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In 1961 Space War was created
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In 1967 the first light gun was created
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In 1971 the first arcade machine ( Computer Space) was created.
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Magnavox Odyssey the first home console is released
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In 1971 Bushnell and Dabney found AtariThey name the company after a term from the Japanese game "Go". "Atari" is equivalent to "check" in a chess game.
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The first game created by Atari is Pong. Ping-Pong, the original name, is already copyrighted, so the makers name it Pong after the sound of a ball hitting the paddle.
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Gunfight, the first "computer" game is released. It is the first game to use a microprocessor instead of hardwired solid-state circuits.
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Coleco releases its first home video-game console called Telstar.
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Atari introduces its first cartridge-based home video system called the Video Computer System which later becomes known as the Atari 2600.
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Midway introduces Space Invaders into arcades. It is the first arcade game that tracks and displays high scores.
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Atari develops a handheld console that displays holograms. Named "Cosmos," this product was never released.
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Asteroids is the first game to allow high scorers to enter three character initials to be stored in the machine.
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Battlezone is first 3-D game ever created. It is set in a virtual battlefield and was later enhanced by the U.S. government for training exercises.
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Defender, the first game incorporating a "virtual world" is introduced. The game uses a "radar" scope at the top of the screen to inform users of the surroundings since the screen is too small to display all of the action.
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Arnie Katz and Bill Kunkel found the first video-game magazine, Electronic Games.
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Atari releases the Atari 5200 to compete with Coleco's Colecovision.
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Cinematronics debuts Rick Dyer's Dragon Lair, the first video game to feature laser-disc technology.
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The Commodore 64 is introduced. It is the most powerful video-game console to date and the least expensive.
