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Atari. Founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney
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PONG: First arcade game "PONG" created.
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VCS, for Video Computer System joystick console that later featured PAC-MAN
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Taito. Trading Company became a videogame and software company.
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Space Invaders. Created in Japan and later licensed by Midway.
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Asteroids. multi-directional shooter arcade video game released
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Centepede. Shoot em' up arcade game by Atari Released
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Pac-Man. Arcade game developed by Namco.Generated 2.5 billion in quarters
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Donkey-Kong. Platformer game that featured jump man that later became known as Mario.
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Galaga.Fixed shooter game by namco.
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Mario Bros. Most Successful Japanese game.
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E.T. The Game. Worst game releaed by Atari or anyone
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Tetris. Geometric Puzzle game on Original GameBoy
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8-bit video game console released by Nintendo. bit video game console released by Nintendo.
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The Legend of Zelda. Wildly successful adventure game by Nintendo.
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Nintendo's Gameboy. nintendo released there first portable gaming system
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Sonic the hedgehog. An original Sega platformer that released on their 16-bit console
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Nintendo 64. named for its 8-bit processesor.