電子競技(eSport) 近年快速崛起,無論是觀看人數又或者是電競收入每年都錄得近五成的增長。但原來電競並不是近年才興起的新鮮事,大家出生之前已經出現了。最早的電競比賽原來在1972年就有紀錄。
最早知名的電子遊戲比賽於1972年10月19日在斯丹福大學舉行,比賽的平台是《太空大戰》(SpeaceWar)(本文早前誤寫為七十年代十分熱門的日本電子遊戲《Space Invaders》(太空侵略者),已修正,謹此致歉)。當時的獎品是美國熱門青少年雜誌 Rolling Stone 的一年訂閱。而最早的正式電競比賽太空侵略者錦標賽,就在8年後,於1980年由電腦公司 Atari 所舉辦,是最早的大型電子遊戲大賽。當時在美國吸引了超過一萬名參賽者,令當時遊戲競技在年輕人中得到了普及。Exp.gg
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而第一個類似電子競技公司的是在在1980年,由Walter Day 創立。他創立了一個名為 Twin Galaxies 的組織,目標是透過申請健力士世界高分紀錄等的方式,促進電子遊戲和宣傳他們的高分記錄。 Twin Galaxies 團隊參與了各種比賽,例如舉行視頻遊戲大師賽等,並贊助了北美視頻遊戲挑戰賽(North American Video Game Challenge tournament),幫助了當時的電競發展。Guidegame.vn
在70年代和80年代的時候,電競開始在網站和雜誌中流行起來,當中更有比賽被列入電視節目及電影中,可見當時的受歡迎程度。Gamebrott
而在90年代,許多遊戲受益於互聯網連接的增長,不少的遊戲紛紛在PC上登錄,透過多人對戰的方式,吸引玩家競技。舉例來說,1988 年的 Netrek 是一個16個玩家可以同時在線的互聯網游戲(雖然對比現在近萬人同時在線差遠了,但注意這可是1988年的事情!),亦被 Wired Magazine 評為「第一屆在線體育遊戲」。Gamingdose
而在上世紀原來也有大型電競比賽!當中最著名的是1990年任天堂世界錦標賽,它曾在美國巡迴演出,並在環球影城舉行決賽。因為其受歡迎的程度,任天堂1994年舉辦了第二屆世界錦標賽。
其餘的賽事包括電腦運動員職業聯賽(CPL),QuakeCon和職業玩家聯盟。