids flip them on and off rapidly
@lg3zamzam9303 жыл бұрын
@@iGoNorth to get the fire achievement
@michellebalogun14213 жыл бұрын
@@DlcEnergy you can play red light green light
@billybeamng3 жыл бұрын
Computers in 1951: ray tracing Computers in 2020: ray tracing
@user-tb8lg5jo1u3 жыл бұрын
computers in 3020: fancy ray tracing
@melonadeplays2313 жыл бұрын
Computers in 6969: Super Powered Ray Tracing
@arempy58363 жыл бұрын
Computers in 78§90X: GNI(@RT-¥AR-MUTN4UQ
@GamingFrazix3 жыл бұрын
the 2020 ones also have intensive racing noises
@indigenoustruthspeaker31293 жыл бұрын
Fools I am the single player gamer from the year 9 trillion years we have super invanz god mode ray-traceying
@bpinred2 жыл бұрын
50:03 I think we blew past the importance of Strachey's love letter algorithm. Noah Wardrip-Fruin of Grand Text Auto cites it as a 1952 program. It randomly generated satirical love poems, which you could loosely interpret as interactive by needing a user to initiate the random generation in the first place. While not strictly a video game, an argument can easily be made for the love poem algorithm being the first piece of interactive fiction. So it's possible that the first video game and the first interactive fiction stood side by side, created one after the other, from the same source. That they were sister mediums all this time. And that's kind of poetic.
@cashkromsupernerd11932 жыл бұрын
Doki Doki Computer Science Club?
@Platitudinous90002 жыл бұрын
Ok hold on I dunno if I'm willing to count "requires user input to initiate program function" as any more interactive than the example of starting a film on a DVD. "loosely" is doing a lot of work here
@immaterialJess Жыл бұрын
What about choose your own adventure novels
@PixelGH Жыл бұрын
can i just say you're a friggin incredible musician? i had no clue you produced all the music in your videos until i came to your bandcamp. incredible stuff.
@armorhide406 Жыл бұрын
Dude's a friggin Renaissance man
@DOOMxMD4 жыл бұрын
"I think that qualifies as a video game. It might even be the first." There's 24 minutes left - here we go boiiiiiis
@wobblysauce4 жыл бұрын
+
@TheImmortalPwnage4 жыл бұрын
Just got to that bit
@Canleaf084 жыл бұрын
"Oh, there is more.... "
@applehack974 жыл бұрын
"first, it must exist" even when it's another video Ahoy keeps roasting Polybius...
@andotus76374 жыл бұрын
I didn’t think of this, but I hope this roasting continues.
@draexian5302 жыл бұрын
I love how, just by compiling all of this, Ahoy has inserted himself into the annals of Video Game history.
@henrycrabs3497 Жыл бұрын
Anal lol
@dariusanderton37602 жыл бұрын
Fond memories. In the 1970s when I was about 10, I was visiting a friend whose family was well off, and they had Pong hooked up to their TV. It looked cool, but simplistic, and I thought it was a lot of money for such a boring game.
@CaptainHalibut9 ай бұрын
I think we all to some degree project an almost caveman-like “wonder and awe” (read: easily amused and simple) attitude onto people in the past seeing a now-common technology; which is why I love your comment, and the fact that even then people looked at pong and thought it was kinda boring/lame
@rarky24064 жыл бұрын
"The more we uncover, the less certain we become." - Ahoy
@friedchickenUSA4 жыл бұрын
uncertainty principle? quantum physics? video games.
@Natasha-ce3rm4 жыл бұрын
The less you know the more you know.... and the more you know the less know.
@PlierPieBox4 жыл бұрын
"The more you learn/uncover, the less you understand." - Some guy
@robinchesterfield424 жыл бұрын
So basically, science. But the cool thing about science is, we become gradually more of exactly WHAT it is we don't know, so we can ask better and better questions! :)
@edos.38594 жыл бұрын
Socratic paradox
@hurridel4 жыл бұрын
I see why this took so long. Another Wonderful documentary
@edugarcia0014 жыл бұрын
You saw the complete doc in two minutes?
@hurridel4 жыл бұрын
Edouardo Apellidos of course not.
@BurntMike264 жыл бұрын
@@edugarcia001 It's an Ahoy video, they're always wonderful
@edugarcia0014 жыл бұрын
@@BurntMike26 as much as I like this channel, its videos don't have to be continuously good. Please stop being such comment cliches and be always more critic , it's the proper way to help the creators. It might turn out to be wonderful, but posting a cliche comment calling wonderful a video two minutes after it being uploaded is just to farm likes or useless for everyone, not even amusing. Come on bois you can do better.
@BurntMike264 жыл бұрын
@@edugarcia001 You care way too much about KZbin comments dude
@pivotalpancake54542 жыл бұрын
When he mentioned DVD menus as being part of interactivity, I got a massive nostalgia rush remembering the Shrek and Madagascar interactive menus with the unique original character animations and voice lines.
@katatat20302 жыл бұрын
So those menus were actually intended to be entertaining? So, a video game? Just kidding... Unless...
