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first computor game
A.S Douglas creates the dirst documented computor games called noughts and crosses and iot was run on a big cambridge university computor called the electronic delay storage automatic calculator. -
tennis for two
engineer william higginbotham who worked on the first atom bomb is the first american to create an interactive computor game called tennis for two and was invented at the brookhaven national laboratoryin upton in new york to entertain visitors on open days -
space wars
MIT's even russel creates space wthe game runs on a massive PDP-1 computor and it quikly spreads around the countries universities -
computor space
nolan bushnell creates the first coin arcade style game and was put in bars and clubs but it never was a bih hit. -
magnavox odyssey
the magnavox odyssey was the first first generation console and was first demonstrated in may of 1972 but was not released until august of that year. -
first home version of pong
the first home version of pong is created by atari and the company statrs to take off -
atari 2600
the first multi game home consol the atari 2600 it has plug in cartridges that store game information. -
odyssey 2
magnervox releases odyssey 2 it was the first console to have a full 49 key keyboard included -
space invaders
Space Invaders is released by Tatio, and two micro computers are released for commercial sale - the Commodore PET and the Atari. -
activsion founded
four former atari employees founded activision which was the first company to produce game software without making games console or cabinets -
pac-man
japanese company nomco form with midway to introduce america to puck man but the janaese thought the americans would change the name to somthing offencsive they chaged it to pac man and it was the first animated main charecter with its own mane. -
donkey kong
nontendos shigeru miyamoto creates donkey kong and it was when mario was first introduced to the gaming world . -
microsofts first game
microsoft make their first game flight simulator -
first nintendo
Nintendo release their first computer, and Mario is released at the same time. -
mario
mario introduced -
tetris
alexey pajitnov creates tetris which proves to be as popular as pong. -
nes
nintendo's 8bit nes is released in america and acheives record sales -
gameboy
First hand held machine from Nintendo, called "Game Boy". Tetris is produced for the Game Boy in Russia. it was the first handheld games console and took some transformations over the years. -
super nes
nintendo creates the super nes to compete agianst segas genesis both console have 16bit -
street fighter
street fighter two is a big hit because of its smooth animation and quik controls and set a new standard for fightin games. -
sonic
Sonic is produced by Sega in response to Nintendo's Mario. -
mortal kombat
mortal kombat uses real peoples images as the characters and with its bloody and grusome combat styles made the game controversial -
playstation
the playstation is released and in its first day in stores in sells up to 100,000 units -
saturn
sega brings out the saturn but it does'nt sell as much as the playstation even know the the saturn is the first 32 bit cd based console but it wasnt the first to offer 3d cd based games. -
nintendo 64
Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64 -
dreamcast
Dreamcast - 128 bit processor - is released in the UK. -
nintendo gamecube
in September, Nintendo releases the Gamecube -
playstation 2
Playstation 2 is released. -
xbox
In November, Microsoft enters the console market with the Xbox. Halo is released at launch, boosting sales. -
gameboy advance
gameboy advance released and is the first handheld console with a colour screen -
gameboy ds
gameboy ds is relesaed with revolutionary technoligy such as touch screen and dual screen to try and put more technoligy into there handheld gaming -
sony psp
sony releases the psp to battle nintendo over the dominence of the handheld market -
xbox 360
xbox 360 is released and is the first 8th generation console that is able to play games in high definition and was very popular