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Early Days
Video games were created in a lab. British Professor A.S Douglas created the game OXO, or tic-tac-toe. -
Steve Russell
In 1962, Steve Russell invented the game SPACE WARS, a computer based video game, one of the first that involves space combat. It’s also the first video game that can be played in multiple -
Dawn of the Home Console
Ralph Baer, leading developer at the Sanders Associate. Invented a prototype multiplayer, multi program video game system that could be played on television. -
Pong
In 1975, Atari released a home version of Pong, which was as successful as its arcade counterpart. Omg is a 2 player game when you hit the pong back to each other, but as you hit it the ball goes faster and faster until the ball passes someone. -
Atari 2600
1977, Atari released the Atari 2600 (also known as the Video Computer System), a home console that featured joysticks and interchangeable game cartridges that played multi-colored games, effectively kicking off the second generation of the video game consoles. -
The video game crash
the North American video game industry experienced a major “crash” due to a number of factors, including an oversaturated game console market, competition from computer gaming, and a surplus of over-hyped, low-quality games. -
Nintendo
Nintendo, a Japanese company that began as a playing card manufacturer in 1989, released a number of important video game franchises still around today, such as Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid. -
Nintendo made waves
Nintendo made waves again by popularizing handheld gaming with the release of its 8-bit Game Boy video game device and the often-bundled game Tetris. -
Combat games
the release of a wealth of popular games on both consoles, including new franchises such as Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat, a fighting game that depicted blood and gore on the Genesis version of the game. -
Modern age of gaming
Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s Playstation 3, and Nintendo’s Wii kicked off the modern age of high-definition gaming. Though the Playstation 3,then only system at the time to play Blu-rays,was successful in its own right, Sony, for the first time, faced stiff competition from its rivals.
