History Of Video games

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  • First Video game

    First Video game
    A device called the Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device was made in the United States by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann.(THIS WAS TAKEN OFF WIKIPEDIA under early video games)
  • Early interactions

    Early interactions
    OXO, a graphical version of tic-tac-toe, was created by A.S. Douglas in 1952 at the University of Cambridge, in order to demonstrate his theroy on human-computer interaction. it was later develpoed more to create TIC TAC TOE
  • Pong

    Pong
    Creation of Pong was a sucsessor of the OXO. It was a stndard tennis game on an Oscilloscope screen it was 2D and yellow. It was Made by William Hignbotham at Brookhaven National Labratory
  • Tenis for two

    Tenis for two
    In 1958 William Higinbotham created a game using an oscilloscope and analog computer(Wikipedia).It was titled Tennis for Two, it was used to entertain visitors of the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. Tennis for Two showed a simplified tennis court from the side, featuring a gravity-controlled ball that needed to be played over the "net", unlike its successors. The game was played with two box shaped controllers, both had with a knob for trajectory and a button for hitting the ball.
  • Spacewar

    Spacewar
    In 1961, Steve Russell programmed a game titled Spacewar! on the DEC PDP-1(Wikipedia), a new computer at the time. The game made two human players battle against each other, each controlling a spacecraft capable of firing missiles, while a black hole worm hole or anomally in the center of the screen created a large hazard for the crafts
  • Introduction of video

    Introduction of video
    Video games were introduced as a commercial entertainment medium in 1971, becoming the basis for an important entertainment industry which will soon become the greatets industry ever.
  • SpaceWar 2

    SpaceWar 2
    Spacewar 2 was a early spacecraft game that was a secondary to spacewar. It was a game almost the same to spacewar were you were a spacecraft and you had to destroy other spacecraft and still there was an anomally a worm hole or somthing that has a gravity feild and drags you in and if you hit it you die
  • SpaceInvades

    SpaceInvades
    Space Invaders is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978.The aim is to defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon and earn as many points as possible. You ae controlling a turret or spaceship and the alienns will slow come down the screen to get you, you have to destroy them before they do. You get 3 blockades to hide behind but they can be shot away.
  • PacMan

    PacMan
    It was a widely played game that was based on a man who slept with other women so they all ganged up and tryed to get him. it is a yellow circle eating little dots and avoid the coulorful thing chasing after you. it was a very sucsessful game and still is heavily prasied as a great game today.
  • Donkey Kong

    Donkey Kong
    It was the biggest Arcade Game of its Generation and was a big bulk arcade game and 8 bit game all 2d. It was usally found at arcades and was not suitible for your house because of its size. This marked the pavestone with a great sega of Donkey Kong games in the fuiter and is now one of the greatest games ever
  • Game Industry Crash

    Game Industry Crash
    It almost destroyed by the gameing industry and led to the bankruptcy of several companies. companies then had to start producing home computers and video game consoles in North America and England to gain some money. The crash almost brought an abrupt end to what is considered the second generation of console video gaming
  • GO

    GO
    it is a japanesse bord game which is against a bord computer. But it has evolved over the years the traditional games was made in 2235BC in china and has been kept to this day and age and has been digitalized.
  • NES

    NES
    When th NES came out it was widly sucsessful it was the best selling console of its time. NES stands for Nitendo Entertainment System ans was shortend to NES. It was the the first 8 bit console
  • Megadrive

    Megadrive
    It was a 16 bit console it was a big sucsess for Sega it sold 29 million it was Sega's bigesst sucsessful. The biggest game now to be played on it was the birth of Sonic the hedghog. It was Sega's first major console.
  • Game Boy Pocket

    Game Boy Pocket
    It was a huge hit for Nintendo the first Hand held console that can play multiple game catridges. It was a major sucsess and was not the last game boy to be made. Wht also made a hit it wads not black and white either it had some varies of colour.
  • SNES

    SNES
    It was originally called the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and it was a double sucsess from its predesesor the NES and its most popular game was Super Mario Allstars. It introduced advanced graphics. This also brought with it the large Nitendo industry of Mario which is now Nitendo's greast game series ever.
  • PS1

    PS1
    It was realesed right after the Sonys Playstation it was a major sucsess for sony and it was the biggest of it generation. It also made a sidkick called the PSone which was smaller and was good for the capbility of mobile play avble for a screen attatchment so was able to be played in cars and caravans.
  • N 64

    N 64
    N 64 is a shorten term for Nintendo 64 it was the third victory for Nitendo and was one of its biggest sucsess for the company. It also homed in on some more games that were released for other consoles not just Nintendo games.
  • PS2

    PS2
    The PlayStation 2 "PS2" is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony, the successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3 as part of the PlayStation series of consoles.
  • GameCube

    GameCube
    This was Nintndos greatest victory and was second cheapest to buy after the DreamCast. It had also brought a new idea of having smaller thicker and more protected Disks. Its Ident carried with it the same idear as the console being a cube, and th ident is a cube made of NC.
  • X box 360

    X box 360
    The Xbox 360 is the successor to the Xbox, and competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. It was hailed as the greatest of the 6th Gen consoles for online play. It still has the inurds of a PC but its primary function is to play games.
  • WII

    WII
    It is the first in high sensetive wirless movment on screen and is one of the 6th gen consloes and is battaling other geat names. It is the first fully interactive game in had eye comunication skills. It has wireless WII remotes to allow presioson
  • X Box

    X Box
    It is the predecessor to Microsoft's Xbox 360 console. It was discontinued in late 2006. It was also Microsofts first big hit into the gaming industry. But it was not the most played, bought of even Made out of its Era.
  • PS3

    PS3
    The PlayStation 3 commonly abbreviated PS3 is the third console by Sony video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment, and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii, as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles.