Development of video games

By malfoy

  • Naughts and crosses

    OXO was the first ever game to be played on an electronic screen display. this was classed as the big breakthrough for the video game industry.

  • Spacewar!

    as well as one of the first two player games,Spacewar! was also one of the first video games that was made widely accessible.

  • Magnavox Oeyssy

    This was the first ever household video game console, which started the boom in new video game consoles.

  • Popularity of arcade games

    Arcade games began to boom because of games like 'pong'. it has become a cornerstone of the video game culture and is widely known around the world.

  • Microvision

    This was the first ever handheld video game console with interchangeable cartridges interchangeable cartridges became a staple among the rest of the handheld consoles such as nintendo.

  • The 1980's

    80's saw modern day genres get firmly established in the publics view of video games. games like 'Legend of Zelda' is an early example of adventure games, whereas maze games like paceman were just as popular.

  • nintendo POWER

    first english language gaming magazine in the world.

  • Gameboy

    Would spawn 5 other consoles in the same gameboy family.

  • Sonic the hedgehog

    Introduced by Sega and would become one of the most recognisable video characters of all time and provided rivalry against Nintendo's Mario franchise.

  • 1990's

    Many graphical enhancements with the major change being the transition from 2D graphics to 3D graphics on home consoles with Nintendo

  • Major shift

    The late 90's was when there was a major shift in gamers where sony with the playstation gained in popularity and superseded nintendo as the leading console developer. much of this was due to the fact that sony used discs while nintendo continued to se cartridges , which had much smaller size.

  • early 00s

    During the early 2000s, many consoles were released that were firsts. the GameCube was real;eased, which was the first nintendo console to use discs. the Xbox was Microsoft's first gaming console and the playstation 2 became one of the best selling consoles of all time.

  • Nintendo Wii

    The Wii was the first console to utilise motion controls with the use of the wii remote.