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WarGames
American and Russian soldiers made simulations to prepare for attacks and missile strikes during the Cold War.Also allowed for simulated training. Used in a serious way. -
The joystick
First video Game remote. Used for many early games. Usually seen in arcades. -
First game Console
the Brown box was the first home gaming console. It had seven games one being pong. Revolutionized home gaming. -
First arcade game
Atari releases pong as an arcade game. And its a two player game. Became famous fast. -
Space Invaders
A endless wave defense game against aliens. Was a revolutionary game for Japanese games. -
Pacman
the amazing character Pacman became a thing.Also Pacman was the first protagonist in a game. It started the making of characters in games. -
The first game with story
The Game "Donkey Kong" with the recognizable character Mario became a thing.It also inspired designers to make recognizable characters with story. The character is still around today. -
Video game Crash
Tons of bad games came out and people stopped playing most games. Designers now had to make games that were amazing.Some designers quit and some are still trying at this time. -
Tetris
Soviet Russia sold Tetris across the world. It was a famous puzzle game. One awesome game. -
Personal computer Games
First Home Computer games.Made more competition for game companies. Opened peoples eyes to newer ways to play games. -
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First person shooter Games
The most controversial of games amongst people who don't understand games and those who look at games as violent and bad.The genre has players in the view of the character and it looks like enemies are attacking the player. This genre of games is still around today and is still criticized by overly sensitive people today. -
Playstation
First CD games on a home console. Led to more games to be made on CD's. Grand theft auto games came out on this console. -
The Game Rating board
The regular rating system of Games. The Rating board makes sure little jimmy doesn't play a game thats too mature for him. The rating also helps tell you what is in the game. -
Grand Theft Auto
First series that allows you to do what you want while being in a life like world.It was short storied but fun and wacky. Had realism and caused controversy. -
Legend of Zelda
A popular story based adventure game. Brought out lots of peoples emotions. influenced better games. -
Motion Capture in games
First uses of motion capture in games.Allows for some real looking movement games.
