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The First Modern Video Game Tournament, May 30, 1972

A 1970s university computing lab with students gathered around a terminal displaying a two-ship space combat game; CRT display, punched-tape or paper-tape equipment visible, no identifiable faces.

On May 30, 1972, students at Stanford held what is widely recognized as the first modern video game tournament, playing the early computer game Spacewar! in a competitive format that presaged later esports events.

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