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Nintendo is founded as a card company
-Nintendo is founded in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi -
William Higinbotham creates Tennis for Two
- created Tennis for Two while working at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
- The game was set up in the lobby with the purpose of entertaining visitors
- so popular that often there was a line of hundreds
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1st Generation of Gaming
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"Brown Box" prototype created
Ralph Baer and his colleagues at Sanders Associates, Inc. developed a prototype for the first multiplayer, multiprogram video game system. -
"Brown Box" final prototype created
Was compatible with all TV's
Creators developed several games for the system -
Computer Space is released
Released by Nutting Associates.
First arcade game.
Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, -
Magnavox releases "Odyssey" - The World's 1st Home Videogame Console
Sold 330,000 units
Based off of Baer's "Brown Box"
Only sold in Magnavox stores
Customers were told it worked only on Magnavox TV sets -
Pong is Released
Earliest arcade video game
A simple tennis games
1st commercially successful videogame -
Maze Wars is Released
Considered to be earliest 1st person shooter -
Home "Pong" console released
-Atari developes the first home version of Pong and was released through Sears Roebuck’s sporting goods department.
-"Pong" was released as a dedicated console. That means the game was self-contained within the unit.
-The system was first released as Sear Tele-Games and was widely popular. -
Gran Trak 10 is released
First racing arcade game
First arcade game to use ROM -
Atari releases Breakout
Prototype designed by Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak -
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2nd Generation of Gaming
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Atari realeses the Atari 2600 (Video Game Computer System)
-Most successful console of it's time
-Gaming system with a joystick, interchangeable cartridges, games in color and switches that would allow players to select difficulty levels. -
Space Invaders is Released
-Taito’s Space Invaders hits Japan and eventually comes to the U.S.
-Causes a shortage of 100 yen coins in Japan because of it's popularity -
Mattel releases "Itellivision"
-Released to compete with Atari
-It had better graphics and more sophisticated controls
-3 million units were sold
-152 games were released -
Atari creates Asteroids
Atari’s highest selling game. -
Nintendo releases Game and Watch
created by Gunoei Yukoi
inspired by seeing a man typing on his calculator bored while on a bus
each Game & Watch features a single game to be played on an LCD screen in addition to a clock, an alarm, or both.
first game was Game and Watch Ball -
Namco creates Pac-Man
-Inky, Clyde, Blinky, and Pinky are the names of the four ghosts chasing Pac-Man
-The Japanese original name of "Pac-Man" was "Puck-Man" because of his shape.
-the most successful video game of all time, -
Nintendo releases Donkey Kong
- a multi-level platform game
- first game to have a true story line with a damsel in distress
- Introduces "Jumpman" later known as Mario
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Atari releases E.T. game
hurridly released for Christmas
threw the gaming industry into a flop
Was one of the worst games in history
Cartridges are buried in an undisclosed location
One of the cause for the video game crash of '83 -
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3rd Generation of Gaming
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Video Game Crash of 1983
-Game industries thought they were untouchable
-Caused by games being released with horrid graphics
-Following the crash, Nintendo would become the market leader in America with the Nintendo Entertainment System -
Super Mario Bros released
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Nintendo releases the NES
-called the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)
-helped revitalize the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983
-a complete system including a console, controllers, a zapper gun and R.O.B., the Robotic Operating Buddy. -
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4th Generation of Gaming
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Nintendo realeases the Gameboy
created by Gunpei Yokoi
library of quality games, such as “Tetris” and “Super Mario Land
went to the top of Mt. Everest and in space
survived a bomb with the system still working -
Legend of Zelda is released
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) released
became the best selling 16-bit console despit its late start
it faced feirce competition in North America and Europe from Sega's Genesis/Mega Drive console. -
SEGA creates Sonic the Hedgehog
Game packaged with SEGA Genesis
created to replace Alex Kidd, SEGA's old mascot
Competed with Mario -
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5th Generation of Gaming
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ESRB is Established
rating system for all games
established by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA)
Stands for Entertainment Software Rating Board -
Sony releases Playstation
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Nintendo releases Nintendo 64
Packaged with Pilot Wings 64 and Super Mario 64 -
Tomb Raider released
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Gameboy color released
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Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time released
First and only game to get a 10/10 from IGN
introduced features such as a target-lock system and context-sensitive buttons that have since become common in 3D adventure games
Seen as one of the best video games of all time -
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6th Generation of Gaming
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The Sims is released
made by Will Wright
becomes the best selling computer game ever -
Microsoft introduces Xbox
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Nintendo releases Nintendo DS
To developers, DS stands for Developers System
to gamers DS stands for Dual Screen
two processors, two screens, stylus use, multiplayer capability -
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7th Generation of Gaming
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Microsoft releases Xbox 360
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Nintendo releases Wii
introduced the Wii Remote controller, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and which detects movement in three dimensions -
Nintendo realeases 3DS
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8th Generation of Gaming
