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Tennis game
The first game ever made was made on the oscilloscope by physicist William Higinbotham. Too play this game players hold a controller with buttons and a rotating dial to control the angle of their racket's swing. -
Space Wars
This was the first computer based video game that was made by a student named Steve Russell. The game couldn't by mass-produced since it was too expensive. -
Arcade game
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney create Computer Space, an arcade game which is the first commercially sold video game. -
Magnavox Odyssey,
Magnavox odyssey was the first video game console that could be plugged into the television. The console featured 12 games. -
Home version of pong
Atari then makes home version of pong. Nolan Bushnell couldn't find any partners so he sells it through sears. -
Text based game
Don wood's made a version of the pioneering text based game adventure though the first text based game was first created in 1975 by William Crowther. This text game later inspires other role playing games. -
Atari 2600
Atari releases its first multi-game home console, the Atari 2600. It has cartridges than can save game information, a joystick, color, a growing game library and the ability to change difficulty levels. -
Space Invaders arrive
Space Invaders, released by Taito, becomes an international sensation, beginning in japan, and then later in the America. Released first in arcade format this lead to some arcades to open just so teens can play the game. -
Pac-Man
Namco's Toru Iwatani creates Puck-Man which is another arcade game but then the American distribution to avoid puns re-named it Pac-Man. This is one of the first games to have an animated main character. -
Donkey Kong
Nintendo makes a game called Donkey Kong that features Jump man better known as Mario. It is one of the first games to feature multiple levels. -
Tetris
This was made by a Russian mathematician Alexey Pajitnov. The game is a simple addictive puzzle this is later put in bundle with every new game boy. -
Nintendo Entertainment system (NES)
The 8-bit gaming console is unfurled for American consumers. It has better graphics, faster game play and more audible and developed sound than its predecessors. NES soon becomes the best-selling system. -
Zelda
Zelda is a then created by Shigeru Miyamoto. This is one of the fantasy role playing games. -
Nintendo's Game Boy
Nintendo's Game Boy popularizes handheld gaming. Even though Game boy wasn't the first handheld system users really liked this since it had good game play and was easy too use plus it had good battery life. -
PC card games
Microsoft bundles a video game version of classic card game solitaire with windows 3.0. Solitaire then becomes one of the most popular electronic games ever. -
Super nintendo
Nintendo releases the 16 bit super Nintendo and was popular because of games like Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Donkey Kong. -
Sonic
Sega then makes sonic made for the sega systems. sonic is a hedgehog that runs fast to collect coins and defeat enemies -
Kirby
The first game in the Kirby series, Kirby's Dream Land for the original Game Boy, was released in Japan in April 1992 and later in the United States in August that year. -
Doom
A classic first person shooter game made by id software features DoomGuy who must shoot his way through hordes of demons -
Mortal kombat
Mortal kombat is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway Games by 1992. Released in arcades in 1992. -
WarCraft
Blizzard releases Warcraft a real-time strategy game on PC. -
Plastation
The Playstation is made which offer 3-D games and are disk-based which are them cheaper to produce and more affordable to consumers. -
Pokemon Red and Green
Made by Game freak Nintendo released Pokemon on Gameboy. -
Angry Birds
a puzzle video game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile that started the Angry Birds franchise. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for iOS and Maemo -
call of duty black ops
a first-person shooter video game, developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. Could be played on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii consoles. -
Minecraft
This game can be played both on PC and console. This game was very popular and you can have either creative mode or survival mode -
Oculus Rift
Oculus rift is a virtual reality headset that offers many games that you can play.
