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Nimrod Computer
In which the Nimrod computer was built in order to play a game called Nim. A group of engineers set out to built it. The event took place at the Festival of Berlin. -
First Videogame
In which a very simple tennis game was created by William Highinbotham. The game itself was a tennis simulator displayed on an oscilloscope. The game took Higinbotham a few weeks to complete, and was a popular attraction at the show.
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Spacewar!
A space combat video game developed by Steve Russell alongside Martin Graetz and Wayne Wiitanen in 1962. -
BASIC and Friends
The creation of general programming languages such as BASIC facilitate the ability for games to be written for more than one specific computer. -
Computer Space
It was the first coin-operated video game to be commercially sold. Featuring a player-controlled rocket, the goal of the game is to score more hits than the enemy spaceships within a period of time. Reception of the game was ambivalent. -
Magnavox Odyssey
The first commercial home video game console was released. It was developed by a small team led by Ralph H. Baer. It was capable of displaying three square dots in the screen but not capable of emitting sound. -
Pong
A game created by Atari that simulates table tennis. The game was a two-player game. It was the first commercially successful video game, helping establish the gaming industry. -
Pac-Man released
The creator of a whole new genre of video games as well as one of the highest-grossing video games of all time. Pac-Man should not be something you would need to explain to anyone who have even a resemblance of a civilized life. Why? Well, mainly because the game has the highest brand awareness of any video game character among American consumers. -
Video Game Crash of 1983
Also known as the Atari Shock, the crash was a large-scale recession in the video game industry, primarily the one in North America. Although attributed to several factors, the poster boy of the crash was the widely derided ET the Extraterrestrial game made by Atari. Atari itself reported a loss of $536 million, and several companies that produced computers and consoles went bankrupt. -
NES created
8-bit, third-generational home console that revitalize the US game industry after the North American video game crash of 1983. Following the release of the NES, several popular and long-standing video game series were developed. Examples include: Mario, Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Castlenavia, etc. -
Fourth Generation of Video Game Consoles
Also known as the 16-bit era, the fourth generation of consoles consist of features such as multi-button game controllers, parallax scrolling of multi-layer tilemap backgrounds, large sprites, elaborate colors, stereo audio, advanced music synthesis. Nintendo was able to capitalize on its previous success while Sega was extremely successful in this generation and began a new franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog, to compete with Nintendo's Mario series of games -
Mortal Kombat
The game is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway in 1992. It became one of the best-selling game in history. The depiction of extreme blood and violence caused a spark in controversy regarding game, resulting in the introduction of age-specific descriptor ratings for games. -
Tetris Appears in Phones
A variant of the popular Tetris game was released on the Hagenuk MT-2000. This is the earliest example of a mobile game. -
Metroidvania
A new subgenre of games that emerged due to the high critical and commercial success of Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Both are 2D, side-scrolling action-adventure game with Super Metroid following the adventures of galactic bounty hunter Samus Aran as she searches for a Metroid that has been stolen by Space Pirates whereas Castlevania: Symphony of the Night follows the dhampyr Alucard as he seeks to stop his father, Dracula, from bringing Hell on Earth. -
Fifth Generation of Video Game Consoles
Also known as the 3D era, this generation of consoles is the first to portray 3D polygon graphics with the graphical capabilities associated. This generation is often credited for causing the leap from 2D to 3D graphics. One particular console, the PlayStation, became the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units.
