When is National Video Games Day?

Tuesday September 12th

National Video Games Day, September 12th, honors all the ways we enjoy a good video game challenge.

National Video Games Day | September 12

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This day, video game players from around the United States are enjoying this holiday with a slew of excitement. Video games have been a mash-up of art form and industry from their very early days.

The United States National Video Game Team was formed by Walter Day and the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard in Ottumwa, Iowa, on July 25, 1983. Their early games featured interactive electronic devices with various display sizes. In 1947, Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann filed the first patent for an interactive electronic device. It was called the "Cathode ray tube amusement Device" and was named "Cathode ray tube amusement Device."

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