The First Black Video Game Character (Atari Basketball, 1979)


Thirty years ago (1979), the first obviously black video game character appeared in Basketball, programmed by Alan Miller for the Atari 800 home computer. Fore more info, see: www.vintagecomputing.com

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    • pearlmax
    • February 4th, 2010

    First pink character too..

    • shadowghostra
    • February 4th, 2010

    LMAO!!!!!

    • 3Dinvent
    • February 4th, 2010

    this game is RACIST!!!

    • Joaozinho2684
    • February 4th, 2010

    this is tecnology

    • chaq686
    • February 4th, 2010

    wasn’t so bad

    • cuuuuue
    • February 4th, 2010

    what about basketball on oddessy 4000 1977

    • energypartner
    • February 4th, 2010

    oh lord

    • NinjaNfly
    • February 4th, 2010

    seems hard

    • DekaDude
    • February 4th, 2010

    It looks like he’s not wearing basketball shorts, just really, really, short boxers.

    • Bayfaces
    • February 4th, 2010

    ok that really sucks more than d pat hero not the video but that game

    • citymoukari
    • February 4th, 2010

    Omg hehe this sucks :D

    • wildcritic
    • February 4th, 2010

    history in the making. this is almost as great the first black president.

    • MyPhoneGoezBeep
    • February 4th, 2010

    You mean pink. :P

    • ynhynh
    • February 4th, 2010

    We have the first purple character also lol.

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