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First Video Game created by Atari
Not all that exciting
Pong, could be played on a console. Ralph Baer started the movement of creating video games, and it's developed into a passionate passtime for many in the 21st century. -
An MIT student creates the first two player game.
Evolution of Spacewar Steve Russel creates "Spacewar", a game that involves two players.This creation creates a whole new look for the rising video game industry. It's not a computer game just yet. -
First Computer Game
Pew Pew
"Gunfight", created by Tonohori Nishikado, was the first computer game. Because all previous games were on different machines, this started the computer game movement. -
Channel F
Why doesn't it look like an Xbox???
The first programmable catridge-based home game console is sold by Fairfield Camera and Instrument. This game system allowed users to change games by switiching cartridges, which most consoles will use later. -
The Trackball
Dang. That's huge.
Football, a game by Atari, is the first game that uses a trackball. Althought this was first used on an arcade game, this would influence future computer mouses to come. -
First 3-D Game
Battlezone, a game adopted by the U.S. goverment for military training, was the first among 3-D games. Because of this game, more and more 3-D games were going to come, -
Commodore 64
The Dinosaur.
Althought it may look like a computer, it's a video game console. The most powerful and least expensive at its time. This unit inspires the Xbox and other consoles in the future. -
Nintendo's First Debut
The Start of Mario and Luigi.
The NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), is distributed to Japan, and not the USA. Because of the high demand of the NES is the U.S, Nintendo offers Atari to sell the product in the U.S, but instead the plan did not go through and Americans did not get to see anything Nintendo until 1985. -
Banning Violent Video Games
Too much Pew Pew?Senators Joseph Liberman and Hebert Kohl both propose an investigation into violence in video games. More and more begin to wonder if violent video games are okay for their children. -
The Sony PlayStation Debut
Sony's Playstation
Japan is hit with Sony's PlayStation, and is huge. Almost every rich boy has a PlayStation, and is making a huge difference to console gaming. -
Nintendo 64
More Mario and Luigi.
The Nintendo 64 is released in Japan, and is soon to hit the U.S. This debut ranks Nintendo high up for video game consoles, and they start making more games. -
USA gets the PlayStation
'Murica!!!!!
The PlayStation creates a huge demand in the U.S. and is a big hit. This sparks more and more consoles to come. -
Can't handle the Pew Pew Pew??
Can't contain. A bill is proposed to stop violent gaming in ARIZONA. The bill is not approved, and gamers live happily ever after. -
PlayStation 2
New PlayStation
The PlayStation 2 comes to the U.S, and is sold for 299.99 dollars each, only 500,000 units were available. This helps conole development even more. -
The Sims
Sims Story
Sims, a game that simulates family life or a regular life, is released and surpasses Myst as best selling game. Because of this, this opens a whole new genre of video games yet to come. -
The GameBoy
GameBoy Nintendo releases a handheld gaming device that sparks the Nintendo DS and other handheld products. This product is a huge hit and is very profitable for Nintendo. -
Steam
[A Great Creation. ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(software)The online gaming community, Steam is released. This software allows multiplayer gaming, and is a social networking site. Steam allows you to purchase games on their program and download to play. Over 3,700 games are on Steam and 100 million players. -
Nintendo DS
Nintendo D.SA portable system with two screens, this item is sold everywhere across the U.S, The touch screen and foldability is something new that wasn't in the market before. -
Sony's PSP
PSP Story. The PSP is a portable system with a large high resolution display. Sony's success on this sparks a whole new decade of creating more consoles. -
Microsoft's Xbox 360
More things to Pew Pew On?? This console was very sucessful in the U.S, it was very popular to have because it was so new and exciting. Later, Microsoft's profit on this machine is used to create exciting new things.
