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interactive visual
made by Alexander S. Douglas it was a interactive tic tac toe "game". it used the EDSAC and was one of the first programs to be stored on a computer. not as much a game and more a simulation -
Earliest game
Made by William Higinbotham. the first game was a two player tennis game similar to the future game pong. -
SPACEWARS!!!
MIT got a DEC PDP-1 minicomputer the new device a display system. made by martin Gratz, Steve Russell, and Wayne Wiitanen who programed spacewars. the game was a 2D shooter where you had to shoot astroids that were coming at you -
Basic
BASIC the first general programming language. with this new system games could be made quicker than before. Development lead to games such as space travel, and 1967 world series. -
1970's spread
the spread of games was novelties, being passed from programer to programer. however this change with the first coin-operated computer game at Standford university. -
Pong
first big hit arcade game. had sound. was made by Allan Alcorn -
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video game crash
the industry became over started with bad game. and the value of them drop. as such many arcades failed. -
Tetris
Tetris is a tile-matching puzzle video game, originally designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov. made in Moscow and the owner didn't get payed for making it. -
mortal combat
a fighting game by john tobias. was a violent and brutal fighting. was so violent it made the ESRB rating. -
doom
while not the first first person shooter it was made by the same group that made wolfenstin. it showed off a basic 3d world -
super Mario 64
one of the first 3d games. used polygons to show depth. made by Nintendo -
the sims
the first "god game". where you control everything the character, the world, the houses. it sold 200 million copies -
xbox 360
made by Microsoft to help compete with playstation and pc. was able to run 3d games and software better than it older version the xbox -
xbox one and ps4
the 3rd edition of the console wars where both Microsoft and Sony tried to make the best console and take the other out of the video industry
