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Tennis For Two (First Video Game)
The first video game, Tennis For Two, was created in 1958 by William Higinbotham. Tennis For Two was a multiplayer game where two players would face off in a game of virtual tennis. It could be considered an early predecessor to Pong, a game with similar features that was created much later on. -
Spacewar (First Computer Game)
Spacewar is known as the first ever game to run on a computer. Spacewar was created by a team consisting of Steve Russell, Martin Graetz, Wayne Wiitanen, Bob Saunders, Steve Piner, and others. To this day Spacewar can still be played on common desktop computers. -
The Brown Box (First Video Game Console)
The Brown Box was the first ever video game console. The console was developed by Ralph Baer and his team in 1968. The Brown Box offered multiple games to be played on one console such as, ping-pong, checkers, four different sports games, target shooting with the use of a lightgun and a golf putting game. -
Arcade Games
The 1970s were a huge blow up year of arcade games where the popularity of arcade gaming was at its peak. It all began with the first arcade game, Computer Space, which was was developed by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in 1971. It was essentially a remastered version of Spacewar on an arcade machine. -
Atari Home Console
Atari creates their first home console called the Atari VCS. The popularity of this system immediately skyrocketed because it was released during the golden age of arcade games. The VCS gained huge support because it brought arcade games to the comfort of your home. -
Decline of Video Games
After the popular movie, E.T., released, Atari creates a game based on the movie. After this release, the gaming community despised the game and it was a major factor in the decline of video game popularity. This period in time was a major low point in the relevance of video games and far less people were attracted to it. E.T. was regarded as one of the worst games in video game history. -
Handheld Game System
Nintendo releases a brand new handheld video game console called the Gameboy. It was very well received and brought a lot of attention to the handheld gaming industry. Before the Gameboy, there were other handheld consoles, but the Gameboy made them popular. -
3D Gaming
Sony releases the Playstation which featured several never seen before technology such as 3D and enhanced graphics. The Playstation received a lot of praise and began to take over the video game industry. Several other companies began creating their own consoles in order to compete which sparked the new age of gaming.