@solared2 жыл бұрын
_This Disney DVD is enhanced with Disney's FastPlay. Your movie and a selection of bonus features will begin automatically. To bypass Fast Play, select the Main Menu button at any time. Fast Play will begin in a moment…_
@cashkromsupernerd11932 жыл бұрын
I have some vague memory of a VeggieTales DVD with Larry The Cucumber helping you find the meaning of different idioms, like "Noah's boy on a raft" meaning a ham sandwich
@peterbelanger40942 жыл бұрын
@@katatat2030 Yeah, just imagine the person who gets entertainment out of DVD menus. The DVD menu fanboi, LOL
@patrickalmquist4762 Жыл бұрын
My mind went to the Harry Potter dvds I used to love playing the games in the first 2 movies!
@T3KNUG3T52 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: There is a Ralph Baer statue in Manchester, NH on the riverfront in the Millyard. It's neat. Cause it's sitting on a bench. So you can basically sit next to Ralph Baer.
@evening_awning4 жыл бұрын
What was the first video game? Average person: Pong Ahoy: *Entertainment must be the principal intended purpose of interaction*
@WoodyTrombone4 жыл бұрын
Which, ironically, discounts anything published by Electronic Arts - as their principal intended purpose is for the user to spend additional money.
@gileee4 жыл бұрын
@@WoodyTrombone His interactivity requirement also disqualifies most quick time event games, since they're pretty much like watching a movie on your computer that's set to sleep every 5 minutes. Except the quick time event is there to keep *you* from falling asleep.
@blgdoesthings41224 жыл бұрын
@@gileee asuras wrath
@gileee4 жыл бұрын
@@blgdoesthings4122 Yep. And that game is one of the best of it's kind.
@emikochan134 жыл бұрын
@@gileee The qte does change the outcome, it's interactive.
@mannemarco3334 жыл бұрын
“First, it must exist” The rule to existing confirmed by Ahoy.
@gooby89534 жыл бұрын
dang, guess I cant be a video game
@zoohair40844 жыл бұрын
Nerf it.
@ridhosamudro21994 жыл бұрын
I exist, therefore I am.
@mannemarco3334 жыл бұрын
Gooby I’ll see what I can do for you bruv
@mannemarco3334 жыл бұрын
ur mom Who disqualified you? I’ll try and help you start existing
@land___shark Жыл бұрын
this might be my favorite video essay/documentary on this entire website. i’ve rewatched it several times. your work is amazing
@beyond_5dtemp Жыл бұрын
i don't care
@theununtrium Жыл бұрын
@@beyond_5dtemp damn bro who hurt u
@KekoahJones Жыл бұрын
@@theununtrium jeff hurt him
@maccaswam10 ай бұрын
@@beyond_5dtemp bro
@FoxyPotato17 ай бұрын
I feel the same way about his history of graphics video. Extremely interesting and well put together.
@MangoLassie142 Жыл бұрын
50:10 The music really helps this moment feel like climax we'd been waiting for. Such a cool sound!
@yaerukun8 ай бұрын
just notice it is from nuclear fruit
@landonpowell62964 жыл бұрын
Americans: "Video Games" Brits: "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Fun Box"
@Channel-ji3ly3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@heavysystemsinc.3 жыл бұрын
I'd have gone with "Glass Containment Tube of Particle Accelerator For Super Fun Happy Times"
@BlinJe3 жыл бұрын
yeah except the CRT amusement guy was based in america too..
@SinedKMK3 жыл бұрын
Russians: "Dendy"!
@Tryputo4043 жыл бұрын
@@SinedKMK And Poles had "Pegasus", which was a FAMICLONE supported by SEGA (Co sprawia, że za każdym razem, gdy o tym myślę, to chcę wychlać wiadro Żubrówki)
@mikaxms4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know there used to be a game magazine called "Ahoy!", but a nice name origin.
@inverlock4 жыл бұрын
this channel used to be called XboxAhoy and did call of duty gun guides
@cheesychipmunk83824 жыл бұрын
@@inverlock those were darker times
@amyiyen4 жыл бұрын
@@cheesychipmunk8382 nah
@Calvin_Coolage4 жыл бұрын
@@cheesychipmunk8382 Those weren't dark times, they were humble beginnings.
@Scruffi4 жыл бұрын
It was a magazine for Commodore computers, so the title was a play on the word Commodore, as a commander of a fleet of ships. I had a Vic-20, C-64, and later Amiga, so we had piles of these and other magazines around. The days of free software, if you were willing to type it in by hand from the back of a magazine. I think there's an archive online somewhere (Archive.org).
@cetinkaya_metal8 ай бұрын
3:38 For those wondering, the PDP 1 would cost $1,222,764 today.
@kre92 жыл бұрын
Feel like anyone else would have condensed this into 15min. To stretch it out over an hour without me losing interest is impressive. More quality than anything youd find on a major tv network.
@tehredmage4 жыл бұрын
"Nokia's Snake gets an honorable mention" Me- damn right.
@azrael62804 жыл бұрын
@@rastas_4221 they were trying to be premium while using lower end specs, definitely yikes decisions for me
@6581punk4 жыл бұрын
@@azrael6280 It wasn't so much that. They focussed on call quality, battery life and so on. Completely missing the emerging importance of the mobile internet and touch screens. Symbian OS did not have a touch screen interface. The Sony Ericsson P900 and P990 did have such an interface called UIQ. Nokia should have bought UIQ and integrated it into Symbian.
@azrael62804 жыл бұрын
@The Lavian they were selling android phones for expensive prices
@azrael62804 жыл бұрын
@@6581punk they were selling android phones for expensive prices
@azrael62804 жыл бұрын
That was my point btw
@platiuscyndar90173 жыл бұрын
When you're 4 itterations deep into obscure games older then pong, but there's 55 minutes of video left.
