Video Games

By devalpatel123

  • First Video Game

    First Video Game
    Physicist William Higinbotham created what is thought to be the first video game. It was a very simple tennis game, similar to the classic 1970s video game Pong, and it was quite a hit at a Brookhaven National Laboratory open house.

  • Interactive TV Games

    Interactive TV Games
    Computer Space becomes first video arcade game ever released. 1500 games are distributed.

  • Space War

    Space War
    Steve Russell, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), creates Space war, the first interactive computer game.

  • First Home Video Game System

    First Home Video Game System
    The Magnate Odyssey is the first commercial home video game console.

  • Gun Fight

    Gun Fight
    Gunfight, the first "computer" game is released. It is the first game to use a microprocessor instead of hardwired solid-state circuits.

  • Electronic Games.

    Electronic Games.
    Arnie Katz and Bill Kunkel found the first video-game magazine, Electronic Games.

  • Tetris

    Tetris
    The popular game Tetris is developed by Russian programmer Alex Pajitnov. It is played on a PC.

  • Nintendo's

    Nintendo's
    Nintendo's NES is released in the U.S. after being test-marketed in NY one year earlier.

  • Sony

    Sony
    Sony brings the PlayStation to the U.S. and sells the console for $299.

  • (Sony) (X Box One)

    (Sony) (X Box One)
    Both Sony (PlayStation 4) and Microsoft (X Box One) release new gaming platforms this year. Offering social connection through "next generation cooperative and competitive multiplayer play," these systems offer amazing graphics and speed.