Dell_green_pc_tiny HISTORY OF COMPUTER GAMES

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Event Date: Event Title: Event Description:
Table_tennis_table_tiny 01/01/1958 "Ping pong" tennis. In 1958 "Ping pong" tennis was created, to be played on an oscilloscope screen made by William Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Tennis_for_two_tiny 01/01/1958 Tennis for Two. Tennis for Two was a game developed in 1958 on an analog computer, which simulates a game of tennis or ping pong on an oscilloscope. Created by American physicist William Higinbotham, it is important in the history of video games as one of the first electronic games to use a graphical display.
Spacewar_tiny 01/01/1961 Spacewar. In 1961 development of Spacewar on a PDP-1 at MIT for the Science Open House.
Magnavoxodyssey_tiny 01/01/1972 Odyssey - complex In 1972 The first commercially available home videogame for TV was launched, called Odyssey - complex, with many electronic components, and very expensive.
Atari_2600_game_console_tiny 01/01/1972 Atari. In 1972 Nolan Bushnell forms Atari to develop games, and produces Pong, a simple tennis game for arcades.
250px-pong_tiny 01/01/1972 Pong as arcade game. Pong released as arcade game.
Ataripong_tiny 01/01/1974 Atari produces Pong. In 1974 Atari produced a home version of Pong.
Go-equipment-narrow-black_tiny 01/01/1974 Japanese game "Go". In 1974 Nintendo, A Japanese toy manufacturer produce an electronic version of the Japanese game "Go".
Spaceinvaders_tiny 01/01/1978 Space Invaders. In 1978 Space Invaders is released by Tatio, and two micro computers are released for commercial sale - the Commodore PET and the Atari.
Pacman_tiny 01/01/1980 Pacman. In 1980 Pacman was released in Japan, to be played on a micro home computer.
Supermariobrosnestitle_tiny 01/01/1983 Mario was Released. In 1983 Nintendo release their first computer, and Mario is released at the same time.
Nintendo_entertainment_system_tiny 01/01/1985 Nintendo Entertainment System Released. In 1985 Nintendo released the NES.
Nintendogameboy_tiny 01/01/1989 Game Boy Released. In 1989 First hand held machine from Nintendo, called "Game Boy". Tetris is produced for the Game Boy in Russia.
38_20sega_20genesis_tiny 01/01/1989 Sega Released "Sega Genesis". In 1989 Sega released the Sega Genesis.
Sonicthehedgehog1_tiny 01/01/1991 Sonic was Produced. In 1991 Sonic was produced by Sega in response to Nintendo's Mario.
Playstation10-4x3_tiny 01/01/1994 Sony Released Playstation. In 1994 Sony Released the Playstation in Japan.
Picture2_tiny 01/01/1996 Nintendo Released "Nintendo 64" In 1996 Nintendo released the Nintendo 64.
57_20sega_20dreamcast_tiny 01/01/1999 Dreamcast was released in the UK. In 1999 Dreamcast - 128 bit processor - was released in the UK.
Playstation-2_tiny 01/01/2001 Playstation 2 Released. In 2001 Playstation 2 was released.
Gamecube_tiny 01/01/2001 Gamecube Released. In 2001 Nintendo released Gamecube.
Xbox_tiny 01/01/2001 Xbox Released. In 2001 Microsoft enters the console market with the Xbox. Halo is released at launch, boosting sales.
130px-playstation3vector_svg_tiny 11/11/2006 PlayStation 3. Sony's PlayStation 3 was released on November 11, 2006, with a higher price than its direct competitor, the Xbox 360. The system's reliance on new technology such as the Cell microprocessor and Blu-ray format has caused difficulties in manufacturing, especially the Blu-ray diode, leading to shortages at launch and the delay of the PAL region launches; however, by early December 2006, Sony announced that all production issues had been resolved.
Xbox360_tiny 12/02/2006 Xbox 360. Microsoft's Xbox 360 gained an early lead in terms of market share, largely due to its established Xbox Live online gaming system, and its early launch date which was one year before its rivals. Sales in North America and Europe have continued to be strong, even after the release of the Wii and PlayStation 3. Like its predecessor, the Xbox 360 received a muted reception in Japan, attributed to the lack of content aimed at Japanese gamers.
130px-wii_wiimotea_tiny 12/08/2006 Wii. Nintendo entered the seventh generation with a new approach embodied by its Wii console.
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  1. CJ Cowen:
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  2. CJ Cowen:
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  3. CJ Cowen:
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  6. brock hayward:
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  7. brock hayward:
    only joking
  8. eajstu07:
    this time line is completely out of order Mario did NOT come out before the system and all the consoles game cube, xbox, ps2 did not come out at the same time and nether did the xbox360,ps3 of the wii.The xbox come out like a year before the ps3 and the wii was the last to come out even though they said that they will be the first to come out in sorry to say but you completely wrong.
  9. suckstobeu:
    this is so dam bad everything is rong lern how to use this bs
  10. facebooker_100001718046067:
    not to mention the original Nintendo(NES/famicom) and original Sega ( the SG-1000) both came out in 1983..I tihnk on the 27th of September.
  11. facebooker_100001718046067:
    er...meant july 15th...unless someone changed Wikipedia since yesterday.
  12. Hungry:
    Good but you forgot the first 3d Game Zelda ocarina of time on N64
  13. Brunotrevino:
    SNES is missing, Intellevision, Virtual boy etc.
  14. alextackett:
    awsome
  15. facebooker_1175856415:
    There are so many mistakes and so many things missing it is unbelievable. I am a Computer Games Student in college (and Start University in less than 10 months time) and I am doing my History, Evolution and Impact of Computer Games essay just now. Please fix this, cause it can cause others who are not thinking properly to use this information and cause consequences you may not know about (example: students like me believing all this and using it in an essay). I mean, come on, what the hell, what would you play Mario on if it came out before the consoles. And all those consoles such as the PS3, XBox 360 and Wii did not come out at the same time.

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