@user-vm5pv6ex4r2 жыл бұрын
That's exactly where I've paused the video just to process the same thought xD
@sebbog2 жыл бұрын
ik
@tarstarkusz2 жыл бұрын
He is making a very simple question overly complex. Tennis for Two is the first video game. If you start counting tic tac toe, you have to include this: /watch?v=senG1HmruAo This was developed int he 1930s. It features a screen with light generated jet planes and clouds that move in the background. If light-bulbs are a video screen, so is this. This is MUCH closer to a video game than light-bulbs and a real world game like tic-tac-toe. Minus the actual screen not being a CRT, this is far more video game like than ANY of the early 1950s games. It "feels" like a video game in a way that tic-tac-toe does not.,
@rosiefay72832 жыл бұрын
Yes. Most of this video was pedantry. The actual useful information content could've been presented in a much shorter one.
@quadpad_music2 жыл бұрын
@@tarstarkusz I know you were trying to disprove the video's point here, but I think you may have ironically just expanded upon it. This could very well considered the first videogame.
@jakenbakery35402 жыл бұрын
there were at least two times where i was like "oh so we have an answer :)" the first time was 14 minutes in, less than a quarter. the second was 40 minutes in, only about 2/3. and i loved every second of it. this video is a gift that keeps on giving
@Vespyr_2 жыл бұрын
Never seen this style on KZbin. It's so sick dude, wish KZbin gave out awards.
@toaster99224 жыл бұрын
This channel is the definition of the saying “Quality over Quantity” When I say that I am referring to their upload schedule. slow, but worth it so much.
@Naeddyr4 жыл бұрын
Funny you say that, I was just starting to wonder how far I'd gotten in the episode and turns out I wasn't past the halfway mark... This could really do with a lot of tightening up and editing to shorten it.
@blackpete4 жыл бұрын
@@Naeddyr I have to disagree. The details are important and the whole video has a plot, or it rather aims on a goal. Sure, it coud be told shorter,but it wouldn't be ahoy....
@apotheosis214 жыл бұрын
This is a documentary, with evidence and research presented the whole way through, not an unsourced Facebook post or a KZbin top ten list or some other crap. If that’s what you want, there’s tons of places to find them.
@blackpete4 жыл бұрын
@@apotheosis21 oh yes. And I always ask myself, where the heck all the information, Charts, graphs and evidence comes from. The research effort is immense. Then all that condensed in one video with different perspectives and alternate thoughts.
@St4ticScratch4 жыл бұрын
@Ninety5tag My only issue with it being an hour long is that I know that if I start watching this I won't be able to stop until the video is finished....
@RandomEskimo424 жыл бұрын
I loved the use of overhead transparencies, I felt like I was in a covert government briefing.
@robinchesterfield424 жыл бұрын
I know, right? Also kind of fits the technology of the times he's talking about, 'cos like, the Magnavox Odyssey had no graphics--you had to put a transparency of the "board" over your TV. Yeah, that was a hair later, but it still kinda works...
@Nurpus2 жыл бұрын
Me: Oh I see, so this is the actual first videogame The video: *is only 12 minutes in*
@albertmagician86132 жыл бұрын
There is an important criterion missing, changing display and the need to interact in real-time to it. A checkers program that you can play using a printout after each move, is certainly a computer game, but not a video game.
@badbeardbill995611 ай бұрын
Well he already has the video signal and display requirement, and if said checkers game was presented via video instead of printout it would be a video game. Consider the many chess video games, or at a higher level the many turn based strategy games or turn based RPGs.
@tdimensional67334 жыл бұрын
*not even 16 minutes into a 1 hour video* Ahoy: "What *is* a video game?"
@OutsideTheTargetDemographic4 жыл бұрын
"Define your terms" is the most overlooked step of essays nowadays.
@papaslider60794 жыл бұрын
Would you have it any other way?
@z-beeblebrox4 жыл бұрын
Vsauce! Ahoy here...
@applehack974 жыл бұрын
"we must ask ourselves this philosophical question" -Cyanide, 2015
@essex37774 жыл бұрын
Asking the real questions here...
@KingJellalTV4 жыл бұрын
"What was the first video game?" Me, after this video: some British dude made checkers on a computer.
@MXCN_El10114 жыл бұрын
Me being lazy: p o n g
@catink1234 жыл бұрын
SPOILER ALERT!!! Ah, it's too late for that, isn't it?
@plushdragonteddy Жыл бұрын
damn, i did a research paper on video games in high school, and i only ever got as far back as Tennis for Two. very daunting to see that there's still a VAST majority of the video left after that game gets name dropped! i'm excited to update any future ramblings about video game history with the new info i gain from this video lol
@cpt_bill3664 жыл бұрын
I will never tire of your approach to "quality vs quantity" You demand so much of my time but in hindsight, you have taken so little and every second has been worthwhile.
@majik51944 жыл бұрын
Personally I love long ass videos. ESPECIALLY if it's Ahoy lol
@Razer_Dash4 жыл бұрын
I love how this is better than quite a margin of documentaries, done only by a guy (or multiple, don't know if he has people editing stuff for him) that do it in a much more creative and interesting way, that keeps you watching for it's entirety and wanting more.
