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First video game
William Higinbotham makes the first video game "Tennis for Two". It took two weeks to build and after a year, William upgraded it to a bigger display. What makes the first video game much better than others in terms of software is that its the first video game. link -
video games meet television
Ralph Baer builds a prototype video game console called the "Brown Box" that allows others to play on TV screens. It allowed people to play action, sports, and other games. link -
Virtual Reality
Ivan Sutherland invented VR and the First head-mounted display called The sword of Damocles. A software that is really popular is Unity. Unity is a game engine that allows you to see your game on a head-mounted display. [link](History of virtual reality: Timeline - Verdict) -
Atari's Video Computer System
Atari, inc. built the Atrai 2600, a home video game console. It used microprocessor-based hardware and the games were stored in swappable ROM cartridges. They made a VCS version which was bundled with two joystick controllers, a conjoined pair of paddle controllers, and a game cartridge. [link](Atari 2600 - Wikipedia) -
The Nintendo Entertainment system
First, Nintendo made the Family computer and they called it the Famicom in 1983 in Japan. Later, they released the NES, a redesigned version, and made its debut in America in October 1985. Nintendo wanted to distinguish their product from the others by making the zero insertion force (ZIF) cartridge so the games wouldn't crash like all the others. link -
Mobile games
Nintendo released the Game Boy in Japan on April 21, 1989, and then in America later that same year. The Game Boy was best known for its battery life and durability. Selling one million units in the US within a few days, quickly outsold the competition. On October 21, 1998, Nintendo made the Game Boy color, which was sold worldwide, making it the third best-selling video game console of all time. -
Sega Genesis launches
Sega released Genesis in America on October 29, 1989. The genesis wasn't able to overtake Nintendo's (SNES) because of Their Mario series until they released Sonic the Hedgehog, which became one of the best-selling video game franchises in history. Sonic helped Genesis become more popular in North America and sega gained 65% of the market shares against Nintendo. [link](Sega Genesis - Wikipedia) -
Online gaming
Sega released the Dreamcast, which allowed for online gameplay. MIT and DEC released the X Windows System which had a widely developed graphic system for workstation computers on the internet. Over time, X secured cross-platform dominance. It also allowed a personal workstation that could run a much more powerful server computer. It also allowed for much more tightly integrated functionality than VNC. The first graphical multiplayer game was Xtrek. [link](History of online games - Wikipedia) -
Streaming
Chief Gabe Newell created Stream on PC and was launched as a standalone software client. The software provides a freely available (API) called Streamworks. Developers can use it to integrate a lot of Steam's functions into their products. [link](Steam (service) - Wikipedia) -
Cloud Gaming
Steve Perlman founded cloud gaming and the first service that had cloud gaming was OnLive. It allows you to play a game on a device that is connected to a service that has the game without having to download the game. You don't need to spend money on more storage for the games because all you have to do is buy it and play. It also enables low latency and higher frame rates. It's convenient because you play on any device or platform that you are on. [link](What is Cloud Gaming? | Digital Trends)