History of game design

Tennis for Two

1958

this was the first game to be release, made by William Higinbotham

spacewar

1962

the first shooting game and the first known video game to be played at multiple computer installations. made by William Higinbotham

brown box

1967

first game consoles to play tennis and other games

atari

1972

American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Primarily responsible for the formation of the video arcade and modern video game industries,

Pong

1972

is one of the earliest arcade video games. It is a table tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. The game was originally manufactured by Atari

Maze war

1973

is a 1973 computer game which originated or disseminated a number of concepts used in thousands of games to follow, and is considered one of the earliest examples of, or progenitor of, a first-person shooter.

Don Woods pioneer text-base game

1976

inpired game by dungeons and dragons

atari video computer system

1977

can play atari base games at home

space invaders

1978

is an arcade game created by Tomohiro Nishikado and released in 1978. It was manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and licensed in the United States by the Midway division of Bally. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games

Pac Man

1980

Famous non shooter game made by NAMCO

tetris

1984

s a tile-matching puzzle video game, originally designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov.[1] The first playable version was completed on June 6, 1984

zelda

1987

s a action-adventure video-game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka.

playstation

1994

home video game consoles, as well as a media center, an online service, a line of controllers, two handhelds and a phone, as well as multiple magazines. It is created and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment

army video game

2002

game is branded as a strategic communication device, designed to allow Americans to virtually explore the Army at their own pace and according to their interests to determine if soldiering matches their needs, interests and abilities. America's Army represents the first large-scale use of game technology by the U.S. government as a platform for strategic communication, recruitment, and the first use of game technology in support of U.S. Army recruiting.

mincraft

2010

sandbox video game created by Swedish game developer Markus Persson and later developed by Mojang. The game allows players to build with a variety of different blocks in a 3D procedurally generated world, requiring creativity from players. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat.

Fortnite

2017

s an online video game first released in 2017 and developed by Epic Games. more than 150 million people played