[Ads-l] Antedating of "Video Game"

[Shapiro, Fred]

The OED's first use for the term "video game" is dated 25 Sept. 1973.  A very thorough website

https://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-etymology-of-term-video-game.html

has images of the following two citations.  The first of these may be the actual coinage.

1972 Nolan K. Bushnell Letter to John A. Britz 10 July  My projected delivery date for the flipper mock-up is September 1, 1972 with the video game to be finished November 15. ... The video game has a hockey theme which has a great amount of two player speed and excitement.

1973 Cash Box 10 Mar.  Braun also reveled [sic] that two new allied amusement products began shipping to his distributors last Thursday: a video game called 'Paddle Battle' and a machine gun target novelty called 'Rapid Fire'.

Fred Shapiro

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