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the first "video game"
A physicist named William Higinbotham created a basic tennis game, much like pong, and was credited for creating the very first videogame. -
First arcade game introduced
"Computer space" was introduced as the first commercial arcade game by Nutting Associates -
The Odyssey
Introduced as the first home videogame system by Magnavox. Didnt even have a microprocessor. Only had a board with about four-dozen transistors and diodes inside of it. It was only able to produce simple graphics. -
Pong
Pong was introduced on the Atari arcade system. -
Arari home system
the Atari system and its games were available for home entertainment -
Nintendo
Nintendo introduced the Nintendo Entertainment System -
Tetris
Tetris is developed by a Russian programmer named Alex Pajitnov -
SEGA
Sega introduces the Sega Master System to compete with NES -
game boy
Nintendo releases the GameBoy for $109 -
Hoping to ban voilant videogames
Senators Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Herbert Kohl of Wisconsin launch a Senate investigation into violence in video games, hoping to initiate a ban on violent games. -
Game Ratings
The case that started a year before resulted in ratings for video games like E 10+ for everyone 10 and up, T for teen, and M for mature. -
Play station debut
Sony brings play station to America for $299 -
Nintendo 64
The nintendo 64 is released in America -
The Game Cube
The GameCube delivers new forms of interactive gaming for players and an easier development environment for game creators. -
The DS
Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS, a portable game system -
The Wii
Nintendo releases the Wii, a gaming system that lets gamers use the controller in different ways, -
Motion gaming
Sony comes out with play station move and microsoft (xbox) comes out with connect -
Mojang
Microsoft gets Mojang and its popular "minecraft" game
