The “Brown Box” could be programmed to play a variety of games, including ping pong, checkers and four sports games. The “Brown Box” was a vacuum tube-circuit that could be connected to a television set and allowed two users to control cubes that chased each other on the screen. However, the first game system designed for commercial home use did not emerge until nearly three decades later, when Ralph Baer and his team released his prototype, the “Brown Box,” in 1967.
The game, based on the ancient mathematical game of Nim, was played by about 50,000 people during the six months it was on display, with the computer reportedly winning more than 90 percent of the games.
Edward Uhler Condon at the New York World’s Fair in 1940. The first recognized example of a game machine was unveiled by Dr.