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Pong was released
The first Pong arcade machine is put up in the US. -
Atari 2600
Atari releases the Video Computer System Atari 2600 -
Space Invaders
Atari releases Space Invaders for the 2600. The practice of selling home versions of arcade hits is started. With the release of Space Invaders the video games celebrated their breakthrough for the consoles, soon it developed into a mass medium try it -
Pac Man
Namco releases Pac-Man, the most popular arcade game of all time. Over 300.000 units are sold worldwide. Try it! -
Zork 1
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BBC Micro
BBC starts to sell his device with an emphasis on education. There were games for it as well. Have a look at this article! -
Electronic Games
Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel and Joyce Worley begin publishing the first magazine about video games. The picture shows the first cover of the first issue -
ColecoVision
Coleco releases the Video Computer System Colecovision in the US. Later on in the same year it is released in Europe. -
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E.T.
Atari releases E.T. for the Video Computer System. (ATARI 2600) -
Video Game Crash
Almost complete destruction of video game industry and cause of bankruptcy of several companies -
SG-1000
Sega releases its first home consol in Japan -
Famicom
Nintendo releases the Famicom (family computer) in Japan. -
Super Mario Bros.
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NES
The NES by Nintendo is released in the US. In '86 it is released in Europe. -
Sega Master System
Sega releases its Master System in Japan. It is released in the US in June 86 as well as in Europe -
Atari 7800
The Atari 7800 was re-released after the big crash of 1984. -
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda is published in the US for the NES. In 1986 it was already published in Japan for the FDS, which was only available in Japan. The release in Europe for Zelda was in November 1987. -
Final Fantasy
The first part of Final Fantasy was released by Square Soft for the NES. -
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Sim City
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The Nintendo Gameboy
launches in Europe
