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Pong
Pong is considered by many as the first arcade video game available to the public. It was a simple tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. image
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Magnavox Odyssey
The Magnavox Odyssey is the world's first commercial home video game console. It was first demonstrated in April, but was officially released on Augest later that year
The odyssey was designed by Ralph Baer, who also worked on the prototype known as the Brown Box image
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Colossal Cave Adventure
Colossal Cave Adventure is considered as one of the first text-based adventure games to be created.
Text adventure games are an interesting concept, as there is no graphics in the game it is all just words. Users are giving a description of what is around them in the game and then users can type different commands to interact with the environment.
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Space invaders
Space invaders is a very well known early arcade game, developed by Tomohiro Nishikado, originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan. The game remains very simple but very fun to play as you must shoot all of the aliens baring down on you before they get to you. image
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Microvision
The Microvision was the very first handheld game console that used interchangeable cartridges. It was released by the Milton Bradley Company in 1979,
The Microvision's combination of portability and a catridge-based system led to moderate success, however, with very few cartridges, a small screen, and a lack of support from established home video game companies led to its demise in 1981 image
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Pac-Man
Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco. Game designer, Iwatani, has stated that the inspiration for Pac-Man's well known shape was inspired by a pizza missing a slice. In the game players must control Pac-Man and try to eat all of the pac-dots whilst avoiding the four enemies, known as Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. Pac-Man can eat four larger dots which are known as power pellets, allowing Pac-Man to eat the four enemies to gain additional points. image
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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong is an arcade game released by Nintendo. The gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. In the game, player control Jumpman, the hero who has since be named Mario. image
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Tetris
Tetris is a simple tile-matching puzzle video game orginially designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov. The objective is to match up the falling shapes as they land so that you complete rows, once a row is complete it will disappear, the game is lost when the tiles fills the screen. image
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The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda is a high fantasy action-adventure game series. The game focuses on Link as the protagonist, Link's task is to save Princess Zelda and the kingdom of Hyrule from the evil Ganondorf. The legend of Zelda is still releasing new titles to this day on newer Nintendo consoles. image
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Sega Genesis
The Sega Genesis, also known as Mega Drive, is a 16-bit video game console developed by Sega Enterprises. The Genesis was Sega's thirde console and gained a lot of popularity due to its Genesis-exclusive Sonic the Hedgehog series, the famous side-scrolling adventure game which is still making new titles today. image
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Nintendo Game Boy
The Game Boy is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The console popularised handheld gaming and led to the later Nintendo handheld devices such as the Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo DS. image
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PlayStation
The PlayStation is a 32-bit video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, 1994. It was later released in North America and Europe in 1995. The PlayStation saw huge success and was the first 'computer entertainment platform' to ship 100 million units. The PlayStation set up the foundations for Sony's newer PlayStation consoles. image
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PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the original PlayStation. It was part of the sixth-generation of consoles and competed with Microsofts Xbox. image
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Xbox
The Xbox is a video game console developed by Microsoft. The Xbox came with populer exclusive games such as Halo: Combat Evolved, the Halo series still remains one of the most popular Xbox exclusive franchises to this day. image
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Steam
In 2003 Valve released their digital distribution system, Steam. Steam allowed players to purchase and download games online digitally without needing a hard copy of their games. As of January 2014 there are over 3000 games available through Steam. image
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World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMOPRG) created by Blizzard Entertainment. It was the fourth released game in set in the fantasy Warcraft Universe. The game holds a massive world that players from all over the world can play together to achieve a common objective. It has made a considerable amount of money with over seven million subscribers. image
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Nintendo DS
The Nintendo DS is a dual-screen handheld game console developed by Nintendo. This device was the successor to the Game Boy Advance SP. The DS featured two screens, the bottom one making use of touch screen technology allowing for a newer variety of gameplay. The device also allowed players to interact with one another over Wi-Fi. image
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Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 was Microsofts second games console and was the successor to the original Xbox. The Xbox 360 was a part of the seventh generation of games consoles and competed with the Playstation 3 and the Wii. The Xbox 360 faced a lot of criticism early on with a lot of users having hardware failure problems known as 'The red ring of death'. However the Xbox 360 still remains a strong console with access to a lot of online features in addition to its video games. -
PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 was Sony Computer Entertainment's successor to the PlayStation 2. It was a part of the seventh generation of games consoles, competing with the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. Just like the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 had a lot of online features available to users as well as the video games that it could play. image
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Nintendo Wii
The Nintendo Wii was a part of the seventh generation of games consoles, competing with the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The Wii was different to other consoles as the Wii remote detected movement and it brought in a new way to play games. Popular games such as Wii Play and Wii Sports were played differently to other games as players had to move their bodies around infront of a sensor to play the game. To a lot of people, the Wii is seen as the most family-friendly games console. -
App store
In 2007, Apple released their first smartphone, and Android did so in 2008. Both came with their own app stores, allowing users to download a large of variety of applications to their phone, including games which allowed users to play a large number of games on their mobile phones. image
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Wii U
The Wii U is a video game consoles developed by Nintendo and is the successor to the Wii. The console was the first entry into the eighth generation of video game consoles and it directly competes with the PS4 and the Xbox One. The primary controller for the Wii U is a large gamepad with an embedded touchscreen. image
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PlayStation 4
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a video game console from Sony Computer Entertainment and is the successor to the PlayStation 3. The PS4 is a part of the eigth generation of games consoles, competing with The Xbox One and the WiiU. Similarly to the Xbox One, the PS4 offers a variety of things to do other than just playing video games, including watching moves, tv shows and listening to music. image
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Xbox One
Xbox One is a video game console developed by Microsoft and is the successor to the Xbox 360. It is part of the eigth generation of video games consoles, competing with the PlayStation 4 and the WiiU. The Xbox One comes with their Kinect device built in. The motion sensor device has received a lot of praise from users. image
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