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Universal City Studios inc v.s. Nintendo
This was a case were universal said that nintendos donkey kong was to much alike the king kong character in there movie. This would have worked but king kong was in public domain which means that its free to use. Also they lost money because they knew it was in the public domaine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_City_Studios,_Inc._v._Nintendo_Co.,_Ltd. -
First video game
This was the first video game ever created was tennis for two. It was created by William Higinbotham in 1958. This was very cool for the time.https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200810/physicshistory.cfm -
PONG
The second video game was called Pong which is still a very big hit those days. This game was made by the game creators at Atari. The creator was Allan Alcorn.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong -
Speed Race
An arcade racing game. The game was created by the company midway. The creator of the game was Tomohiro Nishikado. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_in_video_gaming -
Atari gets sued
After the game pong came out William Higinbotham came and sued atari. They sued for money because they stole his idea. They ended up on getting 1 million for it.https://mygaming.co.za/news/features/5742-the-history-of-video-game-lawsuits.html -
Dungens
This game was created by Don Daglow. He based the game on fighting dragons. It was also a multi- player game.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_(video_game -
PAC-MAN
This is one of the biggest well known games of the era and still to this day. The creator of this game is Toru Iwatani. Also this was the first ever game with a mascot and merchandise.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man -
Galaga
This game was a very big hit and was made by the company midway. This was the the second edition of a game made in 1971. Also it was published by namoc in Japan.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaga -
Mario Bros
This game was made with the intention to give a character form another game more attention because he was loved. That character was mario from donkey kong. The company that made him was nitendo. https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/arcade-archives-mario-bros-switch -
Sim City
this game was a big hit to the video game world for women. This was because you could create your world. Many women at this time mostly stayed home cooked and cleaned at that time. So they finally got to be on top. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity -
Queen and david bowie vs Vanilla Ice
This case was came forth when vanilla ice came out with a song that had the same beat as boweis and queens song. They settleed out side that court . Ice had to pay a large amount of money. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/songs-on-trial-10-landmark-music-copyright-cases-20160608/vanilla-ice-vs-queen-and-david-bowie-1990-20160608 -
Doom
Doom was the first person shooting game that ever came out. Also you could play with other people to fight the enemy. It was a big hit just for the fact it was first person -
Video game Ratings
There were not always ratings on video games to tell if it is ok if a 5 year old or 25 year old is safe to play. This gave a lot of attention to the people. Finally the courts said that they needed ratings like movies do.https://www.wired.com/2009/07/dayintech_0729/ -
donkey kong 2
This was the second edition of donkey kong. it came with new levels. Also it came with new characters.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_Country_2:_Diddy%27s_Kong_Quest -
Medal of Honor
This was one of the biggest hits for military games of the time. This game came out for playstation only at first. The game took place (mid 1944-mid 1945) at the end of world war II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor_(1999_video_game) -
Left 4 dead
This game was based on the zombie apocalypse. You could be any of four characters and fight to the check point. You could do anything your wanted as long as you survived.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_4_Dead -
Minecraft
This was a game that anyone could play and enjoy. You could just build anything that you wanted and also could fight creatures for other worlds. -
Call of Duty Black Ops
This was one of the best first person shooting games that was loved all across the board. You could play this on playstation and xbox.It was just the start for many more games like this.https://www.callofduty.com/blackops -
Call of Duty Black Ops 2
This was the next game in the black ops serises. This also left off with information from the last game. this is also took place in the present day or a little more technological.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops_II -
Call of Duty Black Ops 3
This was the third part of the games. Many people were amazed how the graphics were in the game. Everything looked so real like it was actual their and the guns were new and more real sounding.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops_III
