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Alexander Douglas creates the first graphical computer game
Alexander Douglas was a british professor of computer science who created the game "OXO", a noughts and crosses style game. -
the first blackjack program
Programers at new mexico's los alamos laboratories develop the first blackjack program on an IBM-701 -
U.S. military develops "Hutspiel"
The U.S. military develops "Hutspiel", a war game featuring red and blue players wage war. -
Steve Russell creates "Spacewar!"
Steve Russell an MIT student creates the game "Spacewar!" whhich spreads to computers accross the country. -
LIFE
Scientific American publishes the rules for LIFE. In this simulation crowded cells and lonely cells die while others live and reproduce. -
Oregon Trail was made
College students Bill Heinemann and Paul Dillenberger created Oregon Trail, a simulation of the pioneers' westward trek. -
Pong is born
Nolan Bushnell and Al Alcorn from Atari develop the table tennis game, Pong. -
Pacman
A missing slice of pizza inspires Toru Iwatani to create Pacman. -
Donkey Kong
Nintendo releases the game Donkey Kong featuring Jumpman, one of the most iconic game characters to date. -
Half-Life is released
Half-Life developed by Valve is one of the greatest video games of all time. -
Steam is released
Valve releases Steam, a digital video game distributer which revolutionised the PC gaming industry.