@Meganarb4 жыл бұрын
@@Razer_Dash He's solo. All the music is done by him too.
@baetovenbeats4 жыл бұрын
CPT_Bill it really is true. I've watched the monkey island one a ton, just because they're so well done.
@DrunkenHotei4 жыл бұрын
@@baetovenbeats I was just re-watching many of his videos because I needed a fix. The lord provided
@DJ-Rose4 жыл бұрын
Ahoy is like a blue moon. He rarely shows himself. But when he does, everyone is at awe.
@creepergonecreep4 жыл бұрын
He's so thorough. It's very satisfying.
@yiny4ng2754 жыл бұрын
b0realis uhhh... yes, they do, they’re just not BLUE (a blue moon is the second full moon in a month[its very rare to appear, but still exists])
@microsoftpowerpoint30394 жыл бұрын
mini francis ITS HERE BOIS
@godmagnus4 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of anyone being in awe of a blue moon.
@monicaraybrandt4 жыл бұрын
akai tsuki, akai tsuki
@rcstann2 жыл бұрын
In 1970 at the University of California we were blessed with a Vector General programmable scope and a microprogrammed IBM 1130 emulator as well as a free rein to do as we pleased. We spent a year upgrading the primitive MIT code for Space War adding main thrusters, retro rockets, our own planet and solar orbiting torpedoes. We learned a lot of Orbital Dynamics, the mathematics of Mission Planning as well as Graphical representation. We had a suspicion there was a future in our toys, but never commercialized it. These are the same Lab Rats that went on To found QUALCOMM,
@southstudyspecialaide4934 Жыл бұрын
Damn, I just discovered this channel. An absolutely brilliant historian with videos that are perfect in their design and aesthetic. Thank you for this great content.
@Croz894 жыл бұрын
Ahoy is like a desert flower. He only comes out on the rare occasions when it rains, but when he does, boy is it beautiful.
@kerlongsjorlejov19454 жыл бұрын
Ralphie Raccoon very much true.
@ColtGColtG4 жыл бұрын
its why I am a patreon for him. more funds enable more content! plus for even $1 a month he officially absolves you for hitting "skip ads" lol
@pseudonayme77174 жыл бұрын
An excellent analogy 😊
@Lundmunchkins2000TV4 жыл бұрын
Ralphie Raccoon yes
@qp19464 жыл бұрын
Furry
@Mgrow4 жыл бұрын
Ahoy: Always outnumbered. Never out produced.
@screamsinrussian57734 жыл бұрын
is that a prodigy reference
@Mgrow4 жыл бұрын
@@screamsinrussian5773 I've always related it to marketing for Timesplitters 2 but after a few minutes rumiging through google I can't find the thing I imagine. Timesplitters 2 was released 2 years before the Prodigy song though. Maybe a weird marketting tie- in?
@screamsinrussian57734 жыл бұрын
@@Mgrow maybe, who knows
@METALFREAK034 жыл бұрын
@@Mgrow I thought of TS-2 when I read it. But then again, I have never heard of Pordigy other than their song Smack My Bitch Up and Firestarter. I thought they disappeared after those came out. I really hope they make a TS-4.There are rumours it's coming out on the PS5. I bet it will be in 2025...that be 20 years after TS-3.
@michaelmartin90224 жыл бұрын
@@Mgrow The Prodigy were still going when Timesplitters 2 came out??
@wolftales52032 жыл бұрын
It should be a crime the algorithm brought me here this late. Fucking Gem of a video. Subbed
@trebormills2 жыл бұрын
I recall playing space war in an arcade, think it was a later adaptation of the classic version. Fun bending shots around the black hole to shoot the other space ship. A fascinating look at the early history of computer gaming
@prezofthemoon94864 жыл бұрын
I feel like I should be paying for this
@Superphilipp3 жыл бұрын
Their Patreon is linked in the description.
@GGorsty3 жыл бұрын
do it c:
@thevioletskull81582 жыл бұрын
same
@glerbus95612 жыл бұрын
You technically are.
@exoticbreadstick86612 жыл бұрын
@@glerbus9561 not really
@raysteam14 жыл бұрын
Everyone is going on about the detail and quality of this video (as well they should, because it's amazing), but I want to throw out some extra appreciation for the overhead-projector style presentation. I don't know why or how, but it seems to suit this subject material extremely well.
@aurimasvasiliauskas69204 жыл бұрын
I'm extremely interested in finding out how he did it
@katelyn69894 жыл бұрын
@@aurimasvasiliauskas6920 It looks like he printed out the information onto paper, filmed himself putting down and picking up each piece of paper with an overhead camera, made the video monochromatic and inverted it then cleaned it up and added text in editing. I could be wrong but that's my best guess.
@Computers01014 жыл бұрын
@@aurimasvasiliauskas6920 Given some of the slides overlapped, we can see that the black areas are transparent and the white areas are opaque. This tells us the material is printed on transparent media, most likely acetate sheets for OHP use. It is likely these were printed with black ink using a laser printer, as is typical for OHP acetate sheets, meaning that the picture we see is inverted, as we can also see from some of the news article images. The sharpness of the image and the completely white appearance of Stuart's hand also indicate the contrast has likely been increased in post processing, but not to a huge extent, as we see grey 'shadows' where two sheets are overlaid and around the edges of the sheet, particularly as they are placed down. The physical apparatus used includes a light box, either one for tracing drawings (as often used by artists and animators) or the light box of an OHP, with a fresnel lens focusing light into a cone; it is difficult to tell which is the case from the video, as the lighting appears very uniform, but this may be due to increased contrast. A camera is placed above this, probably where the lens and mirror are on an OHP. The exposure on the camera is locked as we don't see any flaring (which would manifest as darkening) when the sheets are swapped. This all leads to a very refined and impressive effect, and works really well with the numerous old articles in the video. I want to say thank you to Stuart for such an excellent video, both in research and presentation.
