Bertie the Brain - Revision history

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	\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/bertie-the-brain}}		\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/bertie-the-brain}}

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	\|title = Bertie the Brain		\|title = Bertie the Brain
	\|image = BertietheBrainDemonstration.jpg		\|image = BertietheBrainDemonstration.jpg
	\|developer = Josef Kates		\|developer = Josef Kates
	\|date = 1950		\|date = 1950
	\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/bertie-the-brain		\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/bertie-the-brain}}
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	Bertie the Brain was a single purpose computer created in 1950 by the scientist Dr. Josef Kates which played the game tic-tac-toe (naughts and crosses). The machine was built as a display of Kates' invention, the Binary Adder Tube, a vacuum tube he believed had the potential to obsolete the older models in performance. Bertie is the earliest known, fully electronic device used to play a game, with some labelling it as the very first video game. It was showcased at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Canada from August to September 1950 and was afterwards disassembled for parts.		Bertie the Brain was a single purpose computer created in 1950 by the scientist Dr. Josef Kates which played the game tic-tac-toe (naughts and crosses). The machine was built as a display of Kates' invention, the Binary Adder Tube, a vacuum tube he believed had the potential to obsolete the older models in performance. Bertie is the earliest known, fully electronic device used to play a game, with some labelling it as the very first video game. It was showcased at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Canada from August to September 1950 and was afterwards disassembled for parts.

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	\|title = Bertie the Brain		\|title = Bertie the Brain
	\|image =		\|image = BertietheBrainDemonstration.jpg
	\|developer = Josef Kates		\|developer = Josef Kates
	\|date = 1950		\|date = 1950
	\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/bertie-the-brain		\|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/bertie-the-brain
	}}		}}

			Bertie the Brain was a single purpose computer created in 1950 by the scientist Dr. Josef Kates which played the game tic-tac-toe (naughts and crosses). The machine was built as a display of Kates' invention, the Binary Adder Tube, a vacuum tube he believed had the potential to obsolete the older models in performance. Bertie is the earliest known, fully electronic device used to play a game, with some labelling it as the very first video game. It was showcased at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Canada from August to September 1950 and was afterwards disassembled for parts.

	== Photos ==		== Photos ==

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	== Photos ==		== Photos ==
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	BertietheBrainInternal.jpg\|Mainframe of Bertie (1950).		BertietheBrainInternal.jpg\|Mainframe of Bertie (1950).
	BertietheBrainDannyKaye.jpg\|Playing against Bertie (1950).		BertietheBrainDannyKaye.jpg\|Playing against Bertie (1950).

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	*http://spacing.ca/toronto/2014/08/13/meet-bertie-brain-worlds-first-arcade-game-built-toronto/ ''Meet Bertie the Brain, the world’s first arcade game, built in Toronto'' by JChris Bateman.		*http://spacing.ca/toronto/2014/08/13/meet-bertie-brain-worlds-first-arcade-game-built-toronto/ ''Meet Bertie the Brain, the world’s first arcade game, built in Toronto'' by JChris Bateman.


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|title = Bertie the Brain
|image =
|developer = Josef Kates
|date = 1950
|mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/bertie-the-brain
}}

== Photos ==
<gallery>
BertietheBrainInternal.jpg|Mainframe of Bertie (1950).
BertietheBrainDannyKaye.jpg|Playing against Bertie (1950).
BertietheBrainDemonstration.jpg|Bertie's control panel (1950).
BertietheBrainGameplay.jpg|Full view of the front display for Bertie the Brain (1950).
</gallery>

== Histories ==

*http://spacing.ca/toronto/2014/08/13/meet-bertie-brain-worlds-first-arcade-game-built-toronto/ ''Meet Bertie the Brain, the world’s first arcade game, built in Toronto'' by JChris Bateman.