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OXO aka Noughts and Crosses
oxoThis is a electronic game for Tic-Tac-Toe; althought, this game was not open to the public bucause it only was open to the staff and students of Cambridge University. Develope by University of Cambridge student Alexander Sandy Douglas. -
Tennis for two
<a href='http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/higinbotham.asp'> Is considered one of the first video games, and people waited in lines to play this game. William Higinbotham was the creator to this game. The game is play like tennis, but you do not have the rackets. -
Space War
Develope by a young computer programmer from MIT, Steve Russell. In which you have to destroy the space ships and it can be play up to two players. -
interactive tv games
Baer and team are successful in creating two interactive TV games—a chase game and a tennis game. They are also able to manipulate a toy gun so that it detects spots of light on the TV screen. Read more: Video Games: Timeline — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline1.html#ixzz27PwUun7v -
Computer Space
Computer Space
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney (future founders of Atari) begin their attempt to create an arcade version of Spacewar, calling it Computer Space. -
Galaxy Game
The game was programmed by Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck. Like Computer Space, it was a version of the existing Spacewar! In June 1972 the hardware was improved to allow the processor to power four to eight consoles -
Asteroids
Asteroids is the first game to allow high scorers to enter three character initials to be stored in the machine. Read more: Timeline: Video Games | Part II: 1975-1984 — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline2.html#ixzz27PxaFy5v -
Pacman
Pacman
is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980 -
Battlezone
BattlezoneBattlezone is a first-person combat game. Players compete for highest scores in a world beyond the stars. It's a battle of skill and wits between the player and enemy tanks and missiles.A forefather of today’s 3D action games, Battlezone was introduced in 1980. It was so advanced at the time that the U.S. Army ordered modified versions of the games for training purposes. -
Dragon Lair
Cinematronics debuts Rick Dyer's Dragon Lair, the first video game to feature laser-disc technology. Read more: Timeline: Video Games | Part II: 1975-1984 — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline2.html#ixzz27PxyKyWY -
Tetris
TetrisThe name Tetris comes from the Greek work tetra or "four". Tetris is a computer puzzle game in which various shapes each made of four squares are falling down a well. The user turns the pieces around and moves them left or right in order to arrange them on top of the other. When a solid line of squares is made from edge to edge, the line dissolves and all the pieces move down by one square. When the lines dissolve points are won, when the well fills up the game ends. -
Super Nintendo
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The SNES was a global success, becoming the best-selling console of the 16-bit era despite its relatively late start and the fierce competition it faced in North America and Europe from Sega's Genesis console. The SNES remained popular well into the 32-bit era, and continues to be popular among fans, collectors, retro gamers, and emulation enthusiasts, some of whom are still making homebrew ROM images. -
Playstation
Playstation
The Playstation is a game console made by Sony Computer Entertainment, and is a 32 bit.
The brand consists of a total of three home consoles, a media center, an online service, a line of controllers, two handhelds and a phone, as well as multiple magazines. -
gun fight
Gunfight, the first "computer" game is released. It is the first game to use a microprocessor instead of hardwired solid-state circuits. Read more: Timeline: Video Games | Part II: 1975-1984 — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline2.html#ixzz27Px8Jiu0 -
Tamgotchi
tamagotchiTamagotchi, the original virtual pet, first made its impact in pop culture history when Bandai launched the product in 1996, selling more then 40 million units worldwide and 12 million units in the United States and Canada. The launch of Tamagotchi not only spurred the virtual pet phenomenon of the 90s, but it also created a brand new toy category and prompted countless virtual pet imitators. During its peak, 15 Tamagotchi units were sold every minute in the U.S. and Canada. -
Nintendo 64
64The N64 launched for £249.97 with a huge total of three games - Super Mario 64, Pilotwings 64 and Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire. Because of the slow build-up, the high price of the games (most new releases cost £54.99) and shrewd marketing by Sony that appealed to the 17-25-year-old market, the N64 never managed to match the sales of the PlayStation -
PS 2
ps2The development of the PS2 was first announced to the public in April 1999. The PS2 had some unique features, not present in any other console. At its heart was an Emotion Engine, which was created by both Sony and Toshiba allowing the whole system to be backwards compatible with older Playstation games as well as be able to play games in the newer DVD format. The PS2 had a hardware mode called Texture Interpolation to anti-alias the edges of graphics. -
Game Boy Advance
GameFeaturing a larger screen and better graphics than previous versions of the Game Boy, the GBA would go on to sell tens of millions of units worldwide after its North American debut in 2001. -
Xbox
xboxWhen Microsoft launched its Xbox on 15 November 2001, it was far from a guaranteed success; the software giant did have some gaming experience through the PC, but despite some impressive hardware, few believed that the console could truly compete with a brand like PlayStation. -
Gamecube
GamecubeThe GameCube is a solid piece of hardware that helps to prove that the Nintendo 64 was just a minor misstep, and Nintendo is back on the right track with a great system at a reasonable price. -
psp
PSP launches in North America for $249, approximately $20 more than the Japanese price and $100 more than its recently launched competitor - the Nintendo DS. 500,000 PSPs are sold in the first two days but there are later suspicions that the first weeks do not reap quite the figures that Sony had hoped for. -
PS3
PS3It was going to have a price of $499 and would be released at the same time as the 60 GB model that was going to sell for $599. The biggest difference was that the 60 GB model would offer the HDMI port, Wi-Fi internet, flash card reader and have chrome trim.
It was also announced that the release date of both models had been set. -
xbox 360
360The Xbox 360 is the successor to the Xbox, and competes with Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of gaming systems. The Xbox 360 was officially unveiled on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged later that month at the E3. -
Wii
WiiIn 2006, Nintendo introduced the Wii and with it several advanced, revolutionary features. Wireless motion-sensitive remote controllers, built-in Wi-Fi capability, and a host of other features have made the Wii the best-selling latest generation console system in the world. -
Nintendo 3DS
nintendoNintendo launches the Nintendo 3DS system, which allows users to view 3D content without the use of special glasses.
