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Cathode Ray Tube
The Cathode Ray Tube was the first game ever created. The game was a missile simulator inspired by the missile displays that were used in World War 2. The game was created by Thomas T. Goldsmith and Estle Ray Mann. Thomas Goldsmith was born on January 9, 1910 and died on the 5th of March, 2009 he was an american television pioneer and a professor of physics at Furman University. The Game was notsold to the public. -
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Pong
Pong was one of the first arcade games ever made and became very popular during the 70's, The gameplay was very basic and loosely based on the game Ping Pong. Nolan Bushnell developed the game as co-founder of Atari, he is an american engineer and entrepreneur who founded Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza- Time Theatre Chains. Pong was designed to be played on Atari. -
Pac-man
Pac-man was first released in Japan. The game was extremely popular and is one of the most recognized games in the world.In the game you would play as Pacman and try to collect all the coins while avoiding the enemies to win. The game was created by Toru Iwatani who is a former video game designer that was born January 25, 1955. The game was designed to be played on the Namco platform. -
3D Monster Maze
3D Monster Maze was the first 3D video game ever created. In the game the player is put into the maze with an angry monster (the T-Rex) the player then has to exit the maze without being eaten by the monster. The game was developed by Malcolm Evans. -
Tetris
Tetris was originaly created in Russia by Alexy Pajitnov. The game is a tile-matching puzzle video game. The game was one of the most popular games in the world and still is. -
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros is a platform game developed and published by nintendo and first released in Japan. Mario is argueably the biggest and most influential video game character ever made. In 2005, IGN's poll named it The Greatest Game Of All Time. -
Madden Football
The game is named after John Madden a former NFL Player and Coach. 25 versions of the Game have been made and is the best selling sport game of all time. The franchise has sold roughly 85 million copies of the game as of 2010. -
Grand Theft Auto III
GTA 3 was a groundbreaking game made for Playstation 2. It was the first 3D game of the GTA series. The game is considered to be the equal best Playstation 2 game ever made according to Metacritic, holding an average critic score of 97 out of 100. The game was developed by Dma Designs. -
Call Of Duty
Call Of Duty is a first person and third person shooter video game and was originally released on the PC before expanding to consoles and handheld devices. The game was made by Ben Chichoski a game creator and developer with a net worth of $120 million. Call Of Duty is largely popular and 9 other versions of the game have been made. -
Angry Birds
Angry Birds was released to be played on apple iOS devices, The game became greatly succesful and more than 12 million copies were purchased from the apple store. The game was made by Rovio Entertainment, who have made several different versions of the game since.
