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The first video game
The first video game was made in 1958 by Willam Higinbotham, who was a physicist who made a simple game called Tennis for Two. It was made in Brooklyn National Laboratory and people came to visit to play. -
Spacewar!
The game Spacewar was made and became a massive hit. It turns out it was made by MIT students who had a big idea. -
The Magnavox Odyssey Prototype
1962 also had the prototype of the first console. It was called the Mangnox Oddysey, and it was designed by the inventor Ralph H. Baer. It would later be released in 1972. -
Other games in the 1960s
The 1960s most popular game was Spacewar. But there were some other games from the era, like Tic Tac Toe. Arcades were also made during this time. -
The Atari
Atari, Inc. is an American video gaming company based in New York City, and a subsidiary of the Atari SA holding company. It is the main entity serving the commercial Atari brand globally since 2003. The company currently publishes games based on retro Atari franchises as well as some new content,[1] and also produces the new Atari 2600+ console.[2] In the past it produced titles including Neverwinter Nights, Driver 3, Fahrenheit, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 and Test Drive Unlimited. -
Computer space
Computer Space is a 1971 space combat arcade video game. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was the first arcade game to use coins (currency) in the arcades.Bushnell and Dabney designed the game in 1970–71 to be a coin-operated version of Spacewar!. -
Pong
Pong is a 1972 sports video game developed and published by Atari for arcades. It is one of the earliest arcade video games; it was created by Allan Alcorn as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell -
The Maganox Oddysey
The Maganox Oddysey was the first console to ever exist. It was designed in 1962, and later released in 1972. But a few years later, the Maganox Oddysey failed due to poor marketing. -
Famous games that came out in the 1980s
Games that came out in the 1980s are still very popular to this day. For example: Donkey Kong and Pac Man, and Super Mario came out aswell. -
Famous consoles that we still use today
PlayStation is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand Nintendo was founded in 1889 as Nintendo Koppai[d] by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business during the 1960s and acquiring legal status as a public company -
The 1990s of video games
There was a "3D Revolution" in the 1990s, where video games made the transition from 2D and pseudo-3D graphics to real-time 3D polygon graphics, a trend popularized by 3D arcade video games in the early 1990s. And games like Doom and Quake came out -
The 2000s
In the 2000s, video games were marked by the release of new consoles, the rise of esports, and the addition of backward compatibility. Like the Xbox, PlayStation2. -
Move towards mobile
Since smartphones and app stores hit the market in 2007, rapid developments in mobile technology over the last decade have created an explosion of mobile gaming. Mass multiplayer mobile games such as Clash of Clans are bringing in huge sums each year, connecting millions of players around the world through their mobile device or League of Legends on the PC. -
Present Day
We have VR and AR technologies to play games. Advanced games with better graphics have been made. And the consoles have become more advanced in design and working. And games like Fortnite have millions online these days.