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First Video Game
Physicist Willy Higinbotham invents the first "video game" at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. His game, a table tennis-like game, was played on an oscilloscope. -
Spacewar Is Created
Steve Russell, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, creates Spacewar, the first interactive computer game. -
Creates Interactive Games With T.V.
Ralph Baer, an engineer at Sanders Associates, receives support from his company to explore his idea of creating interactive games using a television. -
Baer Was Successful
Baer and team are successful in creating two interactive TV games a chase game and a tennis game. They are also able to manipulate a toy gun so that it detects spots of light on the TV screen. -
Magnovox Licenses Baer's TV Game
Magnavox licenses Baer's TV game from Sanders Associates.
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney begin their attempt to create an arcade version of Spacewar, calling it Computer Space. -
Computer Space is the first arcade game
Computer Space becomes first video arcade game ever released. 1500 games are distributed. -
Atari Vs Magnavox
Baer claimed that Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell had copied Magnavox’s version of electronic Ping-Pong after Bushnell played the game at a Magnavox dealership demo a few months before Pong was released. -
First Home Video Game System
Magnavox's Odyssey, the first home video game system, is showcased at a convention in Burlingame, CA. -
Pong Is Released
Atari's Pong is released with help from Sears Roebuck, which finances the production of 150,000 units. It becomes the hottest selling Christmas present. Sears sells the product exclusively, with the Sears Tele-Games logo. -
Telstar is released
Coleco releases its first home video-game console called Telstar. -
Video Computer System is released
Atari introduces its first cartridge-based home video system called the Video Computer System which later becomes known as the Atari 2600. It retails for $249.95. -
Atari creates Football
The trackball makes its entrance into the video-game industry as the controller in Atari's new arcade game Football. -
Atari makes Cosmos
Atari develops a handheld console that displays holograms. Named "Cosmos," this product was never released. -
First Video Game Magazine
Arnie Katz and Bill Kunkel found the first video-game magazine, Electronic Games. -
Atari 5200 is released
Atari releases the Atari 5200 to compete with Coleco's Colecovision -
Tetris is created
The popular game Tetris is developed by Russian programmer Alex Pajitnov. It is played on a PC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQtxKmgJC8 -
Nintendo releases NES
Nintendo's NES is released in the U.S. after being test-marketed in NY one year earlier -
The SMS is created to complete the NES
To compete with the NES, Sega introduces the Sega Master System (SMS). -
Atari 7800 is released
Atari releases the Atari 7800 to stay competitive in the market. -
Wilson Vs Midway Games
A 13-year-old boy named Noah Wilson passed away after his best friend stabbed him in the chest with a kitchen knife, severing his aorta. The court held that Midway Games was not liable for the death under the First Amendment, as the State of Connecticut could not violate their free speech rights to make video games. -
Links
http://mentalfloss.com/article/55078/11-times-video-games-led-lawsuits
https://www.slideshare.net/EvanSmith23/video-game-history-timeline
http://www.museumofplay.org/about/icheg/video-game-history/timeline
https://www.slideshare.net/EvanSmith23/video-game-history-timeline
http://www.onlineeducation.net/videogame_timeline
