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The initial known video game competition took place on 19 October 1972 at Stanford University or college for the game Spacewar.[15] Stanford students were invited to the "Intergalactic spacewar olympics" whose grand prize was a year's registration for Rolling Rock, with Bruce Baumgart being successful the five-man-free-for-all tournament and Tovar and Robert E. Maas receiving the Team Competition.[16] THE AREA Invaders Championship presented by Atari in 1980 was the earliest large scale video game competition, getting more than 10,000 members across the United States, establishing competitive games as a mainstream hobby.[17] In the summer of 1980, Walter Day founded a high report record keeping business called Twin Galaxies.[18] The organization went on to help promote video games and publicize its documents through publications such as the Guinness Reserve of World Information, and in 1983 it created the U.S. National Video Game Team. The team was involved in competition...

The earliest known video game competition occurred on 19 October 1972 at Stanford College or university for the overall game Spacewar.[15] Stanford students were invited with an "Intergalactic spacewar olympics" whose grand reward was a year's subscription for Rolling Rock, with Bruce Baumgart receiving the five-man-free-for-all tournament and Tovar and Robert E. Maas being successful the Team Competition.[16] The Space Invaders Championship kept by Atari in 1980 was the initial large scale video game competition, appealing to more than 10,000 members across the United States, establishing competitive game playing as a mainstream hobby.[17] In the summertime of 1980, Walter Day founded a higher report record keeping company called Twin Galaxies.[18] The organization continued to help promote video games and publicize its information through publications including the Guinness Booklet of World Data, and in 1983 it created the U.S. National Video Game Team. The team was inv...