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The first game emerges
In the year 1958 a man created what is known as the first video game. "Tennis for two" was made by a American physicist named William Higinbotham. Tennis for two was built in three week and was mainly created for entertainment reasons instead of research reasons. When the game came on display at Brookhavens national laboratory it immediately became popular among the teens. Thus starting an era known as the gaming era. -
The second computer game is created
on February 14 ,1962 four men known as : Steve Russell, Peter Samson, Martin Graetz, Wayne Witaenem created the game Spacewar!. The game was also the first game that could be played on multiple computers. -
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early age of gaming
many arcade games start to appear over this era -
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A New Industry rises
As the years went on many realised this was the beginning of a new industry known as the gaming industry which would later raise tons of money even today. -
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The Golden Age Of Gaming
As the gaming industry began to rise 2nd generation consoles hit markets with big companies such as Atari, Fairchild, Nintendo, and Sega making big games no wonder the industry was at such a rise -
The Great Game Crash Of 1983!!!
This was the age were Second Generation consoles and almost all of video game companies died. During this time the market was flooded with so many bad games which lead to the crash of 83. This event almost ended the gaming industry itself.