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A.S. douglas creates noughts and crosses. it runs on a computer called the: electronic delay storage automatic calculator.
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physicist willy higinbotham invents the first "video game" at the brookhaven national laboratory in upton, new york
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steve russel creates spacewar, the first interactive computer game. it runs on a digital pdp-1 mainframe computer.
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ralph baer recieves support from his company to explore his idea for creating games for a tv.
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baer and team are successful in creating two tv games. they are also able to manipulate a toy gun so that it detects spots of light on a tv screen.
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they attemp to create an arcade version of spacewar, they called it computer space and magnavox licenses it.
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"computer space" becomes the first video arcade game ever released. 1500 games are released. public consensus is that it is too difficult to play.
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the first home video game.
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bushnell and dabney start up atari. they n ame the company after the term off the japanese game "go".
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al alcorn is hired by atari to program video games. the first game created is pong.
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a japenese toy manufacturer, prioduces an electronic version of the japanese game "go".
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atari produced 150,000 units.
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it is the first game to use a microprocessor instead of hardwired solid-state circuits.
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nolan bushnell sells atari to warner communications for $28 million. he stays as CEO. the buy-out brings much needed capital, supporting the production of the atari 2600. bushnell later regrets the decision and calls it the biggest mistake of his life.
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coleco releases its first home video-game console.
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death race, a game where players hit pedestrians based on the movie death race 2000, causes a stir with it release. this launches one of the first controversies over violent video games.
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atari introduces its first cartridge-based home video system called "the video computor system" which later becomes known as the atari 2600. it retails for $249.95.
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introduced as the controller in atari's new arcade game football.
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midway (taito in japan) introduces space invaders into arcades. it is so popular in japan that it causes a national coin shortage.
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atari gets co0mmissioned to work on a combat simulator for the U.S. department of defense.
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2 attempts to enter the computer industry to compete with apple. the products are not taken seriously, and are taken off the market.
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nolan bushnell leaves atari over disagreements with its new corporate owner, warner communications. he opens the pizza time theatre, a resturant and arcade, which later becomes "chuck e.cheese".
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debuts as a console with a keyboard.
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atari develops a handheld console that displays holograms. it was never released.
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first high score with initials. it allows users to enter initials to be stored in the machine.
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first atari competitior. mattel's intelivision has better graphics, but a higher retail price ($299)
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first 3-d game ever created.
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the japanese company, namco, along with americas midway, bring the game puck-man to the U.S.
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arnie katz and bill kunkel found the first video-game magazine, electronic games.
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created by nintendos shigeru miyamoto, "mario" is introduced. miyamoto makes a string of hit games and later becomes an industry giant.
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atari releases the atari 5200 to compete with coleco's colecovision.
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cinematronics debuts the first video game to feature laser-disk technology.
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it is the most powerful video-game console to date and the east expensive.
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nintendo introduces the famicom in japan, later known as the nintendo entertainment system. nintendo offers atari the rights to distribute the product in the U.S. but plans fail and americans do not see the NES until 1985.
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1986-sega master system-sms
1986-atari 7800
1989-nintendo game boy
1989-atari lynx
1989-sega genisis
1989-turbocrafx-16
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mortal kombat uses digitalized images of real actors as characters. fatality moves make the game controversial.
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the first 64-bit console on the market. the product actually runs two 32-bit processors.
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the neptune was a stand alone 32x console which was scrapped for the sega saturn's release