AUTHOR'S NOTE: I did not play this on original hardware, but instead on a recreated browser port at https://www.retrogamedeconstructionzone.com/2021/07/cathode-ray-tube-amusement-device.html
As one of the first video game, the Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device, establishes a brilliant foundation for what is to come for gaming. There are several knobs in which controls the flow of a line, and your goal is to overlap that line with an airplane. It is indeed quite amazing what technology employed in 1947 could do. The game does have its limitations, however, since the device is not a computing device. The main objective is to hit the airplane, but the game has no actual hit detection implemented, so it can only "trust" that the player had hit it. In addition, the controls felt quite sluggish and finicky with 7 different knobs and a single button. Overall, it is lacking in content, but it is a promising start to what is to come.
As one of the first video game, the Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device, establishes a brilliant foundation for what is to come for gaming. There are several knobs in which controls the flow of a line, and your goal is to overlap that line with an airplane. It is indeed quite amazing what technology employed in 1947 could do. The game does have its limitations, however, since the device is not a computing device. The main objective is to hit the airplane, but the game has no actual hit detection implemented, so it can only "trust" that the player had hit it. In addition, the controls felt quite sluggish and finicky with 7 different knobs and a single button. Overall, it is lacking in content, but it is a promising start to what is to come.