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Missy Hooks
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Physicist William Wiginbotham created what is thought to be the first video game
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Developers at Sanders Associated invented a prototype multiplayer video game system that could be played on a television
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Atari released the Atari 2600, a home console that featured joysticks and interchangeable game cartridges that played multi-coloured games, kicking off the second generation of video games consoles.
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A Japanese company that began as a playing card manufacturer released a number of important video game franchises, such as Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda and Metroid.
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Sonic Eraser, a single player game, became available to owners of the Sega Game Toshokan on the Sega Mega Modem
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Fighting games that depicted blood and gore created a popular new genre in the early to mid 1990s
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Sega and Nintendo each began to release their fair share of highly-rated 3D titles.
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Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's Playstation 3 and Nintendo's Wii kicked off the modern age of high-definition gaming
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Nintendo's Wii U, Playstaion 4 and Xbox One developed new features such as touch screen remote games and more realistic imagery.