@martinhorvath41174 жыл бұрын
Have you guys not tought about AfterEffects? For me, I'm more interested how did he draw those plans of the machines, but they were probably effected on. Even so, good video.
@KenjiYam4 жыл бұрын
Lol I was just thinking about this, wondering if anyone was going to bring it up. Then I look down and see your comment
@MyNameIsOcean Жыл бұрын
MAN THIS SOUNDTRACK IS UNREASONABLY HARDDDDD
@d-5522 жыл бұрын
50:48 i can practically see him smirking in his recording room
@Mswordx234 жыл бұрын
I feel like just giving this a like isn't doing it justice.
@J.C.Russell_964 жыл бұрын
Patreon my friend.
@HueghMungus4 жыл бұрын
@@J.C.Russell_96 But he won't, like 99% of the internet who just say x-thing, but doesn't actually do it. Just all talk and no bite!
@MrGeorgeFlorcus4 жыл бұрын
@@HueghMungus D'you know what? I will. He bloody well deserves it, he makes great content for a platform that, infamously, is uninterested in supporting creators of his kin, but someone should. So I'll go support his Patreon.
@RichConnerGMN4 жыл бұрын
@@MrGeorgeFlorcus well did you
@MrGeorgeFlorcus4 жыл бұрын
@@RichConnerGMN In fact I did. At $5/month. For the record, I was drunk at the time, but I'm not taking it back. I will apologize to my poor college student wallet later.
@colorblue70184 жыл бұрын
Me: I wonder where Ahoy went Ahoy: **1 Hour Upload**
@marcelofrau88184 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much time he made to produce this video.. Seems to have a lot of research.. And he did all in slides put one by one by hand.. another piece of detail.. Not to mention the background music he arrange in the video that brings enthusiasm and suspense at the same time. All ahoy videos are awesome..
@adamp.37394 жыл бұрын
Quality > Quantity, my friend.
@colorblue70184 жыл бұрын
@@adamp.3739 I couldnt be happier
@adamp.37394 жыл бұрын
@@colorblue7018 Same here. Can't wait for the Glock video, that'll be sick!
@notajtag45684 жыл бұрын
*Ahoy
@mchenrynick2 жыл бұрын
The original Magnavox Odyssey used 2 sized overlays, 9-inch and 13-inch, that fit over typical CRT TVs. Without them, all you saw was 2 small square boxes moving around the screen, controlled by each player.
@ming1408 Жыл бұрын
It has been 50 years since Pong was born on November 29, 1972. The high popularity of Pong led to many Pong clones which led to a crash in 1977, and many companies entering the video game industry including Nintendo.
@dycedargselderbrother53538 ай бұрын
Heh, hardly anyone remembers the Pong crash. The home market was absolutely saturated. Not only did everyone seem to have a discarded Pong console, people had more than one of them. I remember how frequently one would come across the things at yard sales, people's closets, etc. until around 1990, even though no one had any interest in them for over a decade. It'd be like seeing the original iPhone in everyone's junk box today.
@smol_time-traveler45344 жыл бұрын
*Ahoy:* To land at a satisfactory answer to our original question we must first answer another: *Me:* What _is_ a video game? *Ahoy:* What _is_ a video game? *Me:* Hoo boy this'll gonna be one hell of a ride.
@alexthezephyr4 жыл бұрын
Same
@WiseEndro3334 жыл бұрын
Same
@FiatMihiSecundumVerbum4 жыл бұрын
Without properly defining the terms being discussed, constructive analysis cannot take place. Simple dialogue can be reduced to futile quarrelling if both parties unknowingly use different definitions of a same word.
@emoldandriel4 жыл бұрын
Totallyyy haha
@user-wg6uq6fy4k4 жыл бұрын
NØMΞЯCУ627 "this'll gonna"
@jackietreehorn53994 жыл бұрын
"Next up: Glock" Thank God.
@lee05224 жыл бұрын
V M glock 😍
@Alex-cw3rz2 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack to this is so tense, it feels like if he doesn't come up with the right answer all video games will be erased or a bomb will go off somewhere.
@josephszelewski12652 жыл бұрын
Huge props to the clearly extremely intelligent man that is Ahoy - a truly amazing video with a crazy amount of effort, is literally like a doctorate level thesis it’s insane!
@baronofbahlingen96624 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe I watched someone define “video game” for around 30 minutes and was absolutely invested the whole time.
@essex37774 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Ahoy.
@Garlic_Doggo4 жыл бұрын
Dude just watch any other documentaries from this channel and believe me you won't regret. Hence this is the first video in 7 months, when I saw the notification I quickly grabbed some juice and chips and sat comfortably in my chair to enjoy.
