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Tennis For Two
The first video game was created by Physicist William Higinbotham. Made out of a display for a radar, he named the game Tennis for Two. -
Spacewar
Created by a college student named Steve Russell, Spacewar was the first ever interactive computer game. -
The Magnavox Odyssey
The first home video game consol. Although it waa not a success, It made its mark by starteing the video game consol industry. -
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Atari and Pong
On November 29, 1977, the first sports arcade game is created by Atari and on September 11, 1977, Atari releases its first have consol, the Atari 2600 -
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ET and The great crash of 1983
In December of 1892, Atari released ET the Etra Terrestrial for the 2600. It was based off the beloved film by Steven Spielberge, but unlike its film counterpart, this game was a complete and total failure. With a constant wave of bad games and consoles to be released durring the next few years, people believed that the video game era would be short lived. -
The NES
Nintendo releases its first home video game console, The NES. The NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) is considered one savior of the video game era. With games like Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, and Super Mario bros, Nintendo gave new hope to video games -
Sega Genesis
Sega releases their competor to the NES, the Sega Genesis. Sega introduced a large amount of some of the best video games to be released such as Streets of Rage, Castlevania, Strider, Contra, and, the beloved blue hedgehog, Sonic -
The Creation of the ESRB
The Entertainment Software Raiting Board was created to help restrict overly violent games to younger audiences. One game specifically needed for this system was Mortal Kombat -
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Playstation and Nintendo 64
In 1991 Sega releaced the SNES with games such as Starfox, Super Mario Kart and Donkey Kong Country September 9, 1995 was the birth of the Playstation. The playstation one Released with popular games like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon. The playstation aslo changes video games from cartridge based games to disk based games. In order to stay in competition with the more superior Playstation, Nintendo released the N64 in 1996. To stay in comp -
Microsoft and the video game pool
In 2001 Bill Gates released the Xbox. The console was a big success in the United States. launching with Halo: Combat Evolved,the game that revolutionized first person shooters -
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Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
The Xbox 360 (Nov 22, 2005) and the Playstation 3(Nov 11, 2006) are the longest running consoles to date. Typically, video game consoles have a 3-4 year lifespan before another version is released, but possibly due to the economic downturn in 2007-08, companies such as microsoft and sony couldn't afford to release another console. -
Currently
With the Playstatio 4 and Xbox One releasing in 2013, they marked a new chapter in video game history.
