A brief history of video games

Tennis For Two

Oct 18, 1958

Tennis For Two, the first video game, is introduced at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY. The games creator was William Higinbotham, a nuclear physicist who had previously worked on the Manhattan Project for the US Government. Image site: http://pongmuseum.com/history/WillyHiginbotham-PaleolithicPong.php

Pong

Nov 29, 1972

Pong is released in the US by Atari (Midway) Games Image Site: http://www.pong-mythos.net/index.php?lg=en&main=Pong_Arcade-197&site=01:01:03

Pac Man

May 22, 1980

Pac Man released by Namco Image site: http://www.answers.com/topic/super-pac-man

NES

Sep 1, 1986

Nintendo Entertainment System released in US

SNES

Aug 23, 1991

Super Nintendo released in the US Image: http://www.playerschoicevideogames.com/cat_super.cfm

PS, PS1, PSX

Dec 3, 1994

Sony Playstation released in Japan

PS2

Mar 4, 2000

Sony Playstation 2 released in Japan Image: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/ps2.htm

GameCube

Nov 5, 2001

Nintendo GameCube released in the US Image: http://www.the-games-blog.com/gamecube-was-3d-capable

Xbox

Nov 15, 2001

Microsoft Xbox released in the US Image: : http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2010/12/22/xbox-shot-in-cleveland

Xbox 360

Dec 2, 2005

Microsoft Xbox 360 released in the US Image: http://www.indiastand.com/articles/xbox-360-1-million-consoles-sold

PS3

Nov 17, 2006

Sony Playstation 3 released Image: http://tolecnal.net/2008/05/sony-denies-repair-of-a-playstation-3/

Wii

Jul 29, 2011

Nintendo Wii released in the US