@sdude504 жыл бұрын
This video is a bit longer than “30” minutes
@dankmemes23544 жыл бұрын
So you didn’t watch the full vid disgusting
@sdude504 жыл бұрын
Dank memes ah you got me I haven’t finished the video yet, sometimes I like watching the video while looking at the comments
@bennieblanks51294 жыл бұрын
Biggest takeaway: Magnavox was an early example of patent scumming.
@1mariomaniac4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I don't think I'll be able to look at Magnavox the same way again
@exvious60664 жыл бұрын
Certainly not the first, but may be the best modern example which can resonate to the masses
@gnarlin49644 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I think the whole patent system should be abolished. It's nothing but a blight on the human civilization.
@howlerofthegrey93684 жыл бұрын
Now I have sour taste about Ralph Baer and the infamous Magnavox Lawsuit. Time for me to rethink about first video game.
@duffman184 жыл бұрын
@@gnarlin4964 the patent system is meant to be there to protect small individuals, inventors, artists, etc from being bullied and overrun by huge corporations. Some scummy companies abuse the patent system sure but that isn't a reason to abolish the thing entirely, because if that happened then artists and inventors and scientists and engineers are then being pressured into not even bothering to create new and wonderful things, as what would be the point if they immediately lose it and any potential to earn money from it? Plus you know who was a patent clerk? Albert Einstein. He was a smart lad, and the patent system is also smart. If its not perfect and can be abused, change the patent system, make it better, change the rules to block scummy companies from abusing it. Don't abolish it. The attitude of "oh this thing isn't 100% perfect so fuck it let's just get rid of it" seems so unnecessary and wasteful of an attitude. It's lazy. Instead of trying to improve things you want to just throw the baby out with the bathwater because you can't be arsed to try and make the thing better. The copyright system is there for the same reasons, to protect small individual artists when they create a new work of art whether it be books, games, paintings, music or whatever. And similarly that systemcan and has been abused by big corporations (looking at you, Disney). But that's not a reason to get rid of it entirely, it's a reason to improve it. Look what happens when you get rid of these protections for artists. China. You get China. A huge cyberpunk dystopian hell scape where art is controlled and censored and potential beautiful things don't get created because it's impossible to protect your intellectual property from being stolen by anybody else. Do you want that? Really?
@thediamonddust2 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video. I genuinely struggle at times keeping my attention on documentary themed videos for numerous different reasons (music, visuals and narration to name a few) but this nailed them all with genuinely interesting subject matter to boot. It was all thoroughly researched and I've come away armed with plenty of new knowledge should the conversation ever arise. Thanks for all your hard work effort!
@MugGaming4586 Жыл бұрын
This video honestly makes me very happy to be apart of gaming. seeing where it came from, how far we come and how much thing's changed and it's influences just creates a respective proud feeling in me for some reason. and alot of that is furthered helped by the amazing writing and music "what we know as video games don't have a single origin. they're a constellation" beautiful line
@Chivi-chivik4 жыл бұрын
The amount of effort that must've went into making all of those retro-styled slides and basically sliding them by hand... like, holy shit, this is the work of a god
@Qi12334 жыл бұрын
it looks like an effect
@Chivi-chivik4 жыл бұрын
@@Qi1233 If it is an effect then it is a damn good effect
@DatBisa4 жыл бұрын
It is in fact done by hand. Source: Patreon Edit: To elaborate, he set up a camera in his garage, made the OHP slides, pointed the cam at the projection, had at it, and inverted the footage, IIRC. Game footage etc., of course, is edited in. If you see this, sorry for spilling some secrets, Stu, but I felt like explaining to make the point of how much work went into this clear.
@Qi12334 жыл бұрын
@@DatBisa wow that's dedication
@Sheevlord4 жыл бұрын
@@DatBisa I knew this looked too good to be a special effect. I guess it makes sense: if you want to make something look real make it real. Gotta applaud Stuart for his dedication
@TheDareD3vil4 жыл бұрын
“So we have our definition. The only thing left to do is apply it.” *looks at timeline* 30 minutes into 1 hr video *buckles up*
@space_artist_4real1384 жыл бұрын
117th like letzgo Anyone has any tips on how to like a video twice?
@d0uble9924 жыл бұрын
@@space_artist_4real138 Multiple accounts
@RipperCyclotron3 жыл бұрын
Stuart goes balls deep.
@shartman12473 жыл бұрын
@@RipperCyclotron what
@harryw.1743 жыл бұрын
@@shartman1247 stuart goes balls deep
@christianbolt5761 Жыл бұрын
I remember when computer space came to the arcade. It looked cool but was hard to play. Later in the 70s Spacewar came to the arcades. Credits were given in time. I loved the game
@ukulehrling2 жыл бұрын
In-f*g-credible documentary. So well-done, and the perfect style of presenting it, plus the cool contemporary music! Wow! I enjoyed it so much and am currently busy sending the link to friends who were/are avid players or have been programming video games at some time in, well, history. Thank you so much!
@JoMiMi_h4 жыл бұрын
Next up: Glock. O H B O Y can't wait
@drinkerstan64774 жыл бұрын
50 years later
@weakestlink204 жыл бұрын
YEEEEE DOGGY
@baronofbahlingen96624 жыл бұрын
New Antarctictangle/JoMiMi This is actually a veiled threat, not a new Iconic Arms.
@luissantiago51634 жыл бұрын
@@baronofbahlingen9662 haha nice
@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE4 жыл бұрын
YES BOYS COME ON YES!
@MashAttack3 жыл бұрын
so uh... are we gonna talk about the fact that THE SOUNDTRACK IS COMPLETELY ORIGINAL AS WELL??? HOW DOES AHOY DO THIS
@masoclevine8363 жыл бұрын
Wait really? Holy fuck!
@Helperbot-20003 жыл бұрын
@@masoclevine836 yeah! no wonder it takes time for videos to come out
@pastapalads55983 жыл бұрын
Hes like LEMMiNO except without a swedish accent
@colefitzpatrick84313 жыл бұрын
Well it fuckin slams so good work Ahoy Did not expect to bop this hard to a powerpoint presentation about the Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device
@tiberiusbrain3 жыл бұрын
Wow its 3am. I didnt check... But this video simply made me happy from start to finish
@oddishsmile7368 Жыл бұрын
Well researched, intriguing, stylish, and endlessly entertaining. I must've watched each of your videos a dozen times by now and I doubt I will ever tire of doing so!
@SeanScorpion2 жыл бұрын
I just watched this video for the second time. It is the best video game documentary on youtube and perhaps the best docu period. The script, performance, pacing, and visual style are unmatched. The amount of research that had to have gone into this one is astounding too. One or the record books.
@ragequ1t9444 жыл бұрын
"this will be colorful video!" "wait a minute..." "this is better"
@ChapuleTaylor4 жыл бұрын
i should just rip my eyes off its better that way too
@jamesfra13114 жыл бұрын
"A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one"
@thema19984 жыл бұрын
@@ChapuleTaylor I know that you are joking but ripping off your eyes would definitely *not* be better. 😂
@jamesfra13114 жыл бұрын
@@d-552 "His video is very impressive, he must be very proud"
@ChapuleTaylor4 жыл бұрын
@@thema1998 You know that I'm joking yet you still feel the need to tell me that.
@Curt_Sampson3 жыл бұрын
When you mentioned that OXO's controls were poor, my first thought was, "this wouldn't be the first video game with poor controls." But then I realized that, yes, it might well be.
@SireSquish2 жыл бұрын
Clever.
@maxscott33492 жыл бұрын
It wouldn't be the first video game without poor controls.
@Jasonificatiation2 жыл бұрын
nice.
@benprior92512 жыл бұрын
@@Jasonificatiation Yeah I think I got it from my dad today wanyway whe w
@benprior92512 жыл бұрын
@@Jasonificatiation Yeah I think I got it from my dad today wanyway whe wr
@Excessive_complaining Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the YT algorithm every 6-7 months I get recommended every long form video you've uploaded and I cannot stress how awesome they are both for being able to sleep to and still being massively interesting even after watching them over for the 500th time, your voice, editing, hell the whole structure and delivery of your content is unrivaled in quality. Crack on chief.
@frickinfrick84882 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised how complex Strachey’s draughts are. When we were going back in time and games were only extremely basic tic tac toe style games I would have never expected the “first” video game to be a fully playable game of checkers with an AI opponent
@dycedargselderbrother53538 ай бұрын
It's impressive how he deduced the feasibility of implementation before starting at a time when such analysis didn't and really couldn't exist. He missed the mark but only slightly by needing to wait for a slightly faster model.
@noahrosser764 жыл бұрын
"Next up: Glock." Iconic Arms is coming back, I can't wait!
@Ares_gaming_1174 жыл бұрын
I literally cant wait(the few months itll take to get this next video)
@dragonfire48694 жыл бұрын
thank god!
@GhostSlay3r4 жыл бұрын
Haven't yall seen the MP40 Vid?
@noahrosser764 жыл бұрын
@@GhostSlay3r shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Also that was 7 months ago
@GhostSlay3r4 жыл бұрын
@@noahrosser76 Wait, what? Really? Have the time gone by so fast? This is straight up scary!
@ValkyrieTiara4 жыл бұрын
1:21 "In a 1987 issue of Ahoy!" You, uh... been doin this for a while, huh?
@accountwontlastlong14 жыл бұрын
Yes, I remember seeing him in Dad's Army.
@Jablicek4 жыл бұрын
@@accountwontlastlong1 Don't tell 'em your name, Pike!
@accountwontlastlong14 жыл бұрын
@@Jablicek Stupid boy.
@nebsu_4 жыл бұрын
I dunno if he's linked, but Ahoy! was an American magazine which released monthly in the 80s, last one was released in like 1989 I think...
@neoqueto2 жыл бұрын
This is the best documentary I have ever seen and simultaneously the best video on KZbin. It changed the way I think about what a video game is from a philosophical standpoint. Production is next level. Storytelling, research and narration are out of this world. I keep coming back here and recommending it to everyone.
@Pheatan2 жыл бұрын
14:09 so i did some very quick investigation because of this part, wondering what the origin of nimrod was, I thought maybe that it was something to do with the game of nim, essentially i had never thought about until now. Turns out the origin dates back to the Old Testament with the great grandson of the biblical Noah whose name was Nimrod and was an adept hunter. Now your thinking “what does being a good hunter have anything to do with being an idiot” Thats where i learned bugs bunny of Loony Tunes (its tunes as in songs because it originally was musical) fame made a sarcastic comment to Elmer Fudd calling him nimrod despite being a terrible hunter, and that joke was so popular in the 1940s that they turned a biblical characters name into a descriptor for an idiot, so much so that in “current year” almost nobody knows what the origin of Nimrod was.
@xellanox4 жыл бұрын
Me: Well that would probably be tennis for two Ahoy: Well..... *1 hour later* Me: God save the Queen
@Sonjayu4 жыл бұрын
I believed for years it's tennis for two
@Zer0644 жыл бұрын
@@Sonjayu yeah me too
@fayezfawzi32554 жыл бұрын
my thoughts too.
@buenogoodlive4 жыл бұрын
I still believe it to be Tennis for Two. The two precedents are more akin to board games.
@METALFREAK034 жыл бұрын
@@buenogoodlive I still think its Pong. He has the right factors but his explanation and understanding of them are limited. Pong has the intent to be a commercial, entertainment, interactive video game for public use. All the others were some sort of science experiment, mathematical thesis or engineering acomplishment. The only one which you could verse to go against Pong is Spacewar! But then you need to go into level engineering and what the video game is telling you to do and input. For instance a lot of these "games" are not even two-button. However, it's the intent factor that I have a gripe with. I don't think any of them had the intent of making entertainment for the public (except of cause the conflict with spacewar! as I mentioned) than Pong did and they (the company) continue to do.
@Carter-dv4hz3 жыл бұрын
If mom yells to "TURN THAT GAME OFF" then its a game.
@erlindaalba16823 жыл бұрын
Lol i like your definition 🤣
@Carter-dv4hz3 жыл бұрын
@@erlindaalba1682 thank you
@_RainbowAngela_3 жыл бұрын
So when my mom used to yell to turn my gameboy off, what did that make the xbox i was playing? lol
@mixererunio17573 жыл бұрын
When she yells "Turn that Nintendo off" then it's a Nintendo
@Stuit3rb4l3 жыл бұрын
You forgot the word 'stupid'... "Turn that stupid game off!"
@rappscallion3238 Жыл бұрын
This is such an amazing video, not only the research and presentation but the fact that Ahoy even wrote the music for it.
@shrimpboom8 Жыл бұрын
I'm extremely glad that at no point during this video did I check how long it had left. Almost every new chapter was more interesting than the previous.
@rikkisan14 жыл бұрын
50:48 "Also, Video games are a British invention" I can imagine the little smirk Ahoy had when he said that
@Redbird0414 жыл бұрын
**British Anthem Starts Playing Loudly**
@seanburbank56574 жыл бұрын
It's Stewart Brown, buy the way.
@thetoniotchannel13454 жыл бұрын
@@seanburbank5657 and it's *by* the way, not buy the way
@PonzooonTheGreat4 жыл бұрын
I had a big smirk as I heard it and saluted the flag for the 27th time that day.
@TechnoMinarchistBall4 жыл бұрын
@@PonzooonTheGreat better have had some tea afterwards.
@ValentineC1374 жыл бұрын
"huh is it done already? I dont feel like we really got an answer, pretty neat tho" "wait" *_15 minutes into the 1 hour documentary_*
@wastedangelematis4 жыл бұрын
Now that's gangsta
@OutsideTheTargetDemographic4 жыл бұрын
Correct
@marafolse83472 жыл бұрын
Seeing a murky part of history I've been obsessed with for years done so much justice and rendered so well is amazing. Certainly better than wikipedia stubs and searching through patent archives like I had to lol. My pick has always been the Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device, but you've convinced me of Draughts.
@skankingrudeboy Жыл бұрын
This is my all time favourite video on KZbin. I've watched it several times and, bizarrely, it always brings a tear to my eye at the end.
@squidikka4 жыл бұрын
"Nutting Associates" Sounds like my kinda company.
@mustafaamin95164 жыл бұрын
Lmao 💀
@wohlhabendermanager4 жыл бұрын
I was about to make a similar comment.
@kevdmiller4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a good name for a 2-tone ska band.
@RogerBarraud4 жыл бұрын
Nutting-Orff sounds even better :-)
@ashwen3374 жыл бұрын
Eww
@incorporealnuance4 жыл бұрын
Prototype Computer: "Im Baby…"
@SurmenianSoldier4 жыл бұрын
Modern Computer: "69"
@KrissMeow4 жыл бұрын
Im....BABY
@SinisterSally4 жыл бұрын
“All this computing is bad for the baby” “what baby” “I’m baby”
@FROEZOEN4 жыл бұрын
Next thing you know its gonna put false accusations on projared
@aggserp43404 жыл бұрын
I guess it was a really good getaway driver
@dougaltolan3017 Жыл бұрын
The duck test, a good way to get eaten by a sheep in wolfs clothing.
@dontspikemydrink9382 Жыл бұрын
Why is that?
@dougaltolan3017 Жыл бұрын
@@dontspikemydrink9382 the saying is: if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck. However this is an attrocious way to code, since sooner or later you'll come across something that appears to be a wolf, but is really a sheep in disguise, and sheep bite hard. Technically called loose typing (ANSI Basic uses no typing, javascript uses loose typing, Java is strict typing), it tries its best to force variables to work, leading to unpredictability and seriously dodgy code.
@jarnobot2 жыл бұрын
Your video's are of such a high quality, it's insane! I recently found your channel and I've been really enjoying your video's. Thanks for making and sharing these!
@BrassicGamer4 жыл бұрын
Them: "What's the first video game?" Me: "Do you have an hour?"