Welcome to the Arcade, A Collaborative Pop Culture TL

Ladies and Gentlemen; now is the time for the first-ever draft of the TL.

POD: After the critical acclaim of Tennis For Two, William Higinbotham opened up American Computer Entertainment (ACE Games) to produce more software. The following year, Tennis For Two is released as an arcade game and is installed in bars, restaurants, and other places, quickly gaining popularity.

December 12, 1959: Stirling Moss' Cooper-Climax does not see its gearbox fail and wins the 1959 United States Grand Prix, which combined with Jack Brabham running out of fuel, leads to him winning the 1959 World Championship of Drivers.

1961: ACE Games released {Ping} to the public, which became an immediate success

1962: MIT's Spacewar!, created by Steve Russell and his fellow members of the Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC)

1963: ACE Games officially releases Spacewar!, from the newly-hired Steve Russell

February 6, 1964 - British pop group The Beatles died in a plane crash while flying from the UK to New York

1967: ACE Games rejects Ralph H. Baer's Brown Box prototype

December 31, 1967: Coney Island Be-In; Gamers take over the Coney Island Amusement Park in an effort to play the latest video games, sparking international attention and controversy regarding the addictive nature of video games.....

May 24, 1969: "Video Game Fever" musical single by the Sugar-beats makes its hit debut, highlighting the rise in Gamer culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, ....

Christmas 1971: RCA Studio is released to the public, attracting international attention

February 6, 1972: ACE Games sue RCA and Ralph Bear for 'patent infringement', in response, RCA and Ralph Bear Counter-sued ACE Games for 'monopolistic tendencies'; sparking international coverage

June 27, 1972: Atari is founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney after their success with Computer Space

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Consider these ones:

August 15-16, 1969: Woodstock Music Festival; FBI and local police officials are accused of attempting to prevent the concert from broadcasting on the "Interweb",...

October 21, 1970: Billy Graham launches his "Interweb Crusade" in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, condemning the rise of pornography on the Interweb,...

June 15, 1973: Stan Lee forces fans to sign "No Can See" agreements with comic book stores, to insure that they will not leak the ending of Amazing Spiderman (Marvel Comics) on the Interweb,...

September 11, 1973: Chilean President Salvador Allende announces the "Theory of Cyber-Socialism", noting that the Interweb highlights the efficiency of centralized economies,...
 
Consider these ones:

August 15-16, 1969: Woodstock Music Festival; FBI and local police officials are accused of attempting to prevent the concert from broadcasting on the "Interweb",...

October 21, 1970: Billy Graham launches his "Interweb Crusade" in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, condemning the rise of pornography on the Interweb,...

June 15, 1973: Stan Lee forces fans to sign "No Can See" agreements with comic book stores, to insure that they will not leak the ending of Amazing Spiderman (Marvel Comics) on the Interweb,...

September 11, 1973: Chilean President Salvador Allende announces the "Theory of Cyber-Socialism", noting that the Interweb highlights the efficiency of centralized economies,...

The Interweb?
 
How about this?

June 15, 1972: Atari release Pong in the arcades, which becomes immensely successful.
Later, ACE Games sue Atari for patient infringement

December 10, 1972: ACE Games lost the suit when RCA and Ralph Bear showed video games that pre-date Tennis For Two such as Bertie the Brain and Turochamp. Just a few days later, ACE Games decided to settle with Atari out of court and offering an agreement to become a licensee for US$700,000
 
I got some games for all of you

1964: Starfighter and Bombing Run is released to the arcades by ACE Games, gaining immediate popularity

1966: ACE Games' Baseball Stars is released in the arcades

1968: Alien Invasion by ACE Games is released
 
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I'm skipping around but I what to show some of the created companies of this TL.

September 10, 1976: Bennett Technocraft is founded as Bennett Computer Accessories by siblings Henry, Gregory and Erica Bennett, along with Henry's wife Akira Yoshimoro and Erica's husband Tyler MacMillan

June 10, 1990: The Republic of Gamers is founded by Trip Hawkins and the people he handpicked including, Adam Watson, DeMarcus Wallace, Kennedy Edelman, Eric Masaniuk and Jason Park

(Ideas borrowed from TheMann)
 
I'm skipping around but I what to show some of the created companies of this TL.

September 10, 1976: Bennett Technocraft is founded as Bennett Computer Accessories by siblings Henry, Gregory and Erica Bennett, along with Henry's wife Akira Yoshimoro and Erica's husband Tyler MacMillan

June 10, 1990: The Republic of Gamers is founded by Trip Hawkins and the people he handpicked including, Adam Watson, DeMarcus Wallace, Kennedy Edelman, Eric Masaniuk and Jason Park

(Ideas borrowed from TheMann)
Not bad buddy and nice you took my sport game idea, those are easier as can use all for the basic moves or the game tables(ie the percentage of what do in each sport action)

So Internet come early too..HOW?
 
Not bad buddy and nice you took my sport game idea, those are easier as can use all for the basic moves or the game tables(ie the percentage of what do in each sport action)

So Internet come early too..HOW?

Thanks. I don't know. Also, what name would ACE give to their consoles?
(I imagine it being like the Fairchild Channel F)
 
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