Gaming timeline By 721370 1889 Nintendo was founded in 1889 1944 Nishikado Tomohiro, born March 31, 1944 Nishikado Tomohiro made multiple games such as "Shoot em up" and Space Invaders 1955 Namco was founded by 1955 1972 Magnavox Odyssey made in 1972 1972 Atari inc was founded in 1972 1975 Microsoft founded in April 4, 1975 1977 Atari 2600 1978 Intellivision made in 1978 1978 Space invaders was made in 1978 Oct 10, 1978 Dr. Mo Born 1979 Notch creator of minecraft born in 1979 1979 Asteroids was made in 1979 1980 Gameboy made in 1980s 1980 Pac man was founded in 1980 1981 Nintendo released donkey Kong in 1981 1982 NES Console launched 1985 Nintendo also released super Mario bros in 1985 1985 Tetris was made 1985 1988 Sega genesis made in 1988 1990 Super Nintendo invented in 1990 1993 Doom was released in 1993 1994 Playstation released in 1994 1994 Playstation founded in 1994 Sep 16, 1995 Alex Pajitnov born in 1995 creator of tetris 1996 Quake was developed in 1996 1996 Valve was founded in 1996 1998 Half life released in 1998 by valve. 2001 Game cube released in 2001 2001 Xbox invented in 2001 2011 Minecraft released fully released in November 2011 2015 Sega made in 2015 Period: Jul 14, 2023 to Jul 18, 2026 Video game timeline