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In 1958 the first video game was created by a Physicist William Hinginbotham it was a very simple tennis game
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Spacewar! is a space combat video game developed in 1962 by Steve Russell, in collaboration with Martin Graetz and Wayne Wiitanen. SpaceWar was the first interactive computer game.
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In 1970 Noland Bushnell and Ted Dabney attempted to create and arcade version of Steve Russells Spacewar game.
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In 1972 Bushnell and Dapney created the first home video game system called the "ATARI".
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in 1977 they started to upgrade the ATARI. They created a cartridge based home video system called the video computer which was later known as the ATARI 2600..
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In 1983 a company called Nintendo made their first system called the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). This system was released in 1983 in japan and three years later in 1986 in the U.S.
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In 1987, Epyx created the Handy Game; a device that would turn into the Atari Lynx in 1989. It is the first color handheld console ever made, as well as the first with a backlit screen.
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In 1994 it was mandatory to display a age rating on the video game package to limit the use of violence seen and being used by children.
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In 1995 sony upgrades and brings out a new game called the PlayStation and sells it for a insane price of $299 dollars. It became the most popular game console 2 years later in 1997 with 20 million units sold.
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In 2004 Nintendo stepped up their game and released the Nintendo DS, a portable system with two screens one a touch screen and one to play the game on.
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In 2006 Nintendo upgraded again and came out with the game console called the WII a game console that lets gamers use the controller in cool ways no one ever thought of.
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In 2008 a company ROCKSTAR came out with a game called Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA) and after the first week the game sold more than 6 millions copies of itself.
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In 2008 Sony and Microsoft came up with the idea to start a motion control so you can play games like just dance and Micheal Jackson.
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In 2011 the game Skyrim came out and it was a game to view and explore a seemingly endless fantasy world
