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Which came first: Tennis for Two or The Terminator?

Tennis for Two came first, in 1958 (shown). The Terminator followed 26 years later, in 1984 (released).

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  1. First1958

    Tennis for Two

    game · shown

    Tennis for Two, one of the first video games, was shown at a US laboratory's open day in 1958.

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  2. Second1984

    The Terminator

    film · released

    The Terminator, from 1984, cast Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg killer sent back in time from 2029.

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.