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Pong
a table tennis-like game which was created by William Higinbotham -
Spacewar
the first interactive computer game -
Bringing Video Games Home
Ralph Baer, an engineer at Sanders Associates, receives support from his company (a military electronics consulting firm in NH) to explore his idea of creating interactive games using a television. -
Bringing Video Games Home Pt2
They were successful in creating two interactive TV games—a chase game and a tennis game. -
Computer Space
Which becomes first video arcade game ever released -
Gunfight
the first "computer" game is released. It is the first game to use a microprocessor instead of hardwired circuits. -
Space Invaders
Midway introduces it to arcades. It is the first arcade game that tracks and displays high scores. -
Asteroids
is the first game to allow high scorers to enter three digits -
Pac Man
created by Toru Iwatani and released worldwide by Namco. -
Tetris
a popular game which was developed by Russian programmer Alex Pajitnov and it is played on a PC -
Game Boy
Nintendo releases the handheld -
Senate investigation
Herbert Kohl of Wisconsin launches the investigation to look into violence in video games, and hoping to initiate a ban on violent games. -
Sony PlayStation
their debut and amazing customers -
Sony's PlayStation 2
launches in the U.S. for $299.99 and is sold out by early morning.
