The first episode of the OCG History series begins by examining the two industries that were the direct precursors to video games, the arcade industry and the computer industry.
Special thanks to Jimmy Bogardus for creating the show's artwork.
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--&gt; Computers:
<a href="http://kotsanas.com/gb/exh.php?exhibit=0101002">Programmed Puppet Show</a>
<a href="https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/1st-century-automata/">Heron of Alexandria</a>
<a href="https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/1843-the-analytical-engine/">Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace</a>
<a href="http://www.thocp.net/timeline/1830.htm">19th Century Computing</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine">The Analytical Engine</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom">Jacquard's Loom</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith">Herman Hollerith</a>
<a href="https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/1886-punch-card-data/">Tabulation Machines</a>
<a href="https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/1897-cathode-ray-tube/">The Cathode Ray Tube</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Symbolic_Analysis_of_Relay_and_Switching_Circuits">Claude Shannon's Thesis</a>
<a href="https://pbgames.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/1936-turing-and-shannon/">Turing &amp; Shannon</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completeness">"Turing Complete"</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z3_(computer)">The Z3</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer">The Colossus</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC">ENIAC</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckert–Mauchly_Computer_Corporation">Eckert-Mauchly</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer">Apollo Guidance Computer</a>
<a href="http://curious-droid.com/214/apollo-flight-computers-get-men-moon-back/">AGC: How It Worked</a>
--&gt; Arcades:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_(fair)">Midway Plaisance</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_arcade#Penny_arcade">Penny Arcades</a>
<a href="http://shmuplations.com/kasco/">Founding of Kasco</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periscope_(arcade_game)">Sega's Periscope</a>
<a href="https://www.lifewire.com/killer-shark-arcade-game-from-jaws-729558">Sega's Killer Shark</a>
<a href="http://www.pinrepair.com/arcade/sduckhu.htm">Sega's Duck Hunt</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Gunman">Nintendo's Wild Gunman</a>

The First Video Game

A podcast series that tells a narrative history of the video game industry.