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Timeline Videogames

By Enrique Martínez Morales

  • Creation of 'El Ajedrecista' by Leonardo Torres Quevedo

    Creation of 'El Ajedrecista' by Leonardo Torres Quevedo

  • First protovideo game, “Cathode Ray Tube amusement device” by Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. and Estle Ray Mann

    First protovideo game, “Cathode Ray Tube amusement device” by Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. and Estle Ray Mann

  • Charley Adama invented a program at MIT called “Bouncing ball”

    Charley Adama invented a program at MIT called “Bouncing ball”

  • First primitive console with twelve electronic games called Odyssey

    First primitive console with twelve electronic games called Odyssey

  • Atari: the birth of an industry.

    Atari: the birth of an industry.

  • Was born: Space Invaders

    Was born: Space Invaders

  • Atari presented its Atari VCS

    Atari presented its Atari VCS

  • Atari bought the rights for exploitation on consoles domestic from Space Invaders.

    Atari bought the rights for exploitation on consoles domestic from Space Invaders.

  • Warner entertainment bought Atari for $28 million

  • Nintendo

    Nintendo
    The third generation would revolve around the 8 bits of the
    flagship console created by Nintendo, the Super Famicom, or as we knew it in Europe and
    United States, NES: Nintendo Entertainment System.

  • Warner sold Atari and an era of digital entertainment closed

    Warner sold Atari and an era of digital entertainment closed

  • A new console debuted twice as powerful as the NES, from the hand of Hudson, the Turbografx 16.

    A new console debuted twice as powerful as the NES, from the hand of Hudson, the Turbografx 16.

  • Sega released its 16-bit console, the Mega Drive

    Sega released its 16-bit console, the Mega Drive

  • Nintendo made a risky bet and created the first portable console mass distribution, the Gameboy.

    Nintendo made a risky bet and created the first portable console mass distribution, the Gameboy.