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The First Video Game
William Higinbotham creates PONG, a very simple tennis arcade game which was connected to an oscilloscope display.
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Spacewar
Steve Russel designs Spacewar, the first video game that could be played across several computers. The program used was called "Expensive Planetarium" which created a starry background as the ship flew through space.
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Computer Space
An electric game using no RAM, ROM, or microprocessor, Computer Space was a simple yet complex game made by Nolan Bushnell.
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DOOM
One of the first immersive and violent shooters known to have a large following, Doom was very popular throughout a number of platforms, and was one of the very first that allowed players to add mods, changing the levels and cosmetics.
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Superpaint
The first computer drawing system, which used a special type of memory and is the foundation of all future computer paint programs, was made by Richard Shoup.
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Everquest
Everquest introduced a new type of game never seen before, an MMORPG, which is a massive multiplayer online role playing game, which was a huge success.
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Warcraft
In this very popular MMORPG, players began questing, as well as forming groups and clans, and even romantic relations with the new chat function.
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Portal
This fan favorite experience revolutionized the puzzle category for video games with its unique personality and complex problems primarily using two portals, which allow for impossible maneuvers, made by Valve.
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Minecraft
With the coming of this award winning and creative survival builder, Minecraft included a huge variety of systems and parts that could be combined into almost anything. With the elements of Minecraft, players could create working mechanisms and computers, as well as many other things that weren't even considered when "Notch" made the game.
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Angry Birds
Due to the increasingly popular touchscreen devices, games involving this soared, especially Angry Birds, which had over 2 billion downloads.
https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/graphics-games/
