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One of the first VideoGames, from [[OlderThanTheyThink 1958]]. ''Tennis for Two'' is a SideView, PlayerVersusPlayer, tennis game. Created by physicist William Higinbotham to entertain visitors at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. Based on Brookhaven's [[Platform/MainframesAndMinicomputers military computers]], which could calculate ballistics.
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!!This game provides examples of:

* AlliterativeTitle: '''T'''ennis For '''T'''wo
* NoPlotNoProblem: There's absolutely no plot at all, just a simple game of tennis.
* PlayerVersusPlayer: It's a two player game, where they compete against each other, trying to make the other fail to return the ball.
* ScoringPoints: The point of the game.
* SideView: A side view of a tennis match, with the net in the middle.
* SportsGame: A video game version of tennis, as the title indicates.
* TitleByNumber: Name incorporates the expected number of players.
* UrExample: Depending on how you define a video game, this is either the first, second, or third ever game.
* VectorGame: The display uses vector graphics.
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