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The first computer game was invented by William Higanbotham. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Students at MIT create "mouse in a maze" on MIT's TX-0 computer. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Steve Russell creates "Spacewar" at MIT, over the years the game has spread over the countries. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Some Months after the Cuban missile crisis, the US defense department completed a computer war game known as "Stage". The game shows the United States defeating the Soviet Union in a thermonuclear war. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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The first football game was created the day after Dartmouth defeated Princeton 28-14, to win the ivy league championship. A Dartmouth then created the first football game earlier that year.http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Ralph Baer makes his "Brown Box" video game prototype that lets people play tennis and other games. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Nolan Bushnell an Al Alcorn (creators of Atari) create another arcade legend. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Atari created a home version of pong. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Don Woods created the video game "Zork". http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Taito's space invaders descended on Japan. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Pac Man was created for Atari. ( Two years later Ms. Pac Man striked a blow for gender equality and became best selling arcade game of all time). http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Video game fans go Ape over "Donkey Kong". http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Disney creates a game called "Tron" featuring the movie. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Russian mathematician Alexey Pajitnov created Tetris, an addictive simple puzzle game.http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Educational software market leaps with the introduction of the company's learning " Reading Rabbit ". http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Madden Football introduces gridi-ron realism to computer games. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Nintendo's handheld game boy popularizes. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Solitaire is created. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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US senate has a hearing on video game violence such as "mortal combat" http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Blizzard released warcraft, it was a game of Orcs and Humans that introduced people to the legendary world of Azeroth. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Sony productions released the "play station" in the United States. Sold it for $100 less than Sega Saturn, it weakened Sega's home counsel business. The playstation became the dominant home console in 2000. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Debut on the adventure video game "Tomb Raider" because she was an example of "Sexism" in video Games. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Everquest was created and it led to thousands of users to join guilds, fight monsters, and level up in multiplayer. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Will Wrights Sims game was created, it models real life. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Microsoft hits the air with Xbox and hit games like Halo etc. Four years later X box 360 gains millions of fans with its advanced graphic designs and online play. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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The U.S army releases Americas army video game to help recruit and communicate with a new generation of electronic gamers. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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New handheld game on the market, The Nintendo DS. It is an easy to use, portable, gaming system with 2 processors, two screens, multiplayer and it had a stylus for the touchscreen. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Xbox 360 came out booming with new advances and titles to play. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Nintendo gets people up and moving off the couch with innovative, motion sensitive remotes. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Rockband was created, included a Guitar, microphone,bass or drums. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Social games were coming out like FarmVille then mobile games like angrybirds shook up the gaming industry. People who thought they'd never play found themselves playing on like Facebook and I phone. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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The Swedish developer Markus Persson invented the indie game Minecraft, an addictive block building game. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Skylanders was created, it was the first argumented reality hit by letting players place plastic figures on a portal o power to zap characters into the game. Two years later Disney joins the rank of toy made video games. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Stories come out like (Gone Home, The Last of us, and papers) on video games.They confronted players with tough emotional stories in complex words. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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"Free to play" becomes a dominant business model, like Cross fire, Clash of Clans, and world of tanks. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
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Pokemon go comes out, players hunt for virtual creatures. http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
