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Period: 5900 BCE to
History of Games
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5870 BCE
Mancala
Consisting of a board with holes and a number of seeds or small rocks. Goal is to get as many rocks on your end as possible. -
2600 BCE
Royal Game of Ur
The Royal Game of Ur is a two-player strategy race board game of the tables family that was first played in ancient Mesopotamia. -
1650 BCE
Aztec Ball
A sport consisting of a ball and a hoop on a wall, no hitting with hands or feet, only head, elbows, and hips. -
1400 BCE
Seega
5x5-7x7 Cell grid, positioning first with circular pieces, and then capture opponents pieces. -
1300 BCE
Tic Tac Toe
3x3grid, alternating turns placing x and o, three in a row wins -
1 CE
Go
Abstract strategy board game, take more "territory" than opponent, grid board. -
600
Chaturanga
Chess but old -
800
Playing cards
Invented during Tang Dynasty, used for many games, War, Blackjack, etc. -
1100
Tennis
Hit ball with stringed stick, it go in, continue until not in, game done. -
1475
Chess
Variety of pieces lined up on opposite ends of a grid board, goal is to put opponent's king into checkmate, effectively capturing it. -
Nintendo
A Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes and releases both video games and video game consoles. -
Tennis for Two
Possibly the first video game created simply for the purpose of entertainment, featured moving graphics on an oscilloscope. -
Donkey Kong
Spawned a popular franchise for Nintendo and helped start the video game revolution of the 1980s -
Tetris
Made in Soviet Russia, consisted of fitting blocks together in a row to clear the screen and earn points. -
FromSoftware
A Japanese video game development and publishing company. -
Magic the Gathering
Card and Board game company -
Doom
Revolutionized soundtracks in high action fps games. Goal? just kill. -
Settlers of Catan
This game brought board games to America, goal is to collect resources and expand outwards in influence. -
Pokemon
Starting as a game, branched into trading card game, shows, movies, and merchandise all across the world -
Crysis
Revolutionized graphics in video games, especially